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Latest Fact-Checks In Florida

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Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on October 10, 2014 a gubernatorial debate:
If Florida had not taken the stimulus, it "would have led to the firing of 20,000 teachers."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • October 10, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 10, 2014 a gubernatorial debate in Miramar:
"832,000 people lost their job while (Charlie Crist was) governor."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • October 10, 2014
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on September 30, 2014 a campaign commercial:
Says U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland "voted himself health care for life."
Pants on Fire!
By Joshua Gillin • October 8, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on October 1, 2014 a TV ad:
Says Rick Scott signed "laws requiring mandatory ultrasounds and restricting access to abortion even in cases of rape or incest."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • October 7, 2014
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on September 30, 2014 a TV ad:
Under Rick Scott, there has been a "historic $20 billion in funds for education."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 6, 2014
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on September 22, 2014 a campaign commercial:
Judithanne McLauchlan "was part of a group that supports imposing a state income tax on Floridians."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • October 3, 2014
Allen West
Allen West
stated on September 26, 2014 a Facebook post:
Says President Barack Obama "ordered our military to enlist illegal aliens."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 2, 2014
Gwen Graham
Gwen Graham
stated on September 25, 2014 a campaign commercial:
Says U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland "voted to keep the shutdown going."
True
By Joshua Gillin • October 1, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on March 3, 2014 in an interview on CNN:
On the economic stimulus.
Half Flip
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 30, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on March 9, 2014 an interview on CNN:
On support for the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).
Full Flop
By Joshua Gillin • September 30, 2014
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on September 23, 2014 a TV ad:
Health insurance costs for Floridians are up 30 percent or more.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • September 29, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on September 19, 2014 a campaign commercial:
Says Rick Scott "pled the Fifth 75 times to avoid jail for Medicare fraud."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • September 25, 2014
Carlos Curbelo
Carlos Curbelo
stated on September 18, 2014 a speech to a college GOP group:
Social Security and Medicare are "a Ponzi scheme."
False
By Amy Sherman • September 24, 2014
Steve Southerland
Steve Southerland
stated on September 10, 2014 a campaign commercial:
Says Gwen Graham "was a Washington lobbyist."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • September 23, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on September 16, 2014 a TV ad:
Says Rick Scott cut education by over a billion dollars, meaning thousands of teachers "lost their jobs" and "class sizes went up."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • September 22, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on August 27, 2014 TV ad:
A Scott Rothstein victim says that he was "swindled" by Charlie Crist.
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • September 22, 2014
Lois Frankel
Lois Frankel
stated on September 12, 2014 a fundraising email :
Recently Rick Scott "closed 30 women’s health care centers across the state."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • September 18, 2014
Pam Bondi
Pam Bondi
stated on September 8, 2014 a campaign commercial:
Of the 98 top oxycodone-dispensing doctors who used to live in Florida, "today, there are none."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • September 16, 2014
Joe Garcia
Joe Garcia
stated on September 5, 2014 a web ad:
Says U.S. House candidate Carlos Curbelo "supported raising flood insurance rates."
False
By Amy Sherman • September 16, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on September 9, 2014 a TV ad:
Says Rick Scott "thinks employers should be able to deny women coverage for birth control."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • September 11, 2014
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