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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
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
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