Latest Fact-Checks By Allison Graves

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For Our Future Florida
For Our Future Florida
stated on April 22, 2018 in in a tweet:
Says Florida Gov. Rick Scott "just signed a bill that could make most of Florida’s beaches private."
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • April 26, 2018
Gwen Graham
Gwen Graham
stated on April 18, 2018 in a debate:
Says the 2015 vote on the American Security Against Foreign Enemies Act "was not a vote to deny access to the U.S."
Half-True
By Allison Graves • April 24, 2018
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on April 17, 2018 in a tweet:
"X marks the spot at every HCA location where (Gov. Rick Scott) probably defrauded taxpayers."
Mostly True
By Allison Graves • April 19, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on April 11, 2018 in a post on the Internet:
"Singer Celine Dion Says: ‘I Can’t Even Look At An American Flag Any More, I Hate This Country.’"
Pants on Fire!
By Allison Graves • April 13, 2018
Jon “Bowzer” Bauman
Jon “Bowzer” Bauman
stated on April 9, 2018 in a press release:
"Rick Scott wants to destroy Social Security by privatizing it."
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • April 12, 2018
Free Thought Project
Free Thought Project
stated on April 18, 2018 in a headline :
"It begins: Florida police now confiscating guns from people with no due process."
False
By Allison Graves • April 4, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 26, 2018 in posts on the Internet:
Says David Hogg wasn’t at school during the Parkland school shooting.
Pants on Fire!
By Allison Graves • March 27, 2018
Viral image
Viral image
stated on March 24, 2018 in posts on the Internet:
Says Emma Gonzalez, a survivor of the Parkland school shooting, ripped up a copy of the U.S. Constitution
Pants on Fire!
By Allison Graves • March 26, 2018
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 16, 2018 in a letter:
"For the sixth straight year, we have secured record funding for K-12 and state universities."  
Half-True
By Allison Graves • March 23, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 14, 2018 in a post on Facebook:
Shoes on the Capitol lawn represent 7,182 students who were killed in U.S. schools since 2012.
False
By Allison Graves • March 16, 2018
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on March 14, 2018 in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing:
"Research shows that 1 percent of licensed dealers supply a whopping 57 percent of the guns that are recovered in crimes."
Half-True
By Allison Graves • March 16, 2018
Richard Corcoran
Richard Corcoran
stated on February 27, 2018 in an interview:
Florida’s school marshal program passed by the Florida House is the "first-of-its kind."
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • March 6, 2018
Bill Galvano
Bill Galvano
stated on February 26, 2018 in a committee meeting:
Says Florida has "roughly 1,500 resource officers dealing with about 3,800 schools."
Half-True
By Allison Graves • March 2, 2018
Philip Levine
Philip Levine
stated on February 20, 2018 in a TV ad:
"Here in Florida, despite 14 school shootings in eight years, we still have some of the weakest gun laws in the nation."
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • February 23, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on February 21, 2018 in multiple posts and blogs on the Internet:
Say David Hogg is a crisis actor. 
Pants on Fire!
By Allison Graves • February 21, 2018
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on February 19, 2018 in a news release:
Says Gov. Rick Scott "ended $20 million in funding for mental health care despite Florida already ranking at the bottom."
Half-True
By Allison Graves • February 21, 2018
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 18, 2018 in a statement on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"Forty percent of the guns in this country are sold without any background checks."
False
By Allison Graves, Louis Jacobson • February 20, 2018
Joy Reid
Joy Reid
stated on February 14, 2018 in a tweet:
"One-third of Floridians own guns. One-third."  
Mostly True
By Allison Graves, Amy Sherman • February 15, 2018
Corey Lewandowski
Corey Lewandowski
stated on February 11, 2018 in a rally in Sarasota:
"Fifty seats have already changed hands from the Republicans to the Democrats since Donald Trump was elected."
Mostly True
By Allison Graves • February 15, 2018
Florida Education Association
Florida Education Association
stated on February 5, 2018 in a Youtube video:
"Richard Corcoran has a plan to divert even more of our tax dollars to unaccountable private schools."
Half-True
By Allison Graves • February 9, 2018
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