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Latest Fact-Checks In Florida

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Clay Aiken
Clay Aiken
stated on June 12, 2016 a posting on Twitter:
"A gay man who survived #orlando hate crime can STILL show up to work in FL tomorrow and have his boss fire him simply because he is gay."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 20, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on June 13, 2016 an interview with Hugh Hewitt:
"In America, radical speech is not a crime."  
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • June 15, 2016
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on June 12, 2016 an interview with CNN's Erin Burnett after the Orlando shooting:
The rifle used by Omar Mateen "shoots off 700 rounds in a minute."  
Mostly False
By Neelesh Moorthy • June 14, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 13, 2016 an interview with CNN:
"Florida doesn't regulate assault weapons or .50 caliber rifles or large-capacity ammunition magazines. It doesn't require a permit to purchase a gun. It doesn't require any registration, whatsoever."
Mostly True
By Allison Graves • June 13, 2016
Tim Canova
Tim Canova
stated on June 1, 2016 a post on Medium:
Says he "helped to draft parts of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform bill."  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • June 9, 2016
Stacy White
Stacy White
stated on June 2, 2016 a Hillsborough County Commission meeting:
Says it's not true that Florida black bears are an "apex predator."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • June 8, 2016
Carlos Lopez-Cantera
Carlos Lopez-Cantera
stated on April 30, 2016 in an interview with Fox 13 :
"I've cut the budget of the (lieutenant governor’s) office by more than half."  
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • June 6, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on May 16, 2016 a tweet:
Says he never told anyone he hated the U.S. Senate.
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • June 3, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 20, 2016 a speech to the NRA:
Florida has "issued more than 3 million conceal carry permits in the past 30 years. Only 168 have been revoked."  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • June 2, 2016
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on June 1, 2016 Internet posts:
Say video "shows massive alligator strolling across Florida golf course."
True
By Allison Graves, Neelesh Moorthy • June 1, 2016
Carlos Lopez-Cantera
Carlos Lopez-Cantera
stated on April 30, 2016 an interview on Fox 13:
"I'm also the only lieutenant governor to not take a security detail."  
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • May 26, 2016
Todd Wilcox
Todd Wilcox
stated on May 20, 2016 a newspaper interview:
"I can tell you that the enhanced interrogation techniques that have since been banned by this administration — specifically waterboarding — work."
False
By Joshua Gillin • May 24, 2016
Vote No On 2
Vote No On 2
stated on May 16, 2016 a video:
"Amendment 2 will put almost 2,000 pot shops in Florida ... more pot shops than Walmart and Walgreens combined."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • May 19, 2016
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on May 15, 2016 an interview with CBS4:
Says Patrick Murphy "switched his vote on All Aboard Florida ... because his father tried to get in a bid to build it and was unsuccessful."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • May 18, 2016
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on May 11, 2016 a fundraising email:
Says Patrick Murphy is one of "only three Democrats in the House today who voted" to create the Benghazi committee.
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • May 16, 2016
Carlos Beruff
Carlos Beruff
stated on May 5, 2016 a press release:
Says President Obama’s deal "allows Iran to produce a nuclear weapon."
False
By Joshua Gillin, Louis Jacobson • May 11, 2016
David Jolly
David Jolly
stated on April 25, 2016 an Orlando debate:
Under a new federal regulation, it will cost Pinellas County "$31 million to fix a single ditch."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • May 9, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on May 2, 2016 a TV ad:
Says Donald Trump "brings in hundreds of foreign workers to replace Americans."  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Joshua Gillin • May 6, 2016
Enterprise Florida
Enterprise Florida
stated on April 27, 2016 Enterprise Florida radio ads in California:
"Seven hundred thousand. That’s how many California jobs will be lost thanks to the politicians raising the minimum wage….Now Florida is adding one million jobs, not losing them."
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • May 4, 2016
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on April 25, 2016 an Orlando debate:
"There's only three countries in the entire world where there's no paid vacation by law, we happen to be one of them."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • May 3, 2016
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