Fact Check Posts – Page 6

Mike Bennett
stated on May 5, 2011 comments made on the Senate floor.

Says people in Africa "literally walk two and three hundred miles" in order to vote.

By Aaron Sharockman • May 6, 2011

John Thrasher
stated on May 3, 2011 comments on the Senate floor

Says that had E-Verify been in place in Florida when 9/11 terrorists lived here, "we might have saved the lives of 3,000 Americans."

By Aaron Sharockman • May 3, 2011

Pink Slip Rick
stated on April 2, 2011 picket signs at a parade.

Says Gov. Rick Scott lost Florida 331,247 jobs.

By Katie Sanders • April 12, 2011

Grover Norquist
stated on March 24, 2011 a post on Twitter.

"Withheld union dues fund half of Dem (Democratic) campaigns in Florida."

By Aaron Sharockman • March 25, 2011

Florida Chamber of Commerce
stated on March 3, 2011 a radio ad.

Says "union bosses" bused protesters to a Central Florida education protest.

By Aaron Sharockman • March 7, 2011

Rick Scott
stated on November 18, 2010 a speech

"The cost-saving measures we put into place at Columbia/HCA drove down national health care inflation from 18% to 8% in seven years."

By Amy Sherman • December 9, 2010

Committee for Florida's Education
stated on October 18, 2010 a mailer

"Dan Gelber: On the record against scholarships to help our needy children attend Jewish private schools."

By Amy Sherman • October 30, 2010

Kendrick Meek
stated on October 24, 2010 a debate

"The Taliban has been there for years and years, I mean, hundreds of thousands of years."

By Amy Sherman • October 25, 2010

Citizens for Lower Taxes and a Stronger Economy
stated on October 17, 2010 a newspaper ad.

Says PolitiFact says Amendment 4 "will force counties and cities across Florida to raise taxes and fees."

By Aaron Sharockman • October 25, 2010

Jennifer Carroll
stated on September 27, 2010 a speech

Rick Scott "doesn't have any ties to a lobbyist."

By Amy Sherman • October 18, 2010

J.D. Alexander
stated on September 16, 2010 a news article

"It takes as much energy to make a solar panel as it likely generates in its entire life."

By Becky Bowers • September 28, 2010

Allen West
stated on September 21, 2010 a candidate forum

"If you look at the application for a security clearance, I have a clearance that even the president of the United States cannot obtain because of my background."

By Louis Jacobson • September 24, 2010

Charlie Crist
stated on September 20, 2010 a TV ad.

Marco Rubio tried to insert "$1.5 million for a rowing institute" into the state budget.

By Aaron Sharockman • September 24, 2010

Allen West
stated on September 16, 2010 a campaign website

Ron Klein "repeatedly voted in favor of amnesty for illegal immigrants."

By Amy Sherman • September 17, 2010

Rick Scott
stated on September 3, 2010 a meeting with reporters in Tallahassee

"The stimulus has not created one private sector job."

By Becky Bowers • September 17, 2010

Bloggers
stated on September 8, 2010 postings on Twitter

Lindsey Graham endorsed Charlie Crist for U.S. Senate.

By Aaron Sharockman • September 8, 2010

Bill McCollum
stated on July 29, 2010 talking with reporters.

"There's no negative advertising in my campaign at all."

By Aaron Sharockman • July 29, 2010

Rick Scott
stated on June 23, 2010 a campaign mail piece.

"Bill McCollum has accepted thousands from lobbyists for Planned Parenthood."

By Aaron Sharockman • June 25, 2010

Dan Fanelli
stated on June 3, 2010 a video on his campaign website

Under the new health care law, the elderly will be denied care when they have "passed the age limit for treatment."

By Amy Sherman • June 7, 2010

Florida Democratic Party
stated on May 8, 2010 a press release.

"McCollum admitted he didn't think that the subprime mortgage crisis was a big deal, telling reporters he thought that the subprime collapse had been exaggerated by the media and investors and that 'it's not the end of the world.' "

By Aaron Sharockman • May 11, 2010

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