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Latest Fact-Checks By Amy Sherman

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Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on July 17, 2015 a town hall in Carson City, Nevada:
"A law was passed, apparently in the Clinton administration, about whether, in recruiting offices … Marines or other military should be able to have guns. Apparently it is prohibited."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 21, 2015
Allison Tant
Allison Tant
stated on July 15, 2015 a press release:
Says Carlos Lopez-Cantera "even voiced enthusiastic support for bringing an Arizona-style immigration law to Florida, calling the measure 'common sense.’"  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 16, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 11, 2015 a speech at a political rally in Phoenix:
Says Florida had five sanctuary cities while Jeb Bush was governor.
False
By Amy Sherman, Joshua Gillin • July 15, 2015
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on July 9, 2015 an announcement video:
"In the past two years in Congress, I’ve written more bills, passed more amendments on the floor of the House and enacted more of my bills into law than any other member of the House."  
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • July 14, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on June 30, 2015 a post on his campaign website about releasing his tax returns:
Says his "average federal tax rate" was 36 percent.  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • July 9, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on July 7, 2015 in an interview with CNN:
Says Jeb Bush "doesn't believe in a path to citizenship. If he did at one time, he no longer does."  
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • July 8, 2015
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
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 18, 2013 a video with the Human Rights Campaign.:
On same-sex marriage.
Full Flop
By Amy Sherman • June 17, 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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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