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Greg Steube
stated on December 4, 2019 a House judiciary committee hearing

"We provided terrorists in Iraq more rights and due process in the Central Criminal Court of Iraq" than House Democratic leadership has afforded President Donald Trump in the impeachment inquiry.

By Amy Sherman • December 10, 2019

Republican Party of Florida
stated on September 20, 2019 a tweet

The Green New Deal "would put a $600,000 tax burden on every household."

By Amy Sherman • September 27, 2019

Rick Scott
stated on May 13, 2019 a speech

Says "Nicolás Maduro is carrying out a genocide on his people."

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • May 16, 2019

The Partnership for Safe Medicines
stated on April 18, 2019 a TV ad

Florida state senators "are pushing a new government program that allows prescription drugs from China without FDA inspection."

By Amy Sherman • April 25, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on April 2, 2019 a tweet

"Puerto Rico got 91 Billion Dollars for the hurricane, more money than has ever been gotten for a hurricane before."

By Amy Sherman • April 3, 2019

Facebook posts
stated on March 13, 2019 a Facebook post

Florida drivers who have their cell phones "in hand" can be ticketed $250 and sent to "driving school."

By Samantha Putterman • March 18, 2019

Rick Scott
stated on February 25, 2019 an Orlando Sentinel op-ed

The Democrats’ Green New Deal includes "working towards ending air travel."

By Amy Sherman • February 28, 2019

Robert McKinzie
stated on February 19, 2019 a Fort Lauderdale City Commission meeting

The word picnic is a "racially insensitive word."

By Amy Sherman • February 21, 2019

Matt Gaetz
stated on February 7, 2019 a CNN interview

"One out of every 5 people that the federal government charges with murder is an illegal alien."

By Miriam Valverde • February 19, 2019

Rick Scott
stated on January 19, 2019 a tweet

"I’ve always supported protections for our DREAMers."

By Amy Sherman • January 23, 2019

Donald Trump Jr.
stated on November 12, 2018 in a tweet

"Nearly 200,000 Florida voters may not be citizens."

By Amy Sherman, Manuela Tobias • November 13, 2018

Marco Rubio
stated on October 15, 2018 a gathering in West Miami of Ron DeSantis supporters

After Hurricane Hermine in 2016, Tallahassee "didn’t have power for weeks because (Mayor Andrew Gillum) stood in the way of crews being able to come in and restore power, because they weren’t members of the right union or something."

By Amy Sherman • October 16, 2018

Republican Party of Florida
stated on October 10, 2018 an ad

Says Andrew Gillum is running "from the FBI."

By Amy Sherman • October 12, 2018

Ron DeSantis
stated on August 30, 2018 Laura Ingraham's radio show

Says Andrew Gillum has a "far left socialist platform."

By Amy Sherman • September 6, 2018

Frank White
stated on August 6, 2018 a campaign ad

"Ashley Moody was a lifelong Democrat."

By Lucia Geng • August 21, 2018

Rick Scott
stated on June 13, 2018 an ad

Says Sen. Bill Nelson "voted for higher taxes" 349 times.

By Allison Graves • July 5, 2018

Rick Scott
stated on April 30, 2018 a press release

Says Bill Nelson "voted against requiring Iran to recognize Israel and release American hostages."

By Allison Graves • May 4, 2018

U.S. Chamber of Commerce
stated on April 24, 2018 a TV ad

Florida’s "unemployment is at a record low."

By Romy Ellenbogen • May 1, 2018

Free Thought Project
stated on April 18, 2018 a headline

"It begins: Florida police now confiscating guns from people with no due process."

By Allison Graves • April 4, 2018

David Simmons
stated on March 3, 2018 a vote in the Florida senate

"Adolf Hitler confiscated all the weapons — took all the weapons, had a registry of everybody — and then on the night of June 30, 1934, sent out his secret police and murdered all of his political opponents."

By Jon Greenberg • March 6, 2018

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