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Latest Fact-Checks In Florida

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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 26, 2014 an email from his campaign
"Charlie Crist signed into law an automatic 15 percent annual tuition increase that put college further out of reach for many Floridians."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • April 3, 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
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on March 25, 2014 his campaign website
"Rick Scott tried to slash school funding by $3.3 billion."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • March 27, 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
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on March 21, 2014 public remarks
Florida's revenue "is growing at a faster rate than almost any state in the country."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • 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
Florida Stop Common Core Coalition
Florida Stop Common Core Coalition
stated on March 19, 2014 a letter to supporters
For educational testing, Florida "has chosen a company that has a significant history of promoting identification of the GLBT lifestyle for children as young as seven years old."
Half-True
By Jeffrey S. Solochek • March 24, 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
No Tax For Tracks
No Tax For Tracks
stated on March 17, 2014 on their website
The Greenlight Pinellas transportation plan involves a "300% tax increase."
False
By Joshua Gillin • 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
John Morgan
John Morgan
stated on February 24, 2014 a medical marijuana debate at the University of Tampa
Says Cathy Jordan was "arrested" and dragged out of her home by "a SWAT team of hooligans" for using medical marijuana.
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • March 13, 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
Will Weatherford
Will Weatherford
stated on February 27, 2014 an interview with the "Tampa Bay Times"
About half the people who would qualify for Medicaid expansion in Florida "can buy a health care plan for $30 a month" on the federal health care exchange.
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin, Steve Contorno • March 7, 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 his State of the State speech
"All of Florida's four-year state colleges now offer bachelor's degrees for only $10,000."
Mostly False
By Julie Kliegman • March 4, 2014
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