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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
Will Weatherford
Will Weatherford
stated on March 28, 2013 a Board of Governors meeting:
"The average student in Florida, what they actually pay out of pocket at our major universities" for tuition is as much or less than what they spend on cellphones.
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • April 3, 2013
Will Weatherford
Will Weatherford
stated on March 19, 2013 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 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
Carlos Trujillo
Carlos Trujillo
stated on March 22, 2013 a House Education Committee meeting:
"This (parent trigger) legislation was drafted by President Obama's top advisers. It was drafted by President Clinton’s top advisers."
False
By Katie Sanders • March 27, 2013
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on March 15, 2013 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 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
Doug Holder
Doug Holder
stated on March 13, 2013 a committee hearing on HB 13:
"Nearly 25 percent of all automobile accidents are caused by texting while driving."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • March 19, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on March 14, 2013 a CPAC speech:
"The Chinese government provides their people no access to the Internet."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Katie Sanders • March 15, 2013
Will Weatherford
Will Weatherford
stated on March 8, 2013 an interview:
Eighty-five percent of Floridians who will benefit from expanding Medicaid are "single, childless adults."  
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • March 15, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on March 14, 2013 a speech at the conservative CPAC conference:
"There are 3 million jobs available in America that are not filled because too many of our people don’t have the skills for those jobs."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 14, 2013
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