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Latest Fact-Checks In Florida

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Chris King
Chris King
stated on May 25, 2017 a press release
Says a Congressional Budget Office report found low-income seniors in Florida will face "800 percent premium increases" under the American Health Care Act.
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • June 2, 2017
Samantha Bee
Samantha Bee
stated on May 10, 2017 TBS show Full Frontal
"In Florida felonies can be things like buying weed, tampering with an odometer or disturbing a lobster trap. So basically spring break."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • May 25, 2017
Desmond Meade
Desmond Meade
stated on May 10, 2017 Samantha Bee's Full Frontal show
"You could lose your rights for life over something as simple as driving with a suspended license" in Florida.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • May 25, 2017
American Action Network
American Action Network
stated on May 23, 2017 an ad
Under the American Health Care Act "people with pre-existing conditions are protected."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • May 24, 2017
Kris Kobach
Kris Kobach
stated on May 14, 2017 an interview on Fox
The Department of Homeland Security’s database of legal immigrants has "never" been "bounced against a state’s voter rolls."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • May 23, 2017
Richard Corcoran
Richard Corcoran
stated on May 12, 2017 a tweet
It is a myth that Florida's education legislation was "negotiated in secret."
False
By Amy Sherman, Kristen M. Clark • May 17, 2017
Richard Corcoran
Richard Corcoran
stated on May 6, 2017 a tweet
Says the Florida House of Representatives allocated $24 billion, "the greatest investment in education in Florida history!"
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • May 15, 2017
Save My Care
Save My Care
stated on May 8, 2017 a digital ad
U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo voted for a health care bill that will let insurance companies "charge five times more for people over 50."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • May 11, 2017
Tom Price
Tom Price
stated on May 7, 2017 an interview on CNN's State of the Union
"We have got 20 million folks out there across this land who have told the federal government, ‘Phooey, nonsense, I’m not going to participate in your program, because it doesn’t do what I need done.’ "
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • May 8, 2017
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on April 27, 2017 a press release
Donald Trump’s "golf course on the island defaulted, like so many of his other failed business schemes. The failure left Puerto Rican taxpayers with a nearly $33 million bill."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • May 4, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 30, 2017 an interview
Says of the GOP health care proposal, "pre-existing conditions are in the bill."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • May 1, 2017
Bob Cortes
Bob Cortes
stated on April 18, 2017 a discussion on HB 7101
"All charter schools are not-for-profit."
Half-True
By Allison Graves • April 27, 2017
Edward Markey
Edward Markey
stated on April 20, 2017 a tweet
"Trump looking to open up E Coast & new areas for offshore oil drilling when Congress has passed no new safety standards since BP"
True
By Amy Sherman • April 21, 2017
USF Divest
USF Divest
stated on April 11, 2017 a video on Facebook
Says the University of South Florida invests in oil companies like BP, tobacco companies, weapons manufacturers and private prisons.
Mostly True
By Allison Graves • April 19, 2017
Randolph Bracy
Randolph Bracy
stated on April 4, 2017 in a New York Times op-ed
"African-Americans are grossly overrepresented on Florida’s death row."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • April 17, 2017
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on April 7, 2017 a Pensacola jobs roundtable
Says Florida has "the second-lowest taxes, per capita, state taxes of any state in the country."  
Mostly True
By Allison Graves • April 13, 2017
Richard Corcoran
Richard Corcoran
stated on April 3, 2017 an op-ed
Says small businesses "make up 98.9 percent of all businesses in the state and employ nearly half of the state's private sector workforce" and "almost never receive a penny of government money."
Half-True
By Allison Graves • April 11, 2017
Randolph Bracy
Randolph Bracy
stated on April 4, 2017 a New York Times op-ed
"There are no federal or state laws that say prosecutors must seek death sentences. And the United States Supreme Court has banned all state laws that make executions mandatory for murders."
True
By Amy Sherman • April 6, 2017
Volusia County Republican Party
Volusia County Republican Party
stated on April 2, 2017 in an email
"The United States Department of Education has introduced an Islamic indoctrination program for the public schools, called ‘Access Islam.’ "
False
By Amy Sherman • April 5, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on April 26, 2015 posts on social media
"Florida Sheriff: Blacks should learn to act like white people in order to stay alive."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • April 2, 2017
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