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Latest Fact-Checks In Florida

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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
Patrick Murphy
Patrick Murphy
stated on October 27, 2016 a U.S. Senate debate :
Says Marco Rubio "has a 98 percent voting record with the Koch brothers."
Mostly True
By Allison Graves • October 27, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 26, 2016 a U.S. Senate debate:
Says President Obama "was proposing pinprick strikes" for military intervention in Syria.
False
By Joshua Gillin • October 27, 2016
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on October 25, 2016 an interview on CNN:
"It's four or five states where the number of insurance options have narrowed" under the Affordable Care Act.
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 26, 2016
Patrick Murphy
Patrick Murphy
stated on October 23, 2016 a TV interview on WFLA:
"We have never done business with Donald Trump."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 26, 2016
DCCC
DCCC
stated on October 12, 2016 a campaign ad:
"Just like Donald Trump, David Jolly wants to outlaw a woman's right to choose."
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • October 24, 2016
Al Gore
Al Gore
stated on October 11, 2016 a campaign speech:
Says electric utilities "are trying to fool you into amending your state Constitution in a way that gives them the authority to shut down net metering."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • October 21, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 17, 2016 a U.S. Senate debate in Orlando:
"Not even Tim Kaine is willing" to say he trusts Hillary Clinton. 
Pants on Fire!
By Allison Graves • October 18, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 17, 2016 a U.S. Senate debate:
"In about three weeks over a half million Floridians are going to lose their coverage again" through Obamacare.
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 18, 2016
Patrick Murphy
Patrick Murphy
stated on October 17, 2016 a U.S. Senate debate:
"When asked about equal pay for women, (Rubio’s) quote was that it was a waste of time."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • October 18, 2016
Patrick Murphy
Patrick Murphy
stated on October 17, 2016 a U.S. Senate debate in Orlando:
"Marco Rubio made it clear: Not only does he think Donald Trump is a con man, he went on to say he doesn't trust Donald Trump with the nuclear codes."
True
By Allison Graves • October 18, 2016
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