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Latest Fact-Checks By Amy Sherman

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on July 22, 2014 a TV ad
"With Rick Scott, there are more funds for preschool education."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 24, 2014
Nan Rich
Nan Rich
stated on July 11, 2014 a speech to the Florida Press Association
"Tourism and retirees are the dominant economic engines in our state."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • July 23, 2014
Nan Rich
Nan Rich
stated on July 11, 2014 a speech to the Florida Press Association
Florida has the "third most-regressive tax" structure.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • July 22, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on July 2, 2014 a tweet
"Expanding Medicaid would create 63k jobs."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • July 9, 2014
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on July 1, 2014 a TV ad
Says Rick Scott "cut education to pay for even more tax breaks for big, powerful, well-connected corporations."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • July 7, 2014
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on June 30, 2014 a statement to the media
"Nearly 60 percent of women who use birth control do so for more than just family planning."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • June 30, 2014
Progressive Choice Florida
Progressive Choice Florida
stated on June 23, 2014 a radio ad
Says Charlie Crist signed "the nation’s harshest marijuana laws."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Joshua Gillin • June 27, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on June 23, 2014 a TV ad
"Under Governor Crist, 3,000 teachers laid off."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • June 26, 2014
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on June 17, 2014 a TV ad
"Gov. Rick Scott cut the cost of prepaid college tuition by nearly $20,000."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • June 25, 2014
Nan Rich
Nan Rich
stated on May 10, 2014 a speech
"$3 billion over the next five years will be taken out of our public schools and be put into vouchers."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • June 19, 2014
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