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Latest Fact-Checks By Amy Sherman

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Libertarian Party of Broward County
Libertarian Party of Broward County
stated on August 22, 2013 in the Libertarian Party of Broward website:
The Libertarian Party "is the third-largest political party in the U.S."
False
By Amy Sherman • September 9, 2013
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on August 30, 2013 in a speech at an Americans for Prosperity Foundation conference:
"We cut business taxes so today 70 percent of our businesses don't pay a business tax."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • September 6, 2013
Rene Garcia
Rene Garcia
stated on August 20, 2013 in a Florida Cabinet meeting:
Miami-Dade County is the "No. 1 donor county in the state."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • August 27, 2013
Pam Stewart
Pam Stewart
stated on August 19, 2013 in a letter to the editor in the "Miami Herald":
Florida’s "high school graduation rates continue to increase at the fastest rate in the nation, with Florida leading the nation in the rate of Hispanic graduates."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • August 23, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on July 31, 2013 in a Fox News interview:
Under Obamacare, people who "have a doctor they’ve been seeing for the last 15 or 20 years, they won’t be able to keep going to that doctor."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • August 5, 2013
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on July 25, 2013 in the realrickscott.com website:
Rick Scott "increased tuition at our state colleges and universities by double digits."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • August 2, 2013
Dream Defenders
Dream Defenders
stated on July 22, 2013 in a meeting with Wansley Walters, Florida Department of Juvenile Justice Secretary:
"Over 12,000 school kids were arrested in Florida. It makes Florida the nation's leader in that area."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • July 30, 2013
Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Prosperity
stated on July 23, 2013 in a press release:
Patrick Murphy voted for Obamacare in 2010, "yet he reversed himself and voted to delay" the employer mandate and the individual mandate.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 25, 2013
Jesse Jackson
Jesse Jackson
stated on July 18, 2013 in an interview on CNN:
"Homicides against blacks have tripled" since Florida’s "stand your ground" law has been in existence.
False
By Amy Sherman • July 24, 2013
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on July 16, 2013 in a tweet:
"The FL Guard has defended our freedom in Afghanistan, Iraq, and put their lives at risk; now the fed govt is going to cut their pay 20%."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • July 23, 2013
X posts
X posts
stated on July 14, 2013 in tweets:
"In the 513 days between Trayvon dying, and today’s verdict, 11,106 African-Americans have been murdered by other African-Americans."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 17, 2013
Miami-Dade County
Miami-Dade County
stated on July 9, 2013 in a county budget document:
Miami-Dade has "the nation’s highest-rated tap water."
False
By Amy Sherman • July 12, 2013
Tony Perkins
Tony Perkins
stated on June 30, 2013 in a TV interview:
"We're already seeing bakers and florists and photographers forced to participate in same-sex marriages under the threat of law and in some cases even jail."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • July 8, 2013
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on July 20, 2013 in an interview:
Says President Obama has cracked down "on employers who are attracting undocumented immigrants and hiring them more than any previous president."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • July 3, 2013
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on June 20, 2013 in an interview on MSNBC:
"President Obama has the most border patrols and border security deployed at the border of any previous president."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • July 1, 2013
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on June 25, 2013 in a blog post on Breitbart:
The immigration bill includes free "Obamacars," motorcycles or scooters.
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • June 26, 2013
Carlos Curbelo
Carlos Curbelo
stated on May 24, 2013 in a Fox News interview:
In Miami-Dade County, "we spend at our school system over $20 million every year" educating recent immigrants.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • June 3, 2013
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on May 20, 2013 in a press release:
"This budget also reflects the smallest state government workforce per 1,000 residents in Florida in this century."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • May 22, 2013
Kathy Castor
Kathy Castor
stated on May 6, 2013 in a TV interview:
"70,000 three-year-olds and four-year-olds across America will lose access to the preschool Head Start program. ... 2,000 in the state of Florida alone."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Katie Sanders • May 13, 2013
Broward Democratic Executive Committee
Broward Democratic Executive Committee
stated on April 11, 2013 in a press release:
Broward County was one of three counties in the nation "pivotal to an Obama victory" in 2012.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • May 3, 2013
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