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Latest Fact-Checks By Amy Sherman

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Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on July 20, 2017 a Facebook live speech:
"In order to sell insurance in Florida there are over 40 separate individual conditions that must be covered. ... far beyond the essential health benefits included in Obamacare."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 27, 2017
Tony Fabrizio
Tony Fabrizio
stated on July 10, 2017 an interview with Politico:
Says Adam Putnam "was for amnesty."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • July 24, 2017
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on July 5, 2017 a Facebook ad:
"Elizabeth Warren doesn't think Obamacare goes far enough: ‘The next step is single payer.' Does Sen. Nelson agree? He has in the past ... Sen. Nelson votes with Warren 90 percent of the time."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 19, 2017
John Morgan
John Morgan
stated on July 6, 2017 a lawsuit:
"Despite decades of marijuana being used for smoking in the United States, there have been no reported medical cases of lung cancer" attributed to marijuana.
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • July 13, 2017
Richard Corcoran
Richard Corcoran
stated on July 3, 2017 a tweet:
Says Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Milton Hirsch "is constantly overturned."
False
By Amy Sherman • July 11, 2017
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on June 28, 2017 a Facebook live speech:
"There is no reason for anybody to be losing any of their current benefits under Medicaid."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Jon Greenberg • June 30, 2017
Michael Needham
Michael Needham
stated on June 25, 2017 an interview on Fox News Sunday:
 "Actually, on some procedures, you're more likely to die if you're on Medicaid than if you're uninsured."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • June 28, 2017
Ainsley Earhardt
Ainsley Earhardt
stated on June 20, 2017 the "Fox and Friends" show:
"5.7 million -- that’s how many illegal immigrants might have voted" in 2008.
False
By Amy Sherman • June 22, 2017
Andrew Gillum
Andrew Gillum
stated on June 9, 2017 a news release:
Says his campaign has received donations from "more than 7,000 contributors."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • June 14, 2017
Greg Gutfeld
Greg Gutfeld
stated on June 2, 2017 Fox News The Five show:
"Every single year that there's an increase (in temperature) it's within the margin of error -- meaning it isn't increasing."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • June 9, 2017
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on June 6, 2017 a Facebook post:
Says an Internet meme shows people rejoicing over the Paris agreement.  
False
By Amy Sherman • June 7, 2017
Al Gore
Al Gore
stated on June 4, 2017 an interview on Fox News Sunday:
"70 percent of Florida is in drought today."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • June 5, 2017
Chris King
Chris King
stated on May 25, 2017 a press release:
Says a Congressional Budget Office report found low-income seniors in Florida will face "800 percent premium increases" under the American Health Care Act.
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • June 2, 2017
Samantha Bee
Samantha Bee
stated on May 10, 2017 TBS show Full Frontal:
"In Florida felonies can be things like buying weed, tampering with an odometer or disturbing a lobster trap. So basically spring break."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • May 25, 2017
Desmond Meade
Desmond Meade
stated on May 10, 2017 Samantha Bee's Full Frontal show:
"You could lose your rights for life over something as simple as driving with a suspended license" in Florida.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • May 25, 2017
American Action Network
American Action Network
stated on May 23, 2017 an ad:
Under the American Health Care Act "people with pre-existing conditions are protected."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • May 24, 2017
Kris Kobach
Kris Kobach
stated on May 14, 2017 an interview on Fox:
The Department of Homeland Security’s database of legal immigrants has "never" been "bounced against a state’s voter rolls."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • May 23, 2017
Richard Corcoran
Richard Corcoran
stated on May 12, 2017 a tweet:
It is a myth that Florida's education legislation was "negotiated in secret."
False
By Amy Sherman, Kristen M. Clark • May 17, 2017
Save My Care
Save My Care
stated on May 8, 2017 a digital ad:
U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo voted for a health care bill that will let insurance companies "charge five times more for people over 50."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • May 11, 2017
Tom Price
Tom Price
stated on May 7, 2017 an interview on CNN's State of the Union:
"We have got 20 million folks out there across this land who have told the federal government, ‘Phooey, nonsense, I’m not going to participate in your program, because it doesn’t do what I need done.’ "
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • May 8, 2017
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