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Latest Fact-Checks In Florida

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 6, 2017 remarks at U.S. Central Command in Tampa
"I have already saved more than $700 million when I got involved in the negotiation on the F-35."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • February 7, 2017
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on February 1, 2017 a tweet
"Not a single Democrat opposed Neil Gorsuch's confirmation in 2006."
True
By Amy Sherman • February 3, 2017
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 27, 2017 an interview
"In Florida, 70 percent of the people here illegally came on an airplane. They overstayed a visa."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • February 2, 2017
Mario Diaz-Balart
Mario Diaz-Balart
stated on January 30, 2017 a press release
Says former President Barack Obama "took similar action against Cuban refugees" as President Donald Trump did in his executive order.
False
By Amy Sherman • January 31, 2017
Cory Gardner
Cory Gardner
stated on January 23, 2017 an interview on Fox
"About 30 percent of terrorists at Guantanamo Bay went back into battle. We know that a dozen or so killed Americans."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • January 25, 2017
Carlos Gimenez
Carlos Gimenez
stated on January 18, 2017 a state of the county speech
Miami-Dade is "the first community in the world to break the cycle of local transmission of the Zika virus."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • January 24, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 20, 2017 a statement on the White House website
"Our Navy has shrunk from more than 500 ships in 1991 to 275 in 2016."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • January 20, 2017
Carlos Guillermo Smith
Carlos Guillermo Smith
stated on January 10, 2017 a press conference
"Florida is ranked 50th in the nation for mental health care funding."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • January 18, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on December 21, 2016 a headline
"Chinese restaurant in Coral Springs, Fla., busted for selling dog meat to VIP customers."
Pants on Fire!
By Joshua Gillin • January 11, 2017
Jeff Brandes
Jeff Brandes
stated on December 22, 2016 a tweet
"Unlike California, we in Florida welcome driverless cars - no permit required."
True
By Amy Sherman • December 28, 2016
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on December 2, 2016 a press release
More than two months ago President Barack Obama signed a bill for more than $1 billion in Zika funding, but "the federal government has still only committed $7 million" to help Florida.
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • December 12, 2016
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on November 30, 2016 an op-ed in USA Today
Obamacare "was invented by liberal academic theorists."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • December 5, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on November 27, 2016 an interview on ABC's This Week
"In 2015 roughly 10,000 political arrests occurred in Cuba. That is five times as many as occurred in 2010, when there were only about 2,000."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • November 29, 2016
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on November 16, 2016 a Senate floor speech
Says Donald Trump said he intends "to open up additional areas off the coast to oil drilling" during the campaign.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • November 22, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 3, 2016 a campaign speech
"It's just been announced that the residents of Florida are going to experience a massive, double-digit premium hike."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • November 7, 2016
Consumers for Smart Solar
Consumers for Smart Solar
stated on October 19, 2016 a web ad
"Amendment 1 protects Florida seniors from scams and rip-offs."
False
By Joshua Gillin • November 3, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 29, 2016 a rally in Daytona Beach, Fla.
"Donald Trump's strategy is pretty simple. They have even said in his campaign it's to get women to stay home, get young people to stay home, get people of color to stay home, and get a lot smart, intelligent men to stay home, too."
Half-True
By Allison Graves • October 31, 2016
Roger Stone
Roger Stone
stated on October 26, 2016 an interview on Alex Jones' radio show
Says Hillary Clinton "shows up in Broward County" and had a private meeting with elections supervisor Brenda Snipes.
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • October 31, 2016
Al Gore
Al Gore
stated on October 11, 2016 a speech
Global warming leads to much quicker spread of the Zika virus because the increased temperature, "makes mosquitoes mature faster,  . . . bite more due to having a higher metabolism, and makes the Zika virus inside of them incubate faster."
Half-True
By Joseph Cariz • October 28, 2016
Patrick Murphy
Patrick Murphy
stated on October 26, 2016 a Florida Senate debate
Says Marco Rubio "said Social Security and Medicare have ‘weakened us as a people.’ "
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • October 27, 2016
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