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Latest Fact-Checks In Florida

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David Plouffe
David Plouffe
stated on February 17, 2013 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 a blog post on RedState.com
"Agriculture has always required a significant workforce from abroad."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • February 18, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 30, 2013 a blog post on RedState.com
The United States does "not have a system through which growers and dairies can bring a workforce legally into the U.S."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • February 18, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on February 12, 2013 GOP response to Obama's State of the Union
"I still live in the same working-class neighborhood I grew up in."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • February 14, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on February 12, 2013 the Republican response to the State of the Union Address
"Our economy actually shrank during the last three months of 2012."
True
By Louis Jacobson • February 13, 2013
Will Weatherford
Will Weatherford
stated on January 30, 2013 a news conference
Florida has "the second-lowest (campaign) contribution limit in the entire country."
False
By Katie Sanders • February 8, 2013
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 31, 2013 a news conference
Says his budget provides "the highest state funding level in history" for education.
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • February 6, 2013
Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda
Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda
stated on January 24, 2013 a newspaper interview
Says state workers have not had across-the-board raises in six years.
True
By Katie Sanders • January 29, 2013
Mike Ryan
Mike Ryan
stated on January 14, 2013 a column in a political blog
People committed involuntarily for 72 hours under the Baker Act will get their guns back "automatically and immediately upon discharge....and their commitment is never entered into a background check database."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • January 25, 2013
Pink Slip Rick
Pink Slip Rick
stated on January 17, 2013 social media posts
Says Rick Scott’s proposal for election reform "only mandates 48 hours of early voting."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • January 22, 2013
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 18, 2013 a TV interview
Says his elections proposal would allow "a potential of 168 hours (of early voting), which I think is the most we’ve ever had."
True
By Katie Sanders • January 22, 2013
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 15, 2013 a discussion with black lawmakers
Says a recent study shows Florida students are second in the world in fourth grade reading, behind Singapore.
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • January 21, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 12, 2013 an interview
The United States has "an immigration system where only 6.5 percent of people who come here, come here based on labor and skill."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • January 16, 2013
Don Gaetz
Don Gaetz
stated on January 11, 2013 an editorial board interview
"I sponsored the amendment that expanded the hours of early voting so that people who have irregular work schedules could vote."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • January 15, 2013
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on December 14, 2012 a TV interview
"In the four years before I became governor, we increased state debt $5.2 billion. We've paid it down $2 billion."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • January 10, 2013
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 7, 2013 a press conference
Says a federal plan to expand Medicaid would cost Florida taxpayers $26 billion over 10 years.
False
By Aaron Sharockman • January 8, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on December 30, 2012 in a tweet
"Report that #GOP insisting on changes to Social Security as part of #fiscalcliff false. BTW those changes are supported by @barackobama."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • January 4, 2013
Lenny Curry
Lenny Curry
stated on December 12, 2012 a tweet
Says Charlie Crist and Missouri Rep. Todd Akin "hold same abortion views. No exception except the life of the mother."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • December 20, 2012
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on December 11, 2012 a news conference
Under Charlie Crist, Florida lost 825,000 jobs and the unemployment rate increased from 3.5 percent to 11.1 percent.
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • December 14, 2012
Ken Detzner
Ken Detzner
stated on November 9, 2012 a CNN interview
November 2012 was "a record year of turnout. More people voted before Election Day using absentee ballots and voting early than ever before in our history."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • December 7, 2012
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