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Latest Fact-Checks In Florida

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Dan Gelber
Dan Gelber
stated on June 21, 2015 a Miami Herald op-ed:
"After (Jeb) Bush’s two terms in office, Florida’s graduation rate was dead last and remains near the bottom."  
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • June 24, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on June 16, 2015 an interview with Sean Hannity on Fox News:
As a senator, Hillary Clinton "has her name on three laws in eight years."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • June 23, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on June 15, 2015 his announcement speech at Miami Dade College:
Says Hillary Clinton "insists that when the progressive agenda encounters religious beliefs to the contrary, those beliefs ‘have to be changed.’ "
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • June 17, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on June 2, 2015 a speech at Gov. Rick Scott's Economic Growth Summit in Orlando:
"In Florida, for eight years we cut taxes every year, totaling $19 billion."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • June 11, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 4, 2015 in a speech at Texas Southern University:
"In Florida, when Jeb Bush was governor, state authorities conducted a deeply flawed purge of voters before the presidential election in 2000" and "in 2004 a plan to purge even more voters was headed off."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • June 9, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on June 2, 2015 a speech at Gov. Rick Scott's Economic Growth Summit in Orlando:
"We reduced the government workforce by 13,000, 11 percent, during my eight years."
True
By Joshua Gillin • June 9, 2015
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on June 2, 2015 a speech at his economic summit for presidential candidates:
"If you care about the environment, we've got record funding."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • June 8, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on May 10, 2015 a USA Today op-ed:
"There is not a single documented case of abuse" of the bulk metadata collection program.  
Half-True
By Kirby Wilson • June 4, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on June 2, 2015 a speech at Gov. Rick Scott's economic summit in Orlando:
Says that during his eight years as Florida governor, "we created 1.3 million net new jobs -- more jobs created than Texas."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • June 3, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on May 20, 2015 a roundtable in New Hampshire:
"ISIS didn't exist when my brother was president. Al-Qaida in Iraq was wiped out when my brother was president."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • May 28, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on May 20, 2015 a meeting with business leaders in Portsmouth, N.H.:
"Florida was the only state during my eight years to go from AA to AAA" in its bond rating.
False
By Joshua Gillin • May 28, 2015
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 13, 2015 a Facebook post:
Says Marco Rubio said that "felons should not have their voting rights restored" but that "convicted felons should be allowed to own guns after they have done their time."
False
By Amy Sherman • May 27, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on May 20, 2015 a meeting with business leaders in Portsmouth, N.H.:
Says he was known as "Veto Corleone" for cutting spending as Florida governor.
True
By Joshua Gillin • May 26, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on May 16, 2015 a speech at the Iowa GOP Lincoln Day dinner:
"One person has been fired" at the Veterans Administration for withholding services.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • May 22, 2015
EMILY's List
EMILY's List
stated on May 14, 2015 a column on Medium:
Says Jeb Bush "once held $1 million in family planning grants hostage until the programs receiving the money agreed not to discuss birth control at all."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • May 20, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on May 17, 2015 an interview on Fox News:
On whether the Iraq War was a mistake.
Half Flip
By Amy Sherman • May 18, 2015
Debbie Mayfield
Debbie Mayfield
stated on May 4, 2015 a tweet:
"Florida sends $135 billion and D.C. returns $150 billion."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • May 14, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on May 1, 2015 the National Review Forum:
"We have a legal immigration system in America that accepts 1 million people a year, legally. No other country in the world even comes close to that."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • May 13, 2015
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on May 6, 2015 an interview in Washington, D.C.:
"The families that are covered through the Low Income Pool is a different group of individuals than are covered by Obamacare."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • May 11, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on May 1, 2015 an interview with reporters at the North Carolina GOP headquarters:
"There are more poor people today as a percentage of our population than the 1970s."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • May 7, 2015
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