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Latest Fact-Checks In Florida

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Patricia Farley
Patricia Farley
stated on March 14, 2017 a news conference in the Capitol:
"A woman working full-time is paid 79 to 80 cents for every dollar a man is paid, and it's even less for women of color, and on average $11,000 per year is lost simply because she isn't a man."
Mostly True
By Allison Graves • March 14, 2017
Rosemary Laird
Rosemary Laird
stated on March 14, 2017 a Florida Senate committee hearing:
"Currently, half a million Floridians have Alzheimer’s disease, and in less than 10 years, a 40 percent growth rate means that another 200,000 Floridians will develop this devastating illness."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 14, 2017
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on March 7, 2017 an online post:
On filibusters for U.S. Supreme Court nominees.
No Flip
By Amy Sherman • March 9, 2017
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 7, 2017 his State of the State speech:
"Florida is now the only state in the nation to tax commercial leases."
True
By Allison Graves • March 8, 2017
Janet Cruz
Janet Cruz
stated on March 7, 2017 a speech:
"Florida pays our teachers $10,000 a year less than the national average."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • March 7, 2017
Carl Bildt
Carl Bildt
stated on February 20, 2017 a tweet:
There were "50 percent more murders" in Orlando and Orange County, Fla., last year "than in all of Sweden."
Mostly True
By Allison Graves • February 22, 2017
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on February 7, 2017 a statement to press:
"When the House wants to stop Enterprise Florida ... they’re hurting our rural communities."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • February 22, 2017
Richard Corcoran
Richard Corcoran
stated on February 12, 2017 an inteview on CBS4:
"Most of these mass shootings take place in (areas) where you're not allowed to have a concealed weapons permit."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • February 21, 2017
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on February 13, 2017 a roundtable discussion:
"Your politicians in Tallahassee today are saying, in your area, that they don't need any more jobs. That is exactly what Rep. Paul Renner said."
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • February 17, 2017
Richard Corcoran
Richard Corcoran
stated on February 6, 2017 a tweet:
"Spending more taxpayer money on VISIT FL (or less) has not demonstrated a direct impact on tourism."
Half-True
By Allison Graves • February 9, 2017
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
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