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Latest Fact-Checks In Florida

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Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on November 5, 2015 a Facebook post:
"Marco Rubio spent $400K of your tax dollars remodeling offices, and building a members-only lounge."
True
By Joshua Gillin • November 9, 2015
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on October 29, 2015 a Facebook post:
"How many concerts would Taylor Swift have to perform to pay off one day of interest on our national debt? She would have to perform every day for three years."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • November 6, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on October 28, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.:
"My plan actually gives the middle class the greatest break: $2,000 per family."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • November 5, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 29, 2015 an interview on CNN:
"There was never a single shred of evidence presented to anyone" that the attacks in Benghazi, Libya, were "spontaneous, and in fact, the CIA themselves understood that early on."  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Clayton Youngman • November 4, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 28, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.:
Says a question about his financial skills at the CNBC debate included "discredited attacks from Democrats and my political opponents."
False
By Joshua Gillin • October 30, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on October 28, 2015 the CNBC GOP presidential debate:
"In Florida, we have the lowest in-state tuition of any state."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 30, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 28, 2015 the CNBC GOP presidential debate:
In 2008, then-Sen. Barack Obama "missed 60 or 70 percent of his votes." In 2004, John Kerry missed "close to 60 to 70 percent" and Bob Graham missed "over 30 percent of his votes."  
True
By Amy Sherman, Linda Qiu • October 29, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on October 21, 2015 a post on his website:
"The federal government owns about half of the West, yet it continues to acquire more land."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • October 27, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on October 14, 2015 in a town hall in Concord, New Hampshire:
"The top 1 percent pay 45 percent of all taxes in the country."  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 26, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 22, 2015 an op-ed in Breitbart:
"Even after Syrian troops began to shoot protesters in the streets with live ammunition in 2011, Clinton labeled Bashar al-Assad a ‘reformer.' "  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Katie Sanders • October 23, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 16, 2015 prepared remarks in a written speech:
To abide by Environmental Protection Agency rules when mining or drilling you have "to take caution not to disturb bodies of water barely bigger than a puddle."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 22, 2015
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 14, 2015 a press conference:
"We have the highest funding in (the) K-12 system in the history of the state."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • October 15, 2015
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on October 6, 2015 a press conference :
"In the states that allow open carry, violent crime was 23 percent lower."  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Joshua Gillin • October 9, 2015
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on October 2, 2015 a tweet:
"380 Americans have been killed in 294 mass shootings in 2015 alone."  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 8, 2015
John Stemberger
John Stemberger
stated on September 22, 2015 a letter to Gov. Rick Scott:
Planned Parenthood has "now (been) found to also illegally sell baby parts."
False
By Joshua Gillin • October 7, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on September 29, 2015 his energy plan:
"Since 2008, U.S. crude oil output has increased by over 80 percent, an increase of over 4 million barrels a day. That is the fastest increase in U.S. history."
True
By Joshua Gillin • October 2, 2015
Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on September 25, 2015 Values Voter Summit:
When ICE releases illegal immigrants, "a lot of those people are not from Honduras and Mexico. They’re from Iraq and Somalia and Russia."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 1, 2015
Ruth's List Florida
Ruth's List Florida
stated on September 22, 2015 an email to voters:
"Twenty-six men named William have been elected to statewide office and only seven women have had the honor."  
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • September 28, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on September 16, 2015 the CNN GOP presidential debate:
Says that President Barack Obama said an attack on Syria "was going to be a pinprick."
False
By Joshua Gillin • September 18, 2015
Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on September 16, 2015 the CNN GOP presidential debate :
Pediatricians have cut down on the number and proximity of vaccines because they recognize there have been "too many in too short a period of time."  
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • September 17, 2015
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