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Drug Policy Alliance
Drug Policy Alliance
stated on February 19, 2015 an article in Politico
Says Debbie Wasserman Schultz "voted repeatedly to send terminally ill patients to prison."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • February 26, 2015
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on February 12, 2015 a headline on DownTrend.com
"Students In Fla. High School Forced To Recite Islamic Prayer, Make Prayer Rugs."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • February 24, 2015
Marjorie Sanfilippo
Marjorie Sanfilippo
stated on February 16, 2015 a Florida Senate criminal justice committee hearing
"200,000 students attempt suicide every year on college campuses."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • February 20, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on February 13, 2015 a radio interview
ISIS is "now the predominant Islamist group in Benghazi."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • February 19, 2015
Florida Badass Teachers Association
Florida Badass Teachers Association
stated on February 10, 2015 a statement to the Miami Herald
Florida students take "an array of standardized high stakes tests which eat up as much as 45 school days per year."
False
By Amy Sherman • February 18, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on February 4, 2015 a speech in Detroit
Hispanic students in Florida perform "the best" of any Hispanic population in the United States.
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • February 11, 2015
Alcee Hastings
Alcee Hastings
stated on February 5, 2015 an interview with CNN
One Texas city "has a law that says that women can only have six dildos."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Steve Contorno • February 9, 2015
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on January 23, 2015 an interview with reporters at her ceremonial swearing in event in Fort Lauderdale
Says Marco Rubio "was for immigration reform and a pathway to citizenship before he was against it."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • January 30, 2015
Florida Chamber of Commerce
Florida Chamber of Commerce
stated on January 13, 2015 a report on health care costs
"Insured Floridians pay about $2,000 for every hospital stay to cover the cost of the uninsured."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • January 28, 2015
Jeff Clemens
Jeff Clemens
stated on January 20, 2015 a Senate Ethics and Elections committee hearing
Online voter registration is a "more secure" way of doing voter registration.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • January 23, 2015
Bob Buckhorn
Bob Buckhorn
stated on January 15, 2015 a campaign ad
Says he "balanced the budget without raising taxes."
Mostly False
By Richard Danielson • January 16, 2015
Floridians for Solar Choice
Floridians for Solar Choice
stated on January 14, 2015 a statement on a website
"Currently, Florida is one of only five states in the nation that prohibit citizens from buying electricity from companies that will put solar panels on your home or business."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • January 16, 2015
Bob Buckhorn
Bob Buckhorn
stated on January 15, 2015 a campaign ad
Tampa Bay is "leading the state in jobs creation."
Mostly False
By Richard Danielson • January 15, 2015
Bob Buckhorn
Bob Buckhorn
stated on January 15, 2015 a campaign ad
Says he "secured the highest possible bond rating" for the city of Tampa.
Half-True
By Richard Danielson • January 15, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 13, 2015 his book ‘American Dreams’
A private company building a natural gas pipeline into Florida "is being forced to spend months under the review of six federal agencies."
True
By Joshua Gillin • January 12, 2015
Dennis Moss
Dennis Moss
stated on December 19, 2014 in an interview with the "Miami Herald"
"When Disney was looking to build Disney World, they came to Miami and we told Disney to take a hike."
False
By Amy Sherman • January 9, 2015
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 6, 2015 his second inaugural address
"Estimates say individuals who escaped these high tax states have taken with them around $2 trillion in adjusted gross income."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • January 8, 2015
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on December 19, 2014 a list of talking points
Says Jeb Bush "not only opposes marriage equality, he’s said he ‘personally’ believes gay couples should be banned from adopting children."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • January 6, 2015
Mario Diaz-Balart
Mario Diaz-Balart
stated on December 18, 2014 a press conference
Says that in 2008, President Barack Obama said normalization with Cuba would first require "liberation of all political prisoners and some basic steps toward freedom, including freedom of the press, political parties, labor unions."  
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • December 23, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 4, 2014 a statement of policy from the Executive Office of the President
A bill from U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho attempts to restrict the administration's ability to conduct national security and criminal background checks on undocumented immigrants.
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • December 16, 2014
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