Stand up for the facts!

Our only agenda is to publish the truth so you can be an informed participant in democracy.
We need your help.

More Info

Latest Fact-Checks By Amy Sherman

Clear

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
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

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

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

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

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

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

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
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
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
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

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

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

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

Previous Next