Latest Fact-Checks By Amy Sherman

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Committee to Defend the President
Committee to Defend the President
stated on November 8, 2019 in a Facebook ad:
Says Obama said black people have the "worst jobs, the worst housing" and face rampant police brutality, "but when so-called black committeemen came around election time we’d all line up and vote the straight Democratic ticket, sell our souls for a Christmas turkey."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman, Jon Greenberg • November 12, 2019
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on November 10, 2019 in an interview on Meet the Press:
President Donald Trump's phone call with the Ukrainian president "sounds exactly like what Joe Biden did."
False
By Amy Sherman • November 11, 2019
Joe Gruters
Joe Gruters
stated on November 6, 2019 in a Tampa Bay Times forum:
"All the Democrats on the entire stage — every Democratic candidate said they want to give free health care to illegals."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • November 8, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 1, 2019 in a rally in Mississippi:
Says "Stacey Abrams wants to give illegal aliens the right to vote."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • November 6, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 27, 2019 in a Facebook post:
"Matt Gaetz has had numerous DUIs and his dad got him off each time. He was part of a company that had to pay 75 million in hospice fraud. They stole from dying people."
False
By Amy Sherman • November 1, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 27, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Quotes Trump as saying, "Fine you boo me DC? Go #Astros, Texas loves me, I get the best kind of love there. I’ll be renaming the White House the Orange House."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • October 28, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 27, 2019 in a press conference:
Says in his 2000 book "I was talking about Osama bin Laden. I said, ‘You have to kill him. You have to take him out.’"
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Warren Fiske • October 28, 2019
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on October 21, 2019 in a tweet:
"Barack Obama put a permanent stop on this military aid to the Ukraine - he never allowed it to go."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 25, 2019
Nikki Fried
Nikki Fried
stated on October 12, 2019 in a speech to the Florida Democratic Party:
"Hemp has 25,000-35,000 known usages. That means it is going to be something that will replace plastics, and styrofoam and concrete." 
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 22, 2019
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on October 10, 2019 in a Facebook ad:
"If Trump tries to lie in a TV ad, most networks will refuse to air it. But Facebook just cashes Trump’s checks."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 15, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 9, 2019 in an ad:
"Fact: Joe Biden pressured Ukraine to fire its prosecutor .... Fact: the prosecutor said he was forced out for leading a corruption probe into Hunter Biden's company. Fact: Democrats want to impeach President Trump for discussing this investigation with Ukraine's President."  
False
By Amy Sherman • October 11, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 7, 2019 in a statement to the press:
Minneapolis "city government preemptively informed the Target Center that it would be responsible for $530,000 in security and other costs" related to a Trump rally, "more than 26 times the estimated security costs for a 2009 Target Center health care rally held by President Barack Obama."
True
By Amy Sherman • October 8, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 21, 2019 in a campaign appearance in Iowa:
"We’re no longer the wealthiest middle class in the world."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • October 4, 2019
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on September 30, 2019 in a tweet:
"$575 billion cut from Medicare in Trump’s proposed 2020 budget."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 3, 2019
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on September 20, 2019 in a tweet:
The Green New Deal "would put a $600,000 tax burden on every household."  
False
By Amy Sherman • September 27, 2019
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on September 11, 2019 in a statement to The Guardian:
When Rick Scott was governor, Florida "invested record funding in HIV/AIDS prevention."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • September 20, 2019
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on September 12, 2019 in a Democratic debate in Houston:
"54 senators said, let's do background checks, let's get rid of assault weapons, and with 54 senators it failed because of the filibuster."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • September 13, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 12, 2019 in the Democratic debate in Houston:
"Over 90% of the American people think we have to get assault weapons off the street  — period."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • September 12, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 4, 2019 in a tweet:
Originally "almost all models predicted" Dorian would hit Alabama.
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • September 5, 2019
Dave Aronberg
Dave Aronberg
stated on August 26, 2019 in an interview on MSNBC:
Florida’s red flag gun law has been used "about five times a day."
True
By Amy Sherman • September 3, 2019
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