Fact Check Posts – Page 16

Brook Hines
stated on April 6, 2015 in an online op-ed column:

Says U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy has "sided with the GOP on key votes twice as often as he sided with Democrats."

By Joshua Gillin • April 9, 2015

Florida News Flash
stated on March 29, 2015 in a website headline:

"Suntrust Bank cancels account because company sells guns."

By Joshua Gillin • April 8, 2015

Greg Steube
stated on April 2, 2015 in a Florida House judiciary committee hearing:

"You know how many children in the history of the United States have died in a fire (at school)? Zero."

By Amy Sherman, Joshua Gillin • April 6, 2015

Janet Adkins
stated on March 26, 2015 in a discussion about school uniforms:

A school uniform policy helps with "school safety, helps with truancy."

By Joshua Gillin • April 2, 2015

Marco Rubio
stated on March 24, 2015 in a Senate floor speech:

"Inflation-adjusted defense spending has declined 21 percent since 2010, and even if we discount the drawdowns in Iraq and Afghanistan, it has still declined by a dangerous 12 percent."

By Joshua Gillin • March 30, 2015

Americans for Prosperity: Florida
stated on March 10, 2015 in a news release:

Recent solar energy policies in Georgia "have resulted in rate hikes and did not result in solar becoming any more economically viable."

By Joshua Gillin • March 24, 2015

Susan Pitman
stated on March 16, 2015 in a state Senate committee hearing:

The state of Florida has seen "double-digit drops" in alcohol use among teens.

By Joshua Gillin • March 18, 2015

American Bridge 21st Century
stated on March 4, 2015 in an online post:

"(Jeb) Bush, not the State of Florida, decided which private emails to disclose."

By Joshua Gillin • March 13, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on February 27, 2015 in a CPAC appearance:

Eliminating affirmative action in admissions in Florida led to "more African American and Hispanic kids attending our university system" than before.

By Joshua Gillin • March 11, 2015

David Jolly
stated on February 26, 2015 in a speech on the U.S. House floor:

A federal judge said President Barack Obama’s executive action on immigration is "unconstitutional."

By Joshua Gillin • March 5, 2015

Rick Scott
stated on March 3, 2015 in the State of the State address:

"We have cut taxes more than 40 times in four years."

By Joshua Gillin • March 3, 2015

Rick Scott
stated on March 3, 2015 in the State of the State address:

Education funding of $7,176 per student is a "historic level."

By Joshua Gillin • March 3, 2015

Bloggers
stated on February 12, 2015 in a headline on DownTrend.com:

"Students In Fla. High School Forced To Recite Islamic Prayer, Make Prayer Rugs."

By Joshua Gillin • February 24, 2015

Marco Rubio
stated on February 13, 2015 in a radio interview:

ISIS is "now the predominant Islamist group in Benghazi."

By Joshua Gillin • February 19, 2015

Florida Chamber of Commerce
stated on January 13, 2015 in a report on health care costs:

"Insured Floridians pay about $2,000 for every hospital stay to cover the cost of the uninsured."

By Joshua Gillin • January 28, 2015

Barack Obama
stated on January 20, 2015 in the State of the Union address:

"America is No. 1 in wind power."

By Joshua Gillin • January 21, 2015

Barack Obama
stated on January 8, 2015 in a speech in Phoenix, Ariz.:

"Today, home sales are up nearly 50 percent from where they were in the worst of the crisis."

By Joshua Gillin • January 21, 2015

Barack Obama
stated on January 9, 2015 in a speech in Knoxville, Tenn.:

"We’ve doubled the production of clean energy."

By Joshua Gillin • January 20, 2015

Marco Rubio
stated on January 13, 2015 in his book ‘American Dreams’:

A private company building a natural gas pipeline into Florida "is being forced to spend months under the review of six federal agencies."

By Joshua Gillin • January 12, 2015

Rick Scott
stated on January 6, 2015 in his second inaugural address:

"Estimates say individuals who escaped these high tax states have taken with them around $2 trillion in adjusted gross income."

By Joshua Gillin • January 8, 2015

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