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Latest Fact-Checks In Florida

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Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on June 2, 2014 a campaign commercial:
"Charlie Crist allowed college tuition to increase up to 15 percent every year."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • June 4, 2014
American Civil Liberties Union of Florida
American Civil Liberties Union of Florida
stated on May 27, 2014 a news release:
Florida has "the most errors and exonerations from death row."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • June 2, 2014
Don't Let Florida Go To Pot
Don't Let Florida Go To Pot
stated on May 20, 2014 the group's website:
"Less than 5 percent of registered users in states allowing medical marijuana have cancer or AIDS."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • May 29, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on May 23, 2014 a tweet:
41,200 veterans in Florida "don’t have health care because Scott didn’t expand Medicaid."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • May 28, 2014
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on May 13, 2014 in a question and answer after a speech:
Cap and trade legislation "was originally a Republican idea."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • May 23, 2014
Don't Let Florida Go To Pot
Don't Let Florida Go To Pot
stated on May 20, 2014 the group's website:
A proposed amendment "allows a teenager to get a recommendation for medical marijuana without the consent of a parent."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • May 22, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on May 13, 2014 a campaign tweet:
"Governor Scott Cut Taxes 40 Times For Florida Families"
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin, Katie Sanders • May 21, 2014
Charles Van Zant
Charles Van Zant
stated on March 22, 2014 speech in March publicized May 16 by Think Progress:
A company hired to do Common Core testing in Florida will "attract every one of your children to become as homosexual as they possibly can."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • May 20, 2014
Miami Seaport Alliance
Miami Seaport Alliance
stated on May 14, 2014 a TV ad:
David Beckham’s soccer stadium would get a "special tax deal that lets them off the hook for $2 million in taxes every year for 30 years."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • May 20, 2014
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on May 12, 2014 a speech at the Manhattan Institute:
"U.S. teenagers have now fallen behind their counterparts in Ireland, Poland and even Vietnam in math and science."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • May 15, 2014
Miami Seaport Alliance
Miami Seaport Alliance
stated on April 24, 2014 a "Miami Herald" newspaper ad:
David Beckham’s proposed soccer stadium at Miami’s Port "threatens the 207,000 jobs and $27 billion economic impact tied to the cargo and cruise industries."
False
By Amy Sherman • May 14, 2014
Matt Caldwell
Matt Caldwell
stated on April 30, 2014 a Florida House discussion of SB 392:
There is no "incontrovertible proof that speed, in and of itself, is the contributing factor to increasing (vehicular) fatalities."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • May 12, 2014
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on April 30, 2014 in various social media posts:
"Florida Democrats just voted to impose Sharia law on women."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • May 8, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on April 25, 2014 a post on his campaign website:
Says Rick Scott’s record on jobs includes Florida "ranked 2nd in the nation in long-term unemployment."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • May 6, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on May 2, 2014 interviews and news releases:
On in-state tuition for illegal immigrants.
Full Flop
By Amy Sherman • May 2, 2014
Kelli Stargel
Kelli Stargel
stated on April 28, 2014 a newspaper editorial:
"In states where beer is unregulated, the per capita production is significantly higher."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • May 1, 2014
Kelli Stargel
Kelli Stargel
stated on April 28, 2014 a newspaper editorial:
"Higher beer production and higher consumption go hand-in-hand."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • May 1, 2014
Friends of Greenlight
Friends of Greenlight
stated on April 16, 2014 an email to voters:
Greenlight Pinellas "won’t take existing lanes from other vehicles."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • April 30, 2014
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on April 25, 2014 a speech to the NRA:
"No other country has a constitutional right" like the Second Amendment.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • April 29, 2014
Annette Taddeo
Annette Taddeo
stated on April 21, 2014 an interview on MSNBC:
"Over 20 percent of the electorate is Hispanic" in Florida.
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • April 28, 2014
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