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Latest Fact-Checks By Amy Sherman

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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
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on November 16, 2016 a Senate floor speech:
Says Donald Trump said he intends "to open up additional areas off the coast to oil drilling" during the campaign.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • November 22, 2016
Roger Stone
Roger Stone
stated on October 26, 2016 an interview on Alex Jones' radio show:
Says Hillary Clinton "shows up in Broward County" and had a private meeting with elections supervisor Brenda Snipes.
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • October 31, 2016
Patrick Murphy
Patrick Murphy
stated on October 26, 2016 a Florida Senate debate:
Says Marco Rubio "said Social Security and Medicare have ‘weakened us as a people.’ "
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • October 27, 2016
Patrick Murphy
Patrick Murphy
stated on October 23, 2016 a TV interview on WFLA:
"We have never done business with Donald Trump."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 26, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 19, 2016 the third 2016 presidential debate:
Says Hillary Clinton "wants to have open borders."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 20, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 17, 2016 a U.S. Senate debate:
"In about three weeks over a half million Floridians are going to lose their coverage again" through Obamacare.
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 18, 2016
Patrick Murphy
Patrick Murphy
stated on October 10, 2016 a TV ad:
Says Marco Rubio "opposes immigration reform. Worse, Rubio supports Donald Trump. His plan would deport 800,000 children, destroying families."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 17, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 10, 2016 a rally in Ambridge, Pa.:
Says "I’ve been proven right" about "Hillary Clinton's radical call for open borders, meaning anyone in the world can enter the United States without any limit at all."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Linda Qiu • October 12, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 9, 2016 the second presidential debate:
"These are radical Islamic terrorists, and (Hillary Clinton) won't even mention the word."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 10, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 9, 2016 a presidential debate:
Says Hillary Clinton "wants to go to a single-payer plan" for health care
False
By Amy Sherman, C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 10, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on October 4, 2016 the 2016 Vice Presidential debate:
"First, Donald Trump said wages are too high, and both Donald Trump and Mike Pence think we ought to eliminate the federal minimum wage."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 5, 2016
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