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Latest Fact-Checks By Amy Sherman

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Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on July 10, 2014 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on June 17, 2014 in a TV ad:
When Rick Scott "was deposed in lawsuits about his company, he took the Fifth 75 times."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • June 17, 2014
Americans for Safe Access
Americans for Safe Access
stated on June 5, 2014 in a TV ad:
Judging by a recent vote, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz "thinks it's okay for medical marijuana patients to go to federal prison."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • June 10, 2014
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on June 2, 2014 in a press release:
"Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen has long record of voting against VA backlog fixes."
False
By Amy Sherman • June 6, 2014
American Civil Liberties Union of Florida
American Civil Liberties Union of Florida
stated on May 27, 2014 in a news release:
Florida has "the most errors and exonerations from death row."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • June 2, 2014
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