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Latest Fact-Checks By Amy Sherman

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Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on April 27, 2017 a press release:
Donald Trump’s "golf course on the island defaulted, like so many of his other failed business schemes. The failure left Puerto Rican taxpayers with a nearly $33 million bill."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • May 4, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 30, 2017 an interview:
Says of the GOP health care proposal, "pre-existing conditions are in the bill."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • May 1, 2017
Edward Markey
Edward Markey
stated on April 20, 2017 a tweet:
"Trump looking to open up E Coast & new areas for offshore oil drilling when Congress has passed no new safety standards since BP"
True
By Amy Sherman • April 21, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 18, 2017 a tweet:
"The weak illegal immigration policies of the Obama Admin. allowed bad MS 13 gangs to form in cities across U.S. We are removing them fast!"
False
By Amy Sherman, Miriam Valverde • April 18, 2017
Randolph Bracy
Randolph Bracy
stated on April 4, 2017 in a New York Times op-ed:
"African-Americans are grossly overrepresented on Florida’s death row."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • April 17, 2017
Randolph Bracy
Randolph Bracy
stated on April 4, 2017 a New York Times op-ed:
"There are no federal or state laws that say prosecutors must seek death sentences. And the United States Supreme Court has banned all state laws that make executions mandatory for murders."
True
By Amy Sherman • April 6, 2017
Volusia County Republican Party
Volusia County Republican Party
stated on April 2, 2017 in an email:
"The United States Department of Education has introduced an Islamic indoctrination program for the public schools, called ‘Access Islam.’ "
False
By Amy Sherman • April 5, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on April 26, 2015 posts on social media:
"Florida Sheriff: Blacks should learn to act like white people in order to stay alive."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • April 2, 2017
Ted Yoho
Ted Yoho
stated on March 14, 2017 an interview on PBS:
"It’s been proven over and over again Medicaid has the worst outcomes in the industrialized world as far as the quality of health care."
False
By Amy Sherman • March 31, 2017
Florida Immigrant Coalition
Florida Immigrant Coalition
stated on March 27, 2017 a Florida House subcommittee hearing:
"As an undocumented immigrant, you do have constitutional rights here in the United States."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • March 29, 2017
Habitat for Humanity of Broward
Habitat for Humanity of Broward
stated on March 16, 2017 a press release:
"South Florida ranks No. 1 in the gap between wages and housing."
True
By Amy Sherman • March 23, 2017
Philip Levine
Philip Levine
stated on March 2, 2017 a post on Facebook:
Says Airbnb "decreases real estate values and increases costs for workforce housing."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 20, 2017
Kathleen Sebelius
Kathleen Sebelius
stated on March 12, 2017 an interview on Meet the Press:
Blue Cross Blue Shield ended "2016 open enrollment with 1 million members in the Florida marketplace."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • March 15, 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
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
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
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
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