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Latest Fact-Checks By Amy Sherman

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Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on June 17, 2019 a press release:
The Trump administration has denied "4.2 million American workers overtime."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • June 25, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on June 11, 2019 a speech in Iowa:
"Why should you get a break for racehorses and not get a break for child care?"
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • June 19, 2019
Greg Steube
Greg Steube
stated on May 28, 2019 a press release:
"It’s estimated that in 2018 alone, dead people received $1 billion in benefits from Medicare, Medicaid, social security payments, and federal pensions."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • June 13, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 28, 2019 a Facebook post:
"California to teach kindergarteners there are 15 genders."
False
By Amy Sherman • May 31, 2019
Marcia Fudge
Marcia Fudge
stated on May 8, 2019 a hearing:
Ohio "thought that our (voting) machines were so awful we got rid of them, but South Carolina bought them. This is true. South Carolina bought all the machines we got rid of because they were not effective."
False
By Amy Sherman • May 23, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 22, 2019 a speech at the White House:
"Drug prices are coming down, first time in 51 years because of my administration."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Shefali Luthra • May 22, 2019
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on May 12, 2019 an interview on ABC This Week:
"When Connecticut did licensing, their shootings dropped, their murders dropped 40%. Suicides dropped 15%."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • May 20, 2019
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on May 13, 2019 a speech:
Says "Nicolás Maduro is carrying out a genocide on his people."
False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • May 16, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 8, 2019 a tweet:
Democrats "don’t want money" to go to the Florida Panhandle for Hurricane Michael aid
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • May 9, 2019
The Partnership for Safe Medicines
The Partnership for Safe Medicines
stated on April 18, 2019 a TV ad:
Florida state senators "are pushing a new government program that allows prescription drugs from China without FDA inspection."
False
By Amy Sherman • April 25, 2019
Mac Heller
Mac Heller
stated on April 7, 2019 an interview on CNN:
"The 2008 election was the first election in which voters of color comprised over 25 percent of the electorate, and that number is going up."
True
By Amy Sherman • April 23, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on April 11, 2019 a panel at the University of Pennsylvania:
"People show up in the emergency room with a sprained ankle, 25 percent get an opioid prescription."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • April 16, 2019
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on March 27, 2019 a CNN town hall in South Carolina:
Says President Donald Trump "cut funding from the Justice Department to investigate these domestic terrorist groups, these white supremacist groups."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • April 11, 2019
Candace Owens
Candace Owens
stated on April 9, 2019 a House Judiciary Committee hearing:
The Southern strategy is a "myth" that "never happened."  
False
By Amy Sherman • April 10, 2019
Jared Kushner
Jared Kushner
stated on April 1, 2019 an interview with Laura Ingraham on Fox News:
Florida "passed a law where former felons can now vote. We've had more ex-felons register as Republicans than Democrats."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • April 8, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 2, 2019 a tweet:
"Puerto Rico got 91 Billion Dollars for the hurricane, more money than has ever been gotten for a hurricane before."
False
By Amy Sherman • April 3, 2019
Gary Farmer
Gary Farmer
stated on March 7, 2019 a Florida Senate meeting:
"Some patients who are on transplant lists for kidney or other organs are being dropped from the list simply because they are shown as a licensed card holder" for medical marijuana.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • March 27, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 9, 2019 a text post on Facebook:
Says 228 House Democrats voted "to allow illegal aliens to have right to vote"
False
By Amy Sherman • March 13, 2019
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on March 5, 2019 his State of the State address:
"I’ve already traveled to Washington, D.C., and secured a historic commitment from the Trump administration to provide assistance to the communities that Michael battered."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 7, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 28, 2019 a Facebook post:
Says Bernie Sanders marched with Fidel Castro and Che Guevara in Cuba.
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • March 5, 2019
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