Fact Check Posts – Page 15

Carly Fiorina
stated on July 12, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week":

"We're destroying more businesses in the United States now than are being created for the first time in our history."

By Joshua Gillin • July 12, 2015

Todd Wilcox
stated on July 8, 2015 in a campaign announcement:

"More businesses are closing than are opening for the first time in our nation's history."

By Joshua Gillin • July 10, 2015

Gus Bilirakis
stated on June 24, 2015 in a speech on the House floor:

"Florida has reduced its carbon emissions by 20 percent since 2005."

By Joshua Gillin • July 7, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on June 30, 2015 in an announcement on his website:

Says his release of 33 years of tax returns is "more than any presidential candidate in history."

By Joshua Gillin • July 1, 2015

Florida Democratic Party
stated on June 25, 2015 in a press release:

Says Jeb Bush "oversaw (an) average in-state tuition increase of 48.2 percent during his tenure."

By Joshua Gillin • June 30, 2015

Ultraviolet
stated on June 15, 2015 in a Facebook post:

Says Jeb Bush "appointed a guardian for the fetus of a rape survivor."

By Joshua Gillin • June 25, 2015

Ultraviolet
stated on June 15, 2015 in a Facebook post:

Says Jeb Bush "said low-income women should ‘get their life together and find a husband.' "

By Joshua Gillin • June 25, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on June 2, 2015 in a speech at Gov. Rick Scott's Economic Growth Summit in Orlando:

"In Florida, for eight years we cut taxes every year, totaling $19 billion."

By Joshua Gillin • June 11, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on June 2, 2015 in a speech at Gov. Rick Scott's Economic Growth Summit in Orlando:

"We reduced the government workforce by 13,000, 11 percent, during my eight years."

By Joshua Gillin • June 9, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on May 20, 2015 in a meeting with business leaders in Portsmouth, N.H.:

"Florida was the only state during my eight years to go from AA to AAA" in its bond rating.

By Joshua Gillin • May 28, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on May 20, 2015 in a meeting with business leaders in Portsmouth, N.H.:

Says he was known as "Veto Corleone" for cutting spending as Florida governor.

By Joshua Gillin • May 26, 2015

EMILY's List
stated on May 14, 2015 in a column on Medium:

Says Jeb Bush "once held $1 million in family planning grants hostage until the programs receiving the money agreed not to discuss birth control at all."

By Joshua Gillin • May 20, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on May 13, 2015 in a response to a question after a town hall meeting:

"We had an agreement that the president could have signed that would have kept 10,000 troops" in Iraq.

By Joshua Gillin • May 18, 2015

Debbie Mayfield
stated on May 4, 2015 in a tweet:

"Florida sends $135 billion and D.C. returns $150 billion."

By Joshua Gillin • May 14, 2015

Rick Scott
stated on May 6, 2015 in an interview in Washington, D.C.:

"The families that are covered through the Low Income Pool is a different group of individuals than are covered by Obamacare."

By Joshua Gillin • May 11, 2015

Steve Crisafulli
stated on April 28, 2015 in an op-ed in the Tampa Bay Times:

"If we choose Obamacare expansion, 600,000 will lose eligibility for their subsidies, of which 257,000 would be forced into Medicaid."

By Joshua Gillin • April 30, 2015

Marco Rubio
stated on April 25, 2015 in a meeting with the Des Moines Register editorial board:

"I'm running for office with much more experience and qualifications than Barack Obama had when he ran."

By Joshua Gillin • April 29, 2015

Richard Corcoran
stated on April 16, 2015 in an email to constituents:

"Medicaid patients were 97 percent more likely to die than those with private insurance."

By Joshua Gillin • April 22, 2015

Steve Crisafulli
stated on April 17, 2015 in a radio interview:

"Medicaid expansion isn’t necessarily a very popular issue on the street."

By Joshua Gillin • April 20, 2015

Rick Scott
stated on April 6, 2015 in a speech:

"The same federal government that offers some money for a program is walking away from another health care program."

By Joshua Gillin • April 14, 2015

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