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Latest Fact-Checks In Florida

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Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on June 2, 2021 a press conference:
Says Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried “spent millions of dollars to put her face on every gas pump across this state.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • June 4, 2021
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on April 19, 2021 a speech:
“If you look at some of these places that (reduced police funding), they’ve already seen crime go up."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • May 4, 2021
National Association for Gun Rights
National Association for Gun Rights
stated on March 1, 2021 a Facebook post:
"Marco Rubio's 'red flag' gun confiscation bill" calls for guns to be confiscated "without due process, based on unsubstantiated accusations."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • March 4, 2021
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 1, 2021 an interview with CBS News:
The $1.9 trillion relief package is “about a bridge for Chuck Schumer, a tunnel for Nancy Pelosi.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • March 2, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on February 11, 2021 an Instagram post:
Due to differing lockdown orders, New York has more COVID-19 cases, deaths, hospitalizations and job losses than Florida, and New York also lags on vaccinations.
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • February 26, 2021
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on February 2, 2021 a press conference:
The result of lockdowns “has been the destruction of millions of lives across America as well as increased deaths from suicide, substance abuse and despair without any corresponding benefit in Covid mortality.”
Mostly False
By Phil Galewitz • February 23, 2021
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on January 30, 2021 a sound:
"Schools are trying to make a law that teachers can see girls' private parts to make sure they're not trans."
Mostly False
By Daniel Funke • February 17, 2021
Casey Askar
Casey Askar
stated on July 21, 2020 in an ad:
“When Byron Donalds wanted a state job, he lied, claiming he wasn’t a felon despite convictions for drugs and felony theft.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • August 6, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 26, 2020 a Facebook post:
“Florida is doing over five times better” than New Jersey and New York in COVID-19 deaths per million people.
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • July 31, 2020
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on June 28, 2020 an interview:
Says “Joe Biden supported the Castro regime and meeting with Maduro.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 1, 2020
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on May 8, 2020 a video:
Says Joe Biden said voting by mail is a way to “fundamentally change this country,” contradicting past statements by Barack Obama and Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • May 14, 2020
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on April 20, 2020 a New York Times op-ed:
“Face masks being manufactured in China, for example, went to domestic consumption and their own fight against the virus” while the U.S. was “largely unable to import supplies from China.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • April 23, 2020
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 11, 2020 a television ad attacking Joe Biden:
Says Joe Biden "has advocated cutting Social Security for 40 years"
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • March 12, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 27, 2020 a Facebook post:
“The blood test for coronavirus costs $3,200.”
Mostly False
By Ciara O'Rourke • March 4, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on January 11, 2018 a Facebook post:
"Donald Trump sued the City of Palm Beach when he bought a segregated club, Mar A Lago, to open it to Jews & Blacks."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • February 11, 2020
Joe Gruters
Joe Gruters
stated on November 6, 2019 a Tampa Bay Times forum:
"All the Democrats on the entire stage — every Democratic candidate said they want to give free health care to illegals."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • November 8, 2019
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on October 21, 2019 a tweet:
"Barack Obama put a permanent stop on this military aid to the Ukraine - he never allowed it to go."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 25, 2019
Nikki Fried
Nikki Fried
stated on October 12, 2019 a speech to the Florida Democratic Party:
"Hemp has 25,000-35,000 known usages. That means it is going to be something that will replace plastics, and styrofoam and concrete." 
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 22, 2019
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on September 11, 2019 a statement to The Guardian:
When Rick Scott was governor, Florida "invested record funding in HIV/AIDS prevention."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • September 20, 2019
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on August 10, 2019 an interview on Fox News:
In Australia "they went and confiscated all the guns. You know who did what Australia did? Venezuela."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • August 19, 2019
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