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Latest Fact-Checks By Amy Sherman

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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
Mario Diaz-Balart
Mario Diaz-Balart
stated on January 30, 2017 a press release
Says former President Barack Obama "took similar action against Cuban refugees" as President Donald Trump did in his executive order.
False
By Amy Sherman • January 31, 2017
Cory Gardner
Cory Gardner
stated on January 23, 2017 an interview on Fox
"About 30 percent of terrorists at Guantanamo Bay went back into battle. We know that a dozen or so killed Americans."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • January 25, 2017
Carlos Gimenez
Carlos Gimenez
stated on January 18, 2017 a state of the county speech
Miami-Dade is "the first community in the world to break the cycle of local transmission of the Zika virus."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • January 24, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 20, 2017 a statement on the White House website
"Our Navy has shrunk from more than 500 ships in 1991 to 275 in 2016."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • January 20, 2017
Carlos Guillermo Smith
Carlos Guillermo Smith
stated on January 10, 2017 a press conference
"Florida is ranked 50th in the nation for mental health care funding."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • January 18, 2017
Jeff Brandes
Jeff Brandes
stated on December 22, 2016 a tweet
"Unlike California, we in Florida welcome driverless cars - no permit required."
True
By Amy Sherman • December 28, 2016
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
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