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Latest Fact-Checks In Florida

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Gwen Graham
Gwen Graham
stated on January 4, 2018 a tweet:
"In Congress, @RonDeSantisFL was the DECIDING vote AGAINST our state's right to protect Florida waters from drilling."  
Half-True
By Allison Graves • January 12, 2018
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 9, 2018 a press conference:
On expanding offshore oil drilling
Full Flop
By Amy Sherman • January 10, 2018
Elizabeth Foley
Elizabeth Foley
stated on January 2, 2018 during a CNN panel discussion:
Says James Comey suggested and CNN reported that the basis of the wiretapping warrant for Trump adviser Carter Page was "all based on a dossier."
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • January 5, 2018
Carlos Curbelo
Carlos Curbelo
stated on December 10, 2017 a television interview:
The House tax bill has "a lot more permanent relief for middle-income and even lower-income families" than the Senate bill does.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • December 14, 2017
Adam Putnam
Adam Putnam
stated on November 30, 2017 a campaign speech:
Says Tallahassee mayor Andrew Gillum "wants to make Florida not a sanctuary city but a sanctuary state."  
Half-True
By Allison Graves • December 6, 2017
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on November 26, 2017 an interview:
"Close to half of the voters in America, the only tax they pay is the payroll tax."
Half-True
By Allison Graves • November 28, 2017
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on November 9, 2017 a Tampa news conference :
"We’ve cut taxes 75 times, cut $7.5 billion worth in taxes, and as a result we’ve added over 1.3 million jobs."
Half-True
By Allison Graves • November 21, 2017
Chris King
Chris King
stated on October 28, 2017 a response during the Democratic Forum:
"Hispanic entrepreneurs, those who have immigrated from Spanish-speaking countries, often start three times as many businesses as white males."
Mostly True
By Allison Graves • November 14, 2017
Adam Putnam
Adam Putnam
stated on October 31, 2017 a speech:
"The No. 1 job vacancy in Florida every month for seven years has been nursing."
True
By Allison Graves • November 8, 2017
Philip Levine
Philip Levine
stated on November 1, 2017 a speech :
Says Florida "workers are paid $8.10 an hour, and our current governor (Rick Scott) runs ads bragging about it."
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • November 6, 2017
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
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