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Latest Fact-Checks By Amy Sherman

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Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on April 10, 2014 an email
"In 2006, Charlie Crist opposed in-state tuition for illegal immigrants."
True
By Amy Sherman • April 11, 2014
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on April 1, 2014 a Facebook post
Says Charlie Crist supports "cuts to the Medicare Advantage program."
False
By Amy Sherman • April 9, 2014
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on April 2, 2014 a tweet
Charlie Crist "raised taxes in 2009 and won't rule out raising taxes again."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • April 8, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on March 31, 2014 an online video
"Rick Scott wants to take us back to the days of insurance companies denying coverage for pre-existing conditions."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • April 4, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 31, 2014 an online ad
"Since December 2010 Florida has created 540,000 new jobs."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman, Katie Sanders • April 2, 2014
American Bridge 21st Century
American Bridge 21st Century
stated on March 18, 2014 an online video
Says Rick Scott presided over cuts to the Bright Futures college scholarship program.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • April 1, 2014
Janet Adkins
Janet Adkins
stated on March 24, 2014 a Florida House subcommittee meeting
"We have been teaching these (Common Core) standards in Florida schools since 2010."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 28, 2014
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on March 21, 2014 public remarks
"There are over 100 pipelines between the United States and Canada right now."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 26, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 24, 2014 a television ad from Let's Get to Work
"Obamacare will drive 2.5 million Americans out of the workforce."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 25, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 24, 2014 a television ad from Let's Get to Work
Because of the federal health care law, "300,000 health plans canceled" in Florida.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 25, 2014
Barbara Sharief
Barbara Sharief
stated on March 21, 2014 a speech in Davie, Fla.
Broward County’s unemployment rate of 5.3 percent is "the lowest in Florida."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • March 21, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 16, 2014 a tweet
"Florida ranks first in the nation for access to free prekindergarten."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • March 20, 2014
Rock the Vote
Rock the Vote
stated on March 11, 2014 a tweet
Says 50 percent of millennials don’t associate with "any political party."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • March 17, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on March 9, 2014 an interview on CNN
The economic "turnaround started at the end of my term."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • March 11, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 4, 2014 his State of the State speech
"We have invested record funding in protecting our environment."
False
By Amy Sherman • March 6, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 4, 2014 the State of the State speech
"Florida high schools are four out of the top 10 in the entire United States."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • March 4, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on February 26, 2014 an online campaign ad
"We are seeing dramatic rate cuts" to Medicare that will affect seniors’ ability to keep their doctor, hospital and prevention services.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 3, 2014
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on February 25, 2014 a press release
Says Rick Scott "oversaw the largest Medicare fraud in the nation’s history."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • March 3, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on February 25, 2014 public statements
On expanding Medicaid as part of the health care law
Full Flop
By Amy Sherman • February 25, 2014
Don Gaetz
Don Gaetz
stated on February 13, 2014 a "Florida Face to Face" interview
The medical marijuana ballot initiative "doesn’t require a physician writing a prescription" and can be for conditions like "having a back that needs to be scratched."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Joshua Gillin • February 21, 2014
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