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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 7, 2016 a campaign ad:
"As a legislator, (Marco Rubio) flipped on a key vote after making a quick $200,000 from selling the house to the mother of the bill's lobbyist."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman, Joshua Gillin • March 11, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 9, 2016 a Democratic debate in Miami:
When New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer wanted to "provide driver’s licenses to those who are undocumented. (Hillary Clinton) said don’t do it."  
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • March 10, 2016
Keep the Promise 1 PAC
Keep the Promise 1 PAC
stated on March 6, 2016 a TV ad:
Says Marco Rubio "skipped 18 defense votes including one to arm the Kurds to fight ISIS."  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • March 8, 2016
Conservative Solutions PAC
Conservative Solutions PAC
stated on February 26, 2016 a TV ad:
Says Donald Trump "bans disabled veterans from his high rise."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 8, 2016
Right to Rise
Right to Rise
stated on March 1, 2016 a television ad.:
Like Marco Rubio, Sen. Barack Obama had "one of the worst attendance records in the Senate."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 8, 2016
Charles Van Zant
Charles Van Zant
stated on February 29, 2016 a House Finance and Tax committee meeting:
"For every time the state gets paid a dollar in taxes (on gambling), somebody loses $6."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • March 4, 2016
Conservative Solutions PAC
Conservative Solutions PAC
stated on February 26, 2016 a TV ad:
Says Donald Trump has said "he would be neutral between Israel and its enemies."  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • March 1, 2016
Sierra Club
Sierra Club
stated on February 22, 2016 a letter from Tampa Bay Group chairman Kent Bailey to Hillsborough County commissioners:
"Our community (Tampa Bay) is one of the 10 most threatened by the sea level rise in the world."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • February 26, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on February 14, 2016 a web video:
"People (are) paying more in taxes than they will for food, housing and clothing combined."  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • February 23, 2016
Janet Adkins
Janet Adkins
stated on February 9, 2016 a House Appropriations Committee meeting:
"There is great disparity, tremendous disparity, in the (capital) funding on a per-student basis between our traditional public schools and our charter public schools."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • February 22, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on February 15, 2016 an interview on Fox News:
Says Marco Rubio "went on Univision, and in Spanish he promised that he would not on the first day in office rescind President Obama's illegal executive action."  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • February 17, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 14, 2016 a Republican debate in South Carolina:
Says Jeb Bush "said he would take his pants off and moon everybody ... Nobody reports that."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • February 14, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on February 13, 2016 a debate in Greenville, S.C.:
"It has been over 80 years since a lame-duck president appointed a Supreme Court justice."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • February 14, 2016
Seminole Tribe of Florida
Seminole Tribe of Florida
stated on February 3, 2016 a commercial:
The Seminole gambling compact offers "$3 billion in guaranteed revenue, the largest share for any state in history."  
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • February 11, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 4, 2016 a Democratic debate in New Hampshire:
"Making public colleges and universities tuition-free, that exists in countries all over the world, used to exist in the United States."    
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • February 9, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on February 6, 2016 an ABC Republican debate in New Hampshire:
"The American people will not support doing anything about people that are in this country illegally until the law is enforced first."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • February 7, 2016
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 20, 2016 a comment to a Tampa Bay Times reporter:
"We've cut taxes 50 times and look what has happened to our revenues. They've grown."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • February 4, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 28, 2016 a Republican debate in Iowa on Fox News:
"I have never supported cap and trade."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • January 29, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 28, 2016 a Republican debate in Iowa on Fox News:
On opposing citizenship for illegal immigrants
Half Flip
By Amy Sherman • January 29, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 20, 2016 a town hall in Norwalk, Iowa:
"When they say Mexico can't pay for the wall, I say of course they can. We have a trade deficit with Mexico that's unbelievably big. ... It's billions and billions of dollars -- far more than what we're talking about for the wall."
False
By Amy Sherman • January 26, 2016
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