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Latest Fact-Checks By Allison Graves

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Carlos Guillermo Smith
Carlos Guillermo Smith
stated on March 21, 2017 a vote on HB 697
Says if a Florida bill (HB 697) punishing sanctuary cities becomes law "it will be the only law of its kind in the nation."
Mostly True
By Allison Graves • March 30, 2017
Richard Corcoran
Richard Corcoran
stated on March 17, 2017 a Tiger Bay speech
Says Florida officials amended a contract from Lockheed Martin from 305 promised jobs to six.  
Mostly True
By Allison Graves • March 27, 2017
Hugh Hewitt
Hugh Hewitt
stated on March 26, 2017 comments on "Meet the Press"
Obamacare "is in a death spiral."
False
By Allison Graves • March 26, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 18, 2017 a post on Twitter
"Germany owes ... vast sums of money to NATO & the United States must be paid more for the powerful, and very expensive, defense it provides to Germany!"
False
By Allison Graves • March 19, 2017
Dennis Baxley
Dennis Baxley
stated on March 15, 2017 a Florida House floor speech
"What has happened since 2005? We’ve seen violent crime continuously go down" due to Florida's "stand your ground" law.
Mostly False
By Allison Graves, Louis Jacobson • March 16, 2017
Patricia Farley
Patricia Farley
stated on March 14, 2017 a news conference in the Capitol
"A woman working full-time is paid 79 to 80 cents for every dollar a man is paid, and it's even less for women of color, and on average $11,000 per year is lost simply because she isn't a man."
Mostly True
By Allison Graves • March 14, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 4, 2017 posts on the Internet
"FBI issues Warrant For Obama’s Arrest After Confirming Illegal Trump Tower Wiretap."
Pants on Fire!
By Allison Graves • March 13, 2017
Mick Mulvaney
Mick Mulvaney
stated on March 12, 2017 a segment on ABC's "This Week"
"If the CBO was right about Obamacare to begin with, there'd be 8 million more people on Obamacare today than there actually are. … Sometimes we ask them to do stuff that they're not capable of doing."
Half-True
By Allison Graves • March 12, 2017
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 7, 2017 his State of the State speech
"Florida is now the only state in the nation to tax commercial leases."
True
By Allison Graves • March 8, 2017
Sarah Huckabee Sanders
Sarah Huckabee Sanders
stated on March 5, 2017 an interview on ABC's "This Week"
"Everybody acts like President Trump is the one that came up with this idea. ... There are multiple news outlets that have reported" former President Barack Obama ordered wiretapping on Trump.
False
By Allison Graves • March 5, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 28, 2017 a speech to Congress
"Currently, when we ship products out of America, many other countries make us pay very high tariffs and taxes — but when foreign companies ship their products into America, we charge them nothing or almost nothing."
Half-True
By Allison Graves • March 2, 2017
Thomas Perez
Thomas Perez
stated on February 26, 2017 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
Says "Donald Trump wants to eliminate overtime pay for people." 
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • February 26, 2017
Carl Bildt
Carl Bildt
stated on February 20, 2017 a tweet
There were "50 percent more murders" in Orlando and Orange County, Fla., last year "than in all of Sweden."
Mostly True
By Allison Graves • February 22, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 18, 2017 a campaign rally
"Look at what’s happening last night in Sweden. Sweden, who would believe this? Sweden. They took in large numbers. They’re having problems like they never thought possible."
False
By Allison Graves • February 19, 2017
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on February 13, 2017 a roundtable discussion
"Your politicians in Tallahassee today are saying, in your area, that they don't need any more jobs. That is exactly what Rep. Paul Renner said."
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • February 17, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 12, 2017 a tweet
Says "72% of refugees admitted into U.S. (2/3 -2/11) during COURT BREAKDOWN are from 7 countries: SYRIA, IRAQ, SOMALIA, IRAN, SUDAN, LIBYA & YEMEN."
Mostly True
By Allison Graves • February 12, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 12, 2017 a tweet
"While on FAKE NEWS @CNN, Bernie Sanders was cut off for using the term fake news to describe the network. They said technical difficulties!"
False
By Allison Graves • February 12, 2017
Richard Corcoran
Richard Corcoran
stated on February 6, 2017 a tweet
"Spending more taxpayer money on VISIT FL (or less) has not demonstrated a direct impact on tourism."
Half-True
By Allison Graves • February 9, 2017
Kellyanne Conway
Kellyanne Conway
stated on February 2, 2017 an interview on "Fox and Friends"
"This is longest that the nation has gone without a secretary of the Treasury, at least in modern times. If it's not the longest, it's darn close to it."
False
By Allison Graves • February 2, 2017
Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg
stated on January 25, 2017 a segment on ABC's 'The View'
Says Barack Obama "didn’t do executive orders in the beginning." 
Pants on Fire!
By Allison Graves • January 26, 2017
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