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David Jolly
David Jolly
stated on January 6, 2014 comments at a public form:
"I have never lobbied for offshore oil drilling."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • January 10, 2014
Kathleen Peters
Kathleen Peters
stated on January 8, 2014 a campaign mailer:
"When I was Mayor of South Pasadena, we actually reduced the property taxes we collected."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • January 10, 2014
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on January 2, 2014 comments on her show:
The Foundation for Government Accountability, which supported a Florida law requiring drug testing of welfare recipients, is a "Koch brothers affiliated group."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Katie Sanders • January 9, 2014
National Right to Life Committee
National Right to Life Committee
stated on December 31, 2013 an article posted on the group’s website:
"State Rep. Kathleen Peters has a 100 percent pro-abortion voting record – even voting against a ban on sex-selection abortions."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • January 9, 2014
Gus Bilirakis
Gus Bilirakis
stated on January 2, 2014 a Bay News 9 interview:
Under a proposed bill, a $100,000 home’s flood insurance premium would be "maybe $200 or $300 annually."
False
By Joshua Gillin • January 7, 2014
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 6, 2014 a video:
"In my home state, nearly one in five Floridians live in poverty."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • January 6, 2014
Kathleen Peters
Kathleen Peters
stated on December 19, 2013 comments during a press conference:
Says David Jolly lobbied "for government-run health care just last year."
False
By Joshua Gillin • January 6, 2014
Kathleen Peters
Kathleen Peters
stated on December 13, 2013 a mailing to 13th Congressional District voters:
"Since 2007 David Jolly has given almost $30,000 to keep Democrats in Congress!"
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • December 27, 2013
David Jolly
David Jolly
stated on December 13, 2013 David Jolly in a mailer to 13th Congressional District voters:
"Kathleen Peters refuses to ‘take a stand’ to repeal Obamacare."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • December 27, 2013
Ken Hagan
Ken Hagan
stated on December 16, 2013 an interview with the 'Tampa Bay Times':
Studies suggest the 2017 College Football Playoff Championship game will bring about 1,700 to 1,800 full-time jobs.
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • December 20, 2013
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
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