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Latest Fact-Checks In Florida

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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 23, 2012 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 a Web ad:
Says Connie Mack "failed to pay his child support."
False
By Amy Sherman • February 29, 2012
Paige Kreegel
Paige Kreegel
stated on February 15, 2012 remarks in the state Legislature:
About 800 people refused to get a drug screening because they are "out there on drugs."
False
By Katie Sanders • February 28, 2012
Denise Grimsley
Denise Grimsley
stated on January 31, 2012 a statement:
"Florida ranks 45th" in the nation for tuition.
True
By Joshua Gillin • February 27, 2012
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on February 9, 2012 a speech at the CPAC conference:
"The majority of Americans are conservatives."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 24, 2012
Maria Sachs
Maria Sachs
stated on January 17, 2012 a press conference:
Florida is "the largest dog-racing state in the country."
True
By Katie Sanders • February 24, 2012
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on February 22, 2012 a debate in Arizona:
"Today gasoline hit $6 a gallon in Florida."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 23, 2012
Bill Proctor
Bill Proctor
stated on January 6, 2012 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 an interview:
"I have a very conservative voting record."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • February 22, 2012
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on February 11, 2012 speech at CPAC:
"We are poised to get rid of over 1,000 more regulations in 2012."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • February 17, 2012
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on February 11, 2012 a speech at the CPAC conference:
Florida "unemployment has dropped more than 2 percentage points, down from 12 percent to 9.9 percent, the second-largest drop in the nation."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 16, 2012
Glee
Glee
stated on February 7, 2012 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 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 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
Presente.org
Presente.org
stated on January 27, 2012 a television ad:
"91 percent of Latinos support the DREAM Act, which allows undocumented youth to attend college," but Marco Rubio opposes it.
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 9, 2012
Chain email
Chain email
stated on January 30, 2012 email to MoveOn.org members:
"Private prisons do not chase escaped inmates past the perimeter like the public prisons do, which means more escaped prisoners in our communities."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • February 7, 2012
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 31, 2012 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 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 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 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
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