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Latest Fact-Checks By Amy Sherman

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Friends of Miami First
Friends of Miami First
stated on April 23, 2013 in a mailer:
The Dolphins stadium renovation will "create more than 4,000 new local jobs."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • May 1, 2013
Christopher L. Smith
Christopher L. Smith
stated on April 21, 2013 in a column in the South Florida Sun Sentinel:
The election bill "allows persons to correct an absentee ballot if they did not sign it and requires an extra two hours a day for early voting. Everything else in this bill is discretionary."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Katie Sanders • April 23, 2013
Carlos Gimenez
Carlos Gimenez
stated on April 10, 2013 in a county commission meeting:
The Miami Dolphins "are the only NFL team in the entire nation that pays property taxes."
False
By Amy Sherman • April 22, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on April 14, 2013 in an interview on ABC's 'This Week':
Ché Guevara "wrote extensively about the superiority of white Europeans over people of African descent."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • April 17, 2013
American Bird Conservancy
American Bird Conservancy
stated on March 29, 2013 in a press release:
A proposed bill in the Florida Legislature "would authorize the public hoarding of cats by feral cat activists."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • April 16, 2013
Frederica Wilson
Frederica Wilson
stated on April 5, 2013 in a press release:
"Congresswoman Frederica Wilson successfully postpones closure of the North Perry airport tower."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • April 10, 2013
Nadine Smith
Nadine Smith
stated on March 27, 2013 in a press release:
"The financial penalties imposed" on gay couples "can cost us more than $300,000 compared with married heterosexual couples over a lifetime."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • April 8, 2013
Will Weatherford
Will Weatherford
stated on March 19, 2013 in Americans for Prosperity-Florida rally:
"Almost 1,000 people a day" are moving to Florida "because they are more free here than they are in some other states."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Katie Sanders • April 2, 2013
Chain email
Chain email
stated on March 28, 2013 in an email:
College students "who are NOT U.S. Citizens and who get the PELL Grant" plan to return to their home countries after getting free gas cards and child care.
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • April 1, 2013
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on March 15, 2013 in a speech at CPAC:
"Already, a prototype driverless car has traveled more than 300,000 miles in the crowded maze of California streets without a single accident."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • March 25, 2013
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on March 5, 2013 in in his book 'Immigration Wars':
"Nearly 65 percent -- almost two-thirds -- of all new permanent residents obtained that status by virtue of their family status."
True
By Amy Sherman • March 22, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on March 14, 2013 in a CPAC speech:
"The Chinese government provides their people no access to the Internet."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Katie Sanders • March 15, 2013
Ron Book
Ron Book
stated on March 6, 2013 in a state legislative committee hearing:
"Super Bowl L by everybody's estimation is a $500 million economic impact to the state of Florida."
False
By Amy Sherman • March 14, 2013
Christopher L. Smith
Christopher L. Smith
stated on March 5, 2013 in a speech:
Florida is "second in the nation in the uninsured."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • March 8, 2013
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 5, 2013 in a State of the State speech:
"For the first time in eight years, our budget also increases funding for persons with disabilities by $36 million to help more disabled people receive community-based services."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • March 7, 2013
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on March 4, 2013 in a memo 'pre-butting' the State of the State address:
Says Gov. Rick Scott cut more government jobs than were created in the private sector in Florida in 2012.
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman, Katie Sanders • March 5, 2013
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on March 4, 2013 in a press release:
Says Rick Scott called education not a "core function" of the state.
False
By Amy Sherman • March 5, 2013
Jeffrey Loria
Jeffrey Loria
stated on February 24, 2013 in an ad:
The majority of public funding for the Marlins stadium "came from hotel taxes, the burden of which is incurred by tourists who are visiting our city, NOT the resident taxpayers."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • March 5, 2013
David Plouffe
David Plouffe
stated on February 17, 2013 in an interview:
"The group that supported the president’s health care bill the most? Latinos."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • February 20, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 30, 2013 in a blog post on RedState.com:
"Agriculture has always required a significant workforce from abroad."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • February 18, 2013
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