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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
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on April 25, 2015 Faith and Freedom Summit in Iowa
The United States "is not modernizing its nuclear weapons."
False
By Amy Sherman • May 5, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on April 25, 2015 a speech at the Iowa Faith and Freedom Summit
The United States "is not building the aircraft, the long-range bombers, the additional aircraft carriers, the nuclear submarines."
False
By Amy Sherman • May 5, 2015
Steve Crisafulli
Steve Crisafulli
stated on April 28, 2015 an op-ed in the Tampa Bay Times
"If we choose Obamacare expansion, 600,000 will lose eligibility for their subsidies, of which 257,000 would be forced into Medicaid."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • April 30, 2015
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on April 16, 2015 an interview with Democracy Now
"I’m the only member of the House of Representatives who raised most of his campaign funds in the last election from small contributions of less than $200."
True
By Amy Sherman • April 27, 2015
Richard Corcoran
Richard Corcoran
stated on April 16, 2015 an email to constituents
"Medicaid patients were 97 percent more likely to die than those with private insurance."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • April 22, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on April 17, 2015 a speech in New Hampshire
"We have an 80 percent graduation rate in high school after spending more per student than any country in the world other than Liechtenstein, I think, or Luxembourg and a couple other small countries."
True
By Amy Sherman • April 21, 2015
Steve Crisafulli
Steve Crisafulli
stated on April 17, 2015 a radio interview
"Medicaid expansion isn’t necessarily a very popular issue on the street."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • April 20, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on April 10, 2015 a speech to the NRA
Florida has the most concealed weapon permits in the nation, "nearly double that of the second state, which is Texas."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • April 15, 2015
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on April 6, 2015 a speech
"The same federal government that offers some money for a program is walking away from another health care program."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • April 14, 2015
Brook Hines
Brook Hines
stated on April 6, 2015 an online op-ed column
Says U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy has "sided with the GOP on key votes twice as often as he sided with Democrats."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • April 9, 2015
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