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Latest Fact-Checks In Florida

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Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on September 4, 2014 a campaign document:
"Under Rick Scott, homeowners are paying higher (home insurance) premiums for less coverage."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • September 10, 2014
Joe Garcia
Joe Garcia
stated on September 5, 2014 a Web ad:
Says U.S. House candidate Carlos Curbelo "supported ending the Medicare guarantee."
False
By Amy Sherman • September 9, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on August 17, 2014 a TV ad:
Says Rick Scott has "teamed up with a felon convicted of running a Ponzi scheme to smear Charlie Crist."
False
By Amy Sherman • September 2, 2014
Drug Free America
Drug Free America
stated on August 20, 2014 a "Tampa Bay Times" editorial meeting:
Under a proposed medical marijuana amendment in Florida, "you don't get refills -- you get it forever."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • August 28, 2014
NextGen Climate Action Committee
NextGen Climate Action Committee
stated on August 22, 2014 a TV ad:
Rick Scott took $200,000 from a family that leased land for drilling "and now he is trying to hide from it."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • August 28, 2014
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on August 17, 2014 a TV ad:
Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein "gave hundreds of thousands of campaign cash to control Crist’s appointments of key state judges."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • August 25, 2014
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on August 6, 2014 a Facebook Q&A with Charlie Crist:
Obamacare "prevents (Florida) from regulating insurance."
Pants on Fire!
By Joshua Gillin • August 20, 2014
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on August 12, 2014 a campaign commercial:
Says Charlie "Crist made it easier for Duke to take your money."
False
By Joshua Gillin • August 15, 2014
NextGen Climate Action Committee
NextGen Climate Action Committee
stated on August 8, 2014 TV ad:
Says Rick Scott took $200,000 in campaign contributions from a company that "profited off pollution."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • August 15, 2014
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on August 7, 2014 a campaign commercial:
Says Charlie Crist rode on a jet that "belongs to a serial polluter with a history of environmental violations fined nearly $2 million for polluting water."
True
By Joshua Gillin • August 15, 2014
NextGen Climate Action Committee
NextGen Climate Action Committee
stated on August 8, 2014 a campaign ad:
Says Rick Scott "is letting Duke (Energy) keep collecting billions" despite troubled power plants.
Half-True
By PolitiFact Staff • August 13, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on July 10, 2014 a fundraising email:
"All Aboard Florida is receiving millions in Florida taxpayer dollars."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • August 7, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on June 30, 2014 a TV interview:
"All Aboard Florida is a 100 percent private venture. There is no state money involved."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • August 7, 2014
Don't Let Florida Go To Pot
Don't Let Florida Go To Pot
stated on August 5, 2014 on their website:
"25 percent of all drug-related fatal vehicle accidents in the U.S. involve marijuana."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • August 5, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on August 1, 2014 a press statement:
"Attorney General Eric Holder’s own Justice Department precleared the voting changes in the 2011 law" about early voting in Florida.
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • August 4, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on July 31, 2014 a campaign commercial:
Says Rick Scott "raised property taxes."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • August 1, 2014
Ed MacDougall
Ed MacDougall
stated on July 26, 2014 a radio ad:
Says U.S. House candidate Carlos Curbelo "opposes the repeal of Obamacare."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 31, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on July 29, 2014 a campaign email:
"Women in Florida make 83 cents for every dollar a man makes."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • July 30, 2014
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on July 23, 2014 a speech at Catholic University:
"Having an active father makes children 98 percent more likely to graduate from college."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • July 29, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on July 23, 2014 a TV ad:
Says Rick Scott cut "Bright Futures scholarships in half."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • July 25, 2014
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