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Latest Fact-Checks In Florida

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Florida Agency for Health Care Administration
Florida Agency for Health Care Administration
stated on October 25, 2017 a news release
"Under Gov. (Rick) Scott’s leadership, Florida has had much success in lowering the rate of uninsured children."  
Half-True
By Allison Graves • November 2, 2017
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on October 17, 2017 a tweet
"Opioid crisis (is) the worst in ObamaCare expansion states!"  
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • October 23, 2017
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 15, 2017 an interview with Channel 8
"The child tax credit, if we don't do it, there will be no tax relief for working families. How much tax relief working families get under tax reform is entirely dependent on whether or not we put in place an increase to the child tax credit."  
Mostly True
By Allison Graves • October 19, 2017
Andrew Gillum
Andrew Gillum
stated on September 29, 2017 a post on Gillum's campaign website
"Under his leadership, Tallahassee reduced its carbon intensity by roughly 40 percent."  
False
By Allison Graves • October 12, 2017
Rick Baker
Rick Baker
stated on September 26, 2017 a comment during a mayoral forum
While Mayor Rick Kriseman said he would dip into reserves this year because of Hurricane Irma, he "went into the emergency reserves before Irma ever hit."  
True
By Allison Graves • September 29, 2017
Gwen Graham
Gwen Graham
stated on September 18, 2017 an opinion-editorial
Florida’s coastal and stormwater infrastructure are "two of the most critical areas during a storm, and received D-plus and D ratings, respectively, by the American Society of Civil Engineers in 2016."  
True
By Allison Graves • September 25, 2017
Adam Putnam
Adam Putnam
stated on August 30, 2017 a tweet
San Francisco and Takoma Park, Md., are "allowing illegals to vote."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • September 15, 2017
Tom Bossert
Tom Bossert
stated on September 11, 2017 a White House press briefing
The mobilization of the military in response to the storms in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands "is the largest ever mobilization of our military in a naval and marine operation" and an Air Force carrier there "was the first-ever as well."
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • September 14, 2017
TheLastLineOfDefense.org
TheLastLineOfDefense.org
stated on September 11, 2017 a blog post
"Florida Governor Rick Scott now listed as ‘critical’ after bizarre hurricane cleanup accident."
Pants on Fire!
By Aaron Sharockman • September 11, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on September 10, 2017 a blog post
"Mar-A-Lago (was) destroyed by (Hurricane) Irma (and) Jared Kushner (is) still missing." 
Pants on Fire!
By John Kruzel • September 11, 2017
Adam Putnam
Adam Putnam
stated on August 12, 2017 a Republican party meeting in Orlando
"We're still doing dumb things like telling the parent of an 11-year-old that it's against the law for them to tell their parents what they were tested on ... That will end when I'm governor."
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • September 7, 2017
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on August 18, 2017 a newsletter
"As of 2014, illegal aliens made up roughly 3.5 percent of our population, and committed over 10 percent of all murders."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • August 30, 2017
Marco Rubio's heckler
Marco Rubio's heckler
stated on August 22, 2017 during Sen. Marco Rubio's speech to Seminole County GOP
Says Marco Rubio took "three quarters of a million dollars from fossil fuel executives" during the 2016 Senate election.
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • August 29, 2017
Rick Baker
Rick Baker
stated on June 14, 2017 a "Tampa Bay Times" article
Says Rick Kriseman is $35 million over budget on St. Petersburg’s new police station.  
False
By Allison Graves • August 25, 2017
Rick Kriseman
Rick Kriseman
stated on August 9, 2017 a podcast
"We’ve got a police station that’s under construction right now, they are actually ahead of schedule and under budget."
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • August 24, 2017
Rick Baker
Rick Baker
stated on July 28, 2017 a Facebook post
Says he "made St. Petersburg the state's best maintained large sewer system in 2007."
Half-True
By Allison Graves • August 18, 2017
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on August 14, 2017 a Spanish-language radio ad
Says Sen. Bill Nelson "has aligned himself with communists and dictators," "went to Venezuela to admire Chávez’s revolution" and "supports murderers."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • August 17, 2017
Seamless Florida
Seamless Florida
stated on August 7, 2017 a television ad
"When Rick Baker heard (racist remarks from another mayoral candidate), he went after Congemi. Rick Kriseman he just looked away. Tolerating bigotry in silence is no virtue; taking it on is."
Half-True
By Allison Graves • August 15, 2017
Florida Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee
Florida Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee
stated on August 10, 2017 a TV ad
Says Jose Felix Diaz supports President Donald Trump's "plan to slash Medicare, charge older Americans an age tax and cut coverage for pre-existing conditions."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • August 14, 2017
Rick Kriseman
Rick Kriseman
stated on June 24, 2017 a "Tampa Bay Times" article
Says that compared to Rick Baker's time as mayor, Kriseman "had wet weather events that he did not experience" that caused sewage spills. Baker "went through significant periods of drought during his time as mayor."
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • August 10, 2017
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