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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
Florida News Flash
Florida News Flash
stated on March 29, 2015 a website headline:
"Suntrust Bank cancels account because company sells guns."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • April 8, 2015
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on April 7, 2015 interviews with reporters:
On expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.
Full Flop
By Jon Greenberg • April 7, 2015
Greg Steube
Greg Steube
stated on April 2, 2015 a Florida House judiciary committee hearing:
"You know how many children in the history of the United States have died in a fire (at school)? Zero."
False
By Amy Sherman, Joshua Gillin • April 6, 2015
Janet Adkins
Janet Adkins
stated on March 26, 2015 a discussion about school uniforms:
A school uniform policy helps with "school safety, helps with truancy."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • April 2, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on March 30, 2015 an interview with Hugh Hewitt:
"Florida has a law like (Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act)."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Katie Sanders • March 31, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on March 24, 2015 a Senate floor speech:
"Inflation-adjusted defense spending has declined 21 percent since 2010, and even if we discount the drawdowns in Iraq and Afghanistan, it has still declined by a dangerous 12 percent."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • March 30, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on March 13, 2015 a business roundtable in New Hampshire:
Florida is "one of the few states that has actually had a narrowing of the achievement gap based on income, or based on race or ethnicity."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • March 27, 2015
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on March 23, 2015 a statement on a website:
U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy "voted to allow members of Congress to receive taxpayer-funded health care for life."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • March 25, 2015
SeaWorld
SeaWorld
stated on March 24, 2015 an ad:
"Whales live as long at SeaWorld" as they do in the wild.
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll, Louis Jacobson • March 24, 2015
Americans for Prosperity: Florida
Americans for Prosperity: Florida
stated on March 10, 2015 a news release:
Recent solar energy policies in Georgia "have resulted in rate hikes and did not result in solar becoming any more economically viable."
Pants on Fire!
By Joshua Gillin • March 24, 2015
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