Fact Check Posts – Page 6

Evan Longoria
stated on May 19, 2011 comments to reporters.:

Says his barehanded catch posted on YouTube is real.

By Aaron Sharockman • May 24, 2011

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

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