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Latest Fact-Checks By Aaron Sharockman

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Mike Haridopolos
Mike Haridopolos
stated on January 12, 2011 comments to reporters.
"Whether you like to admit it or not, half our general revenue goes to education."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • January 14, 2011
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on January 9, 2011 comments on NBC's 'Meet the Press'
Says the person who Florida U.S. Rep. Allen West first hired as chief of staff told people attending a Tea Party rally that, 'We will use bullets if ballots don't work.'
True
By Aaron Sharockman • January 10, 2011
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on January 3, 2011 a Wall Street Journal op-ed piece.
"In 1998, nearly half of Florida's fourth-graders were functionally illiterate. Today, 72% of them can read."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • January 3, 2011
John Mica
John Mica
stated on November 25, 2010 a Fox News interview.
TSA "started off with 16,500 screeners and the agency has mushroomed to 67,000 employees with 3,590 administrative people ... making over $105,000 per year on average."
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • December 17, 2010
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on December 14, 2010 a meeting with state legislators.
"We are the only state in the country that state employees don't contribute [to their pensions]."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • December 15, 2010
John Mica
John Mica
stated on November 18, 2010 an interview with MSNBC.
"On the question on the DREAM Act, no -- no to granting lower tuition to illegals."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • December 14, 2010
Bill Montford
Bill Montford
stated on December 8, 2010 comments to a newspaper.
The state has "less employees this year than we did last year."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • December 10, 2010
Alex Sink
Alex Sink
stated on December 7, 2010 a meeting of the Florida Cabinet
"150,000 (oil spill) claims have been filed by Floridians, but only 40 percent of them have been paid."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • December 8, 2010
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on December 6, 2010 a press conference
Says the military accounts for about 10 percent of Florida's economy.
True
By Aaron Sharockman • December 7, 2010
Vern Buchanan
Vern Buchanan
stated on December 2, 2010 a web video.
"In Florida, illegal immigration costs taxpayers nearly $4 billion (a year). This amounts to $700 for every household in Florida."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • December 6, 2010
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on December 2, 2010 an interview on CNN.
On offshore oil drilling.
No Flip
By Aaron Sharockman • December 3, 2010
Ronda Storms
Ronda Storms
stated on December 1, 2010 a newspaper interview.
Hillsborough's Public Transportation Commission has "a rule that says cabbies have to wear socks. I mean, please. Come on."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • December 2, 2010
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on November 30, 2010 Senate floor votes
On banning earmarks.
Full Flop
By Aaron Sharockman • December 1, 2010
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on November 17, 2010 a speech on the House floor.
"The Republican plan for tax cuts is to give each millionaire -- the top 1 percent of income in this country -- $83,347 a year in tax cuts."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • November 30, 2010
John Pistole
John Pistole
stated on November 16, 2010 an interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper.
The radiation coming from the new TSA body scanners is "equivalent to about three minutes' worth of air travel by anybody, say, at 30,000 feet."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • November 18, 2010
Steven Schale
Steven Schale
stated on November 15, 2010 a posting on Twitter.
"Re: (Marco) Rubio's support of earmark ban: In 2002 alone, he requested 37 earmarks worth $43 million."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • November 16, 2010
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on November 14, 2010 an interview with his brother, former President George W. Bush, on CNN.
"Rick Scott got a majority of the Hispanic vote in Florida."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • November 15, 2010
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on November 10, 2010 comments on her MSNBC show.
"The Republican who was just elected governor of the great state of Florida paid his campaign staffers, not with money, but with American Express gift cards."
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • November 12, 2010
Pam Bondi
Pam Bondi
stated on November 9, 2010 an interview with Fox News.
"We're the only system of federalism in the world."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • November 10, 2010
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on November 8, 2010 an Orlando rail conference.
"The amount of the revenue required by the state (for the construction of high-speed rail) is around 10 percent."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • November 9, 2010
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