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Latest Fact-Checks In Florida

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Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on December 17, 2013 a Facebook post
"Florida has experienced positive job growth for 39 consecutive months."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • December 19, 2013
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on December 11, 2013 an online video
Gov. Rick Scott "backed the federal shutdown."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • December 18, 2013
Pam Bondi
Pam Bondi
stated on October 24, 2013 an initial brief to the Florida Supreme Court
Florida’s proposed medical marijuana amendment "would make Florida one of the most lenient medical-marijuana states, allowing use for limitless ‘other conditions’ specified by any physician."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • December 17, 2013
Pam Bondi
Pam Bondi
stated on October 24, 2013 an initial brief to the Florida Supreme Court
"Whether the Amendment passes or not, the medical use of marijuana is a federal criminal offense."
True
By Joshua Gillin • December 17, 2013
Dan Gelber
Dan Gelber
stated on November 26, 2013 Charlie Crist's campaign website
Gov. Charlie Crist "sought for and got approved the automatic restoration of felon rights for nonviolent offenders for the first time in Florida history."
False
By Amy Sherman • December 12, 2013
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on November 27, 2013 a tweet
"Why would our president close the embassy to the Vatican? Hopefully, it is not retribution for Catholic organizations opposing Obamacare."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • December 4, 2013
Allen West
Allen West
stated on December 2, 2013 a blog on his website
"Back door gun control is in full effect in the United States" due to "Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • December 3, 2013
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on November 18, 2013 an interview on MSNBC's "The Ed Show"
"We’re the Sunshine State, and we’re hardly doing any solar energy production."
Mostly True
By Rochelle Koff • December 3, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on November 20, 2013 a speech at the American Enterprise Institute
"I did not support the sequester."
True
By Amy Sherman • November 26, 2013
Grady Judd
Grady Judd
stated on November 19, 2013 a "Sun-Sentinel" editorial
Florida’s proposed amendment for medical marijuana would allow "people who alleged minor ailments such as muscle spasms, neck pain, back pain and even menstrual cramps (to qualify) for government-sanctioned pot-smoking."
Mostly True
By Julie Kliegman • November 25, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on November 20, 2013 a speech at American Enterprise Institute
"The reason we have a national debt is not because of defense spending. What is driving our long-term debt are Medicare and Social Security programs."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • November 22, 2013
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on November 15, 2013 a news release about Florida's tourism statistics
Florida "remains the top travel destination across the world."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • November 21, 2013
Larry Ashley
Larry Ashley
stated on November 7, 2013 a Florida House criminal justice subcommittee hearing
"Florida sheriffs unequivocally support" the "stand your ground" law.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • November 15, 2013
Ken Detzner
Ken Detzner
stated on November 4, 2013 a state Senate ethics and elections committee hearing
One of the "main functions" of the Department of Homeland Security’s SAVE database is "checking voter registration citizenship status."
False
By Amy Sherman • November 14, 2013
Frank Fahrenkopf
Frank Fahrenkopf
stated on October 19, 2013 an opinion piece in the "Miami Herald"
"The majority of people travelling to these destination resorts are not going for the primary purpose of gambling."   
Mostly False
By Rochelle Koff • November 12, 2013
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on November 5, 2013 an interview on MSNBC
Says Rick Scott "cut education by $1.3 billion" in his first year, then "in his second year he decreases funding by $300 million to our state universities."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • November 11, 2013
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on October 30, 2013 a YouTube attack ad
Says Alex Sink supported "a $5.2 billion increase in Florida's debt."
Mostly False
By Julie Kliegman • November 7, 2013
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on November 4, 2013 a speech announcing his candidacy for governor
Charlie Crist stopped "layoffs of some 20,000 school teachers during the global economic meltdown."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • November 7, 2013
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on November 4, 2013 a rally announcing his candidacy for governor
Says Rick Scott "didn’t even come to his own education summit. But he did take time to go to the tea party convention the same week."
True
By Katie Sanders • November 4, 2013
Friends of Clearwater PAC
Friends of Clearwater PAC
stated on October 21, 2013 a flier
Passage of a referendum on an aquarium for Clearwater means "NO future funding for our neighborhoods."
False
By Charlie Frago • November 2, 2013
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