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Latest Fact-Checks By Amy Sherman

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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
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on February 25, 2019 an Orlando Sentinel op-ed
The Democrats’ Green New Deal includes "working towards ending air travel."
False
By Amy Sherman • February 28, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 22, 2019 a Facebook post
"In 1963 Bernie Sanders was arrested for throwing eggs at black civil rights protestors."  
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • February 25, 2019
Robert McKinzie
Robert McKinzie
stated on February 19, 2019 a Fort Lauderdale City Commission meeting
The word picnic is a "racially insensitive word."
False
By Amy Sherman • February 21, 2019
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on February 7, 2019 an interview on CNN
"In 1992, the Democratic Party had in their platform provisions that said that illegal aliens were coming in this country, committing felonies, sent back and then they were right back across the border to do the same thing."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • February 13, 2019
Alcee Hastings
Alcee Hastings
stated on February 5, 2019 a statement to the press
"In 2018, we endured a school shooting nearly once a week."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • February 11, 2019
José Oliva
José Oliva
stated on January 30, 2019 AP legislative day in Tallahassee
Health care is the "No. 1 reason for bankruptcy."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • January 31, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 27, 2019 a tweet
"58,000 non-citizens voted in Texas, with 95,000 non-citizens registered to vote."
False
By Amy Sherman • January 28, 2019
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 19, 2019 a tweet
"I’ve always supported protections for our DREAMers."
False
By Amy Sherman • January 23, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 11, 2019 tweets and Facebook posts
Says Congress set aside $50 billion for the Secure Fence Act in 2006
False
By Amy Sherman • January 22, 2019
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