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Latest Fact-Checks In Florida

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 8, 2017 a briefing on opioids
"At the end of 2016, there were 23 percent fewer federal prosecutions than in 2011, so (prosecutors) looked at this scourge (opioid deaths) and they let it go by."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • August 9, 2017
Rick Kriseman
Rick Kriseman
stated on July 25, 2017 a mayoral debate
"The number of complaints against police officers has decreased from an average when Mr. (Rick) Baker was mayor from 78 to 14."
Mostly True
By Allison Graves • August 2, 2017
US Daily News 24
US Daily News 24
stated on July 28, 2017 a headline
Says Debbie Wasserman Schultz "going to mental hospital after what she did overnight desperate to escape arrest."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • August 2, 2017
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on July 20, 2017 a Facebook live speech
"In order to sell insurance in Florida there are over 40 separate individual conditions that must be covered. ... far beyond the essential health benefits included in Obamacare."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 27, 2017
Rick Kriseman
Rick Kriseman
stated on July 23, 2017 posts on Twitter and Facebook
There were 2,761 auto thefts in 2006 under Rick Baker and 1,095 auto thefts in 2016.
Mostly True
By Allison Graves • July 27, 2017
Tony Fabrizio
Tony Fabrizio
stated on July 10, 2017 an interview with Politico
Says Adam Putnam "was for amnesty."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • July 24, 2017
Rick Baker
Rick Baker
stated on July 13, 2017 an interview with the "Tampa Bay Times" editorial board
"We went from zero A elementary schools when I took office to 16 when I left, and our total A and B schools went up by 260 percent."
Mostly True
By Allison Graves • July 21, 2017
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on July 5, 2017 a Facebook ad
"Elizabeth Warren doesn't think Obamacare goes far enough: ‘The next step is single payer.' Does Sen. Nelson agree? He has in the past ... Sen. Nelson votes with Warren 90 percent of the time."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 19, 2017
John Morgan
John Morgan
stated on July 6, 2017 a lawsuit
"Despite decades of marijuana being used for smoking in the United States, there have been no reported medical cases of lung cancer" attributed to marijuana.
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • July 13, 2017
Rick Baker
Rick Baker
stated on June 25, 2017 an interview with News Channel 8
"Midtown crime is up by 30 percent the last quarter."
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • July 11, 2017
Richard Corcoran
Richard Corcoran
stated on July 3, 2017 a tweet
Says Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Milton Hirsch "is constantly overturned."
False
By Amy Sherman • July 11, 2017
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on June 28, 2017 a Facebook live speech
"There is no reason for anybody to be losing any of their current benefits under Medicaid."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Jon Greenberg • June 30, 2017
Michael Needham
Michael Needham
stated on June 25, 2017 an interview on Fox News Sunday
 "Actually, on some procedures, you're more likely to die if you're on Medicaid than if you're uninsured."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • June 28, 2017
Rick Kriseman
Rick Kriseman
stated on June 15, 2017 during a Q&A with reporters inside City Hall
"We are seeing poverty being reduced in south St. Pete at a number larger than the national average, the state average, county or Tampa and Jacksonville."  
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • June 27, 2017
Ainsley Earhardt
Ainsley Earhardt
stated on June 20, 2017 the "Fox and Friends" show
"5.7 million -- that’s how many illegal immigrants might have voted" in 2008.
False
By Amy Sherman • June 22, 2017
Gus Bilirakis
Gus Bilirakis
stated on June 13, 2017 an email
"A study by the National Economics Research Association showed that the (Paris climate) deal could cost 2.7 million lost jobs in the U.S. by 2025 should our country adhere to the commitments made by the Obama Administration."
False
By Manuela Tobias • June 21, 2017
Andrew Gillum
Andrew Gillum
stated on June 9, 2017 a news release
Says his campaign has received donations from "more than 7,000 contributors."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • June 14, 2017
Greg Gutfeld
Greg Gutfeld
stated on June 2, 2017 Fox News The Five show
"Every single year that there's an increase (in temperature) it's within the margin of error -- meaning it isn't increasing."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • June 9, 2017
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on June 6, 2017 a Facebook post
Says an Internet meme shows people rejoicing over the Paris agreement.  
False
By Amy Sherman • June 7, 2017
Al Gore
Al Gore
stated on June 4, 2017 an interview on Fox News Sunday
"70 percent of Florida is in drought today."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • June 5, 2017
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