Latest Fact-Checks By Joshua Gillin

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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 4, 2014 in a statement of policy from the Executive Office of the President:
A bill from U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho attempts to restrict the administration's ability to conduct national security and criminal background checks on undocumented immigrants.
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • December 16, 2014
John Thrasher
John Thrasher
stated on September 15, 2014 in forum with Florida State students:
Says he has "never received any contributions from the Koch brothers."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • November 19, 2014
United for Care
United for Care
stated on November 6, 2014 in a tweet:
Amendment 2 on medical marijuana won a higher percentage of the vote than the last six Florida governors, including Jeb Bush’s 2002 landslide.
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • November 13, 2014
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on October 27, 2014 in a fundraising letter:
"Among the developed nations, we are the least economically and socially mobile country in the world."
True
By Joshua Gillin • November 6, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on October 24, 2014 in in a campaign ad:
Says Rick Scott "spent $800,000 of your tax dollars upgrading the Governor's Mansion."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • October 31, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on October 21, 2014 in a gubernatorial debate in Jacksonville:
Says property insurance rates are going up because Rick Scott signed a bill preventing the state from regulating insurance.
False
By Joshua Gillin • October 24, 2014
No Tax For Tracks
No Tax For Tracks
stated on September 29, 2014 in a debate about Greenlight Pinellas:
Photos prove the Denver light rail system has low ridership.
False
By Joshua Gillin • October 23, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 21, 2014 in a gubernatorial debate in Jacksonville:
Says Charlie Crist could have expanded Medicaid after the health care law passed but didn't.
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • October 22, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 15, 2014 in a gubernatorial debate in Davie:
Says Charlie Crist "voted against minimum wage when he was in the Senate."
False
By Joshua Gillin • October 16, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on October 15, 2014 in a gubernatorial debate in Davie:
Says Jeb Bush -- not Charlie Crist -- signed legislation that let Duke Energy collect money for nuclear projects.
True
By Joshua Gillin • October 16, 2014
No Tax For Tracks
No Tax For Tracks
stated on September 30, 2014 in an email newsletter:
The Greenlight Pinellas 1-cent sales tax "is permanent, we never get to vote on this again."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • October 14, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 10, 2014 in a gubernatorial debate in Miramar:
"832,000 people lost their job while (Charlie Crist was) governor."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • October 10, 2014
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on September 30, 2014 in a campaign commercial:
Says U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland "voted himself health care for life."
Pants on Fire!
By Joshua Gillin • October 8, 2014
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on September 22, 2014 in a campaign commercial:
Judithanne McLauchlan "was part of a group that supports imposing a state income tax on Floridians."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • October 3, 2014
Gwen Graham
Gwen Graham
stated on September 25, 2014 in a campaign commercial:
Says U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland "voted to keep the shutdown going."
True
By Joshua Gillin • October 1, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on March 9, 2014 in an interview on CNN:
On support for the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).
Full Flop
By Joshua Gillin • September 30, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on September 19, 2014 in a campaign commercial:
Says Rick Scott "pled the Fifth 75 times to avoid jail for Medicare fraud."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • September 25, 2014
Steve Southerland
Steve Southerland
stated on September 10, 2014 in a campaign commercial:
Says Gwen Graham "was a Washington lobbyist."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • September 23, 2014
Pam Bondi
Pam Bondi
stated on September 8, 2014 in a campaign commercial:
Of the 98 top oxycodone-dispensing doctors who used to live in Florida, "today, there are none."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • September 16, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on September 4, 2014 in a campaign document:
"Under Rick Scott, homeowners are paying higher (home insurance) premiums for less coverage."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • September 10, 2014
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