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United for Care
United for Care
stated on August 11, 2016 a newspaper op-ed
"Medical-grade marijuana alone will not get that patient ‘high,’ no matter what level of THC, CBD or any other compound is found in the plant."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • August 19, 2016
Vote No On 2
Vote No On 2
stated on July 20, 2016 a pamphlet mailed to voters
"Because there's no local option to allow communities to ban, limit or restrict the location of pot shops, if Amendment 2 passes you can expect the seedy elements of the pot industry to move in right next door to your neighborhood, your church, your business and even your child's school."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • August 16, 2016
Carlos Beruff
Carlos Beruff
stated on August 6, 2016 a Facebook post
"The director of the FBI said that we cannot properly vet people coming from the Middle East."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • August 12, 2016
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on August 8, 2016 a town hall in Broward County
Says Gov. Rick Scott "cut nearly $1 million from mosquito control and closed down the state’s mosquito research lab a few years ago."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • August 9, 2016
Patrick Murphy
Patrick Murphy
stated on August 1, 2016 a campaign ad
Says "Marco Rubio didn’t show up" for a vote on his own bill on sanctions against Hezbollah.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 4, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 a speech at the Republican convention
"In 2009, pre-Hillary, ISIS was not even on the map."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 22, 2016
Sharon Day
Sharon Day
stated on July 19, 2016 a speech at the Republican convention
As a senator, Hillary Clinton "paid women less than the men" in her office.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Katie Sanders • July 20, 2016
Carlos Beruff
Carlos Beruff
stated on July 6, 2016 a campaign ad
"The folks in Washington" are "already forcing you to buy government health care."
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • July 12, 2016
Ritch Workman
Ritch Workman
stated on June 20, 2016 an online ad
Says he "voted to remove Common Core from our schools."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • July 11, 2016
Carlos Beruff
Carlos Beruff
stated on July 5, 2016 a statement to press
"Rather than work to secure the border, (Marco Rubio) supported Obama’s amnesty plan for illegal immigrants."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 8, 2016
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on June 17, 2016 a fundraising email
David Jolly "has used money and power to try to … drill off our beaches."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • June 30, 2016
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on June 12, 2016 an interview with CNN's Erin Burnett after the Orlando shooting
The rifle used by Omar Mateen "shoots off 700 rounds in a minute."  
Mostly False
By Neelesh Moorthy • June 14, 2016
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on May 15, 2016 an interview with CBS4
Says Patrick Murphy "switched his vote on All Aboard Florida ... because his father tried to get in a bid to build it and was unsuccessful."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • May 18, 2016
David Jolly
David Jolly
stated on April 25, 2016 an Orlando debate
Under a new federal regulation, it will cost Pinellas County "$31 million to fix a single ditch."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • May 9, 2016
Enterprise Florida
Enterprise Florida
stated on April 27, 2016 Enterprise Florida radio ads in California
"Seven hundred thousand. That’s how many California jobs will be lost thanks to the politicians raising the minimum wage….Now Florida is adding one million jobs, not losing them."
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • May 4, 2016
David Jolly
David Jolly
stated on April 4, 2016 a statement on his campaign website
Race to the Top grants "require participating states to adopt the Common Core standards as a condition for receiving federal funding."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • April 8, 2016
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 26, 2016 a Tampa Bay Times interview
"Florida is investing record amounts of funding for HIV/AIDS prevention."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • March 31, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on March 30, 2016 a CNN town hall in Milwaukee
"The EPA has tried to define a puddle or a drainage ditch on your farm to be navigable waters and thus subject to massive environmental regulations."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 31, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 7, 2016 a campaign ad
"As a legislator, (Marco Rubio) flipped on a key vote after making a quick $200,000 from selling the house to the mother of the bill's lobbyist."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman, Joshua Gillin • March 11, 2016
Conservative Solutions PAC
Conservative Solutions PAC
stated on February 26, 2016 a TV ad
Says Donald Trump "bans disabled veterans from his high rise."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 8, 2016
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