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Florida Students for Concealed Carry
Florida Students for Concealed Carry
stated on March 16, 2015 Florida Senate higher education committee hearing:
"According to the state of Florida, you are almost twice as likely to be attacked by an alligator than by someone who happens to carry a conceal-and-carry permit."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 23, 2015
Susan Pitman
Susan Pitman
stated on March 16, 2015 a state Senate committee hearing:
The state of Florida has seen "double-digit drops" in alcohol use among teens.
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • March 18, 2015
H. Marlene O'Toole
H. Marlene O'Toole
stated on March 12, 2015 House Education Appropriations Committee Hearing:
The delay in school testing "was not that of a vendor, the problem was not that of the test materials itself, it was the product of a cyber attack."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 16, 2015
American Bridge 21st Century
American Bridge 21st Century
stated on March 4, 2015 an online post:
"(Jeb) Bush, not the State of Florida, decided which private emails to disclose."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • March 13, 2015
Florida Chamber of Commerce
Florida Chamber of Commerce
stated on March 10, 2015 a Senate health policy committee hearing:
Medicaid is close to 30 percent of the state budget and "the biggest expenditure at the state."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • March 12, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on February 27, 2015 a CPAC appearance:
Eliminating affirmative action in admissions in Florida led to "more African American and Hispanic kids attending our university system" than before.
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • March 11, 2015
David Jolly
David Jolly
stated on February 26, 2015 a speech on the U.S. House floor:
A federal judge said President Barack Obama’s executive action on immigration is "unconstitutional."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • March 5, 2015
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 3, 2015 the Florida State of the State address:
"The average person only pays about $1,800 in state taxes — which is the lowest of all 50 states."
Mostly True
By Steve Contorno • March 3, 2015
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 3, 2015 the State of the State address:
"We have cut taxes more than 40 times in four years."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • March 3, 2015
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 3, 2015 the State of the State address:
Education funding of $7,176 per student is a "historic level."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • March 3, 2015
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
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