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Latest Fact-Checks By Amy Sherman

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Luis Garcia
Luis Garcia
stated on February 15, 2012 in a campaign press release:
Says David Rivera "received a $5,000 campaign contribution from Congressman Spencer Bachus, who is currently under House Ethics investigation for insider trading."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • March 16, 2012
George LeMieux
George LeMieux
stated on February 27, 2012 in a Web ad:
Connie Mack's "only real job in the real world" was as "‘events coordinator’ for Hooters!"
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 6, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 23, 2012 in a speech in Miami:
The U.S. has a "record number of oil rigs operating right now – more working oil and gas rigs than the rest of the world combined."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • March 1, 2012
George LeMieux
George LeMieux
stated on February 27, 2012 in a Web ad:
Says Connie Mack "failed to pay his child support."
False
By Amy Sherman • February 29, 2012
Bill Proctor
Bill Proctor
stated on January 6, 2012 in a newspaper article:
"Right now, 50 percent of Florida students leaving high school cannot read at grade level."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • February 23, 2012
Connie Mack
Connie Mack
stated on February 4, 2012 in an interview:
"I have a very conservative voting record."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • February 22, 2012
Glee
Glee
stated on February 7, 2012 in an episode on TV:
"The U.S. Census believes that by 2030 the majority of Americans will use Spanish as their first language."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • February 14, 2012
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on February 9, 2012 in a speech at the CPAC conference:
Says a U.S. Supreme Court justice suggested that some U.S. cases will be decided based on South African law.
False
By Amy Sherman • February 14, 2012
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 6, 2012 in a speech in Tallahassee:
"Nationwide tuition at public universities is up almost 300 percent ... in the last 20 years."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • February 9, 2012
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 31, 2012 in a TV interview:
"No candidate has run more negative ads in American history than Barack Obama did in 2008, especially in the general.’’
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • February 6, 2012
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on January 31, 2012 in a press release:
Says Mitt Romney’s campaign "has already spent more on negative ads than John McCain did during his entire presidential run."
False
By Amy Sherman • February 3, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 29, 2012 in an interview:
In 1992, Mitt Romney "gave money to Democrats for Congress."
True
By Amy Sherman • January 31, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 26, 2012 in a debate in Jacksonville, Fla.:
"This president went before the United Nations and castigated Israel for building settlements. He said nothing about thousands of rockets being rained in on Israel from the Gaza Strip."
False
By Amy Sherman • January 27, 2012
No Casinos
No Casinos
stated on January 19, 2012 in a television ad:
Nevada is No. 1 in unemployment, violent crime, car theft, divorce, robberies and foreclosures.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • January 26, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 23, 2012 in a debate:
There are 86 languages spoken at Miami Dade College.
True
By Amy Sherman • January 24, 2012
Karen Harrington
Karen Harrington
stated on January 9, 2012 in a website:
"In 2011, (Debbie) Wasserman Schultz missed 62 congressional votes — one of the worst records of any member of Congress." 
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • January 17, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 6, 2012 in a campaign mailer:
"Since the passage of Obama's stimulus package, over 1 million additional jobs were lost and nearly 25 million Americans are out of work, are stuck in part-time work, or have given up looking."  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • January 11, 2012
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 10, 2012 in his State of the State address:
"In the past year, Floridians, not government, created almost 135,000 new private sector jobs. We netted more than 120,000 total jobs in the first 11 months of 2011; the third most of any state in the nation."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • January 10, 2012
Ellyn Bogdanoff
Ellyn Bogdanoff
stated on October 26, 2011 in a newspaper article:
"Florida is considered the fourth-largest gambling state in the nation."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • December 27, 2011
Florida Chamber of Commerce
Florida Chamber of Commerce
stated on December 8, 2011 in a news article:
Nevada has been recently ranked No. 1 in "unemployment, foreclosures, violent crime, personal bankruptcy and divorce." 
True
By Amy Sherman • December 16, 2011
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