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Latest Fact-Checks In Florida

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Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on May 3, 2013 a position on legislation
On an early date for Florida's presidential primary
Full Flop
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 9, 2013
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on May 8, 2013 a Facebook post
On support for gay marriage
Full Flop
By Molly Moorhead • May 9, 2013
Allison Tant
Allison Tant
stated on April 30, 2013 a Florida Voices column
Says Gov. Rick Scott allowed Republican legislators to cut his teacher pay raise proposal by 60 percent.
False
By Katie Sanders • May 6, 2013
Broward Democratic Executive Committee
Broward Democratic Executive Committee
stated on April 11, 2013 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
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on April 29, 2013 a Facebook post
"Every Florida teacher gets a pay raise."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • May 1, 2013
Friends of Miami First
Friends of Miami First
stated on April 23, 2013 a mailer
The Dolphins stadium renovation will "create more than 4,000 new local jobs."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • May 1, 2013
Adam Schefter
Adam Schefter
stated on April 25, 2013 a tweet about the NFL Draft
"Odd fact for odd draft: No. 2 overall pick will earn more than the No. 1 pick due to no state tax in Florida. So 2 not so bad."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • April 26, 2013
Charles Van Zant
Charles Van Zant
stated on April 18, 2013 House floor debate on HB 845
"Abortionists have reduced our black population by more than 25 percent since 1973."
False
By Katie Sanders • April 25, 2013
Christopher L. Smith
Christopher L. Smith
stated on April 21, 2013 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 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
Associated Industries of Florida
Associated Industries of Florida
stated on April 14, 2013 a TV ad
The "working tax cut" created "over 40,000 new jobs in just the last four years."
Pants on Fire!
By Katie Sanders • April 19, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on April 14, 2013 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
Lenny Curry
Lenny Curry
stated on April 14, 2013 an interview with Central Florida News 13
"Rick Scott has paid down our debt by about $2 billion. Charlie Crist’s debt went up about $5 billion."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • April 17, 2013
Americans United for Life
Americans United for Life
stated on April 9, 2013 a committee hearing on SB 1636
"In 2010 alone, 1,270 infants were reported to have died following attempted abortions and notably that is only one year."
False
By Katie Sanders • April 16, 2013
American Bird Conservancy
American Bird Conservancy
stated on March 29, 2013 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
Joe Negron
Joe Negron
stated on April 10, 2013 a gaggle of reporters
Says PETA "is using this really fancy drone to follow hunters around in some places in other countries."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • April 12, 2013
Brian Anderson
Brian Anderson
stated on April 9, 2013 a Senate Rules Committee meeting
"Pasco County has the second highest population of homeless in all of Florida."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • April 10, 2013
Frederica Wilson
Frederica Wilson
stated on April 5, 2013 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 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
Marion Hammer
Marion Hammer
stated on April 2, 2013 a committee hearing
Says rabid animals from other states carry "different strains of rabies" that Florida "vaccines and serums don’t affect."
False
By Katie Sanders • April 4, 2013
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