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Latest Fact-Checks In Florida

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Florida House Majority Office
Florida House Majority Office
stated on May 17, 2018 a video:
It is a "myth" that "per-student funding only rose by 47 cents this year."
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • May 30, 2018
For Our Future Florida
For Our Future Florida
stated on April 22, 2018 in a tweet:
Says Florida Gov. Rick Scott "just signed a bill that could make most of Florida’s beaches private."
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • April 26, 2018
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on April 9, 2018 a website:
"Out of 860 bills (Sen. Bill Nelson has) introduced in Congress, only 10 have passed."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • April 20, 2018
Jon “Bowzer” Bauman
Jon “Bowzer” Bauman
stated on April 9, 2018 a press release:
"Rick Scott wants to destroy Social Security by privatizing it."
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • April 12, 2018
Richard Corcoran
Richard Corcoran
stated on February 27, 2018 an interview:
Florida’s school marshal program passed by the Florida House is the "first-of-its kind."
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • March 6, 2018
Ted Deutch
Ted Deutch
stated on February 21, 2018 a CNN town hall:
"Mass shootings went up 200 percent in the decade after the assault weapons ban expired."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • February 23, 2018
Philip Levine
Philip Levine
stated on February 20, 2018 a TV ad:
"Here in Florida, despite 14 school shootings in eight years, we still have some of the weakest gun laws in the nation."
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • February 23, 2018
Elizabeth Foley
Elizabeth Foley
stated on January 2, 2018 during a CNN panel discussion:
Says James Comey suggested and CNN reported that the basis of the wiretapping warrant for Trump adviser Carter Page was "all based on a dossier."
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • January 5, 2018
Philip Levine
Philip Levine
stated on November 1, 2017 a speech :
Says Florida "workers are paid $8.10 an hour, and our current governor (Rick Scott) runs ads bragging about it."
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • November 6, 2017
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on October 17, 2017 a tweet:
"Opioid crisis (is) the worst in ObamaCare expansion states!"  
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • October 23, 2017
Tom Bossert
Tom Bossert
stated on September 11, 2017 a White House press briefing:
The mobilization of the military in response to the storms in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands "is the largest ever mobilization of our military in a naval and marine operation" and an Air Force carrier there "was the first-ever as well."
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • September 14, 2017
Adam Putnam
Adam Putnam
stated on August 12, 2017 a Republican party meeting in Orlando:
"We're still doing dumb things like telling the parent of an 11-year-old that it's against the law for them to tell their parents what they were tested on ... That will end when I'm governor."
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • September 7, 2017
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on August 18, 2017 a newsletter:
"As of 2014, illegal aliens made up roughly 3.5 percent of our population, and committed over 10 percent of all murders."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • August 30, 2017
Rick Kriseman
Rick Kriseman
stated on August 9, 2017 a podcast:
"We’ve got a police station that’s under construction right now, they are actually ahead of schedule and under budget."
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • August 24, 2017
Florida Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee
Florida Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee
stated on August 10, 2017 a TV ad:
Says Jose Felix Diaz supports President Donald Trump's "plan to slash Medicare, charge older Americans an age tax and cut coverage for pre-existing conditions."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • August 14, 2017
Rick Kriseman
Rick Kriseman
stated on June 24, 2017 a "Tampa Bay Times" article:
Says that compared to Rick Baker's time as mayor, Kriseman "had wet weather events that he did not experience" that caused sewage spills. Baker "went through significant periods of drought during his time as mayor."
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • August 10, 2017
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on July 20, 2017 a Facebook live speech:
"In order to sell insurance in Florida there are over 40 separate individual conditions that must be covered. ... far beyond the essential health benefits included in Obamacare."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 27, 2017
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on July 5, 2017 a Facebook ad:
"Elizabeth Warren doesn't think Obamacare goes far enough: ‘The next step is single payer.' Does Sen. Nelson agree? He has in the past ... Sen. Nelson votes with Warren 90 percent of the time."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 19, 2017
Rick Baker
Rick Baker
stated on June 25, 2017 an interview with News Channel 8:
"Midtown crime is up by 30 percent the last quarter."
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • July 11, 2017
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on June 28, 2017 a Facebook live speech:
"There is no reason for anybody to be losing any of their current benefits under Medicaid."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Jon Greenberg • June 30, 2017
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