Latest Fact-Checks By Amy Sherman

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The Partnership for Safe Medicines
stated on April 18, 2019 in a TV ad:

Florida state senators "are pushing a new government program that allows prescription drugs from China without FDA inspection."

False

By Amy Sherman • April 25, 2019

Mac Heller
stated on April 7, 2019 in an interview on CNN:

"The 2008 election was the first election in which voters of color comprised over 25 percent of the electorate, and that number is going up."

True

By Amy Sherman • April 23, 2019

Joe Biden
stated on April 11, 2019 in a panel at the University of Pennsylvania:

"People show up in the emergency room with a sprained ankle, 25 percent get an opioid prescription."

Mostly True

By Amy Sherman • April 16, 2019

Cory Booker
stated on March 27, 2019 in a CNN town hall in South Carolina:

Says President Donald Trump "cut funding from the Justice Department to investigate these domestic terrorist groups, these white supremacist groups."

Mostly False

By Amy Sherman • April 11, 2019

Candace Owens
stated on April 9, 2019 in a House Judiciary Committee hearing:

The Southern strategy is a "myth" that "never happened."

False

By Amy Sherman • April 10, 2019

Jared Kushner
stated on April 1, 2019 in an interview with Laura Ingraham on Fox News:

Florida "passed a law where former felons can now vote. We've had more ex-felons register as Republicans than Democrats."

Mostly False

By Amy Sherman • April 8, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on April 2, 2019 in a tweet:

"Puerto Rico got 91 Billion Dollars for the hurricane, more money than has ever been gotten for a hurricane before."

False

By Amy Sherman • April 3, 2019

Gary Farmer
stated on March 7, 2019 in a Florida Senate meeting:

"Some patients who are on transplant lists for kidney or other organs are being dropped from the list simply because they are shown as a licensed card holder" for medical marijuana.

Mostly True

By Amy Sherman • March 27, 2019

Facebook posts
stated on March 9, 2019 in a text post on Facebook:

Says 228 House Democrats voted "to allow illegal aliens to have right to vote"

False

By Amy Sherman • March 13, 2019

Ron DeSantis
stated on March 5, 2019 in his State of the State address:

"I’ve already traveled to Washington, D.C., and secured a historic commitment from the Trump administration to provide assistance to the communities that Michael battered."

Mostly False

By Amy Sherman • March 7, 2019

Facebook posts
stated on February 28, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says Bernie Sanders marched with Fidel Castro and Che Guevara in Cuba.

Pants on Fire!

By Amy Sherman • March 5, 2019

Rick Scott
stated on February 25, 2019 in an Orlando Sentinel op-ed:

The Democrats’ Green New Deal includes "working towards ending air travel."

False

By Amy Sherman • February 28, 2019

Facebook posts
stated on February 22, 2019 in a Facebook post:

"In 1963 Bernie Sanders was arrested for throwing eggs at black civil rights protestors."

Pants on Fire!

By Amy Sherman • February 25, 2019

Robert McKinzie
stated on February 19, 2019 in a Fort Lauderdale City Commission meeting:

The word picnic is a "racially insensitive word."

False

By Amy Sherman • February 21, 2019

Matt Gaetz
stated on February 7, 2019 in an interview on CNN:

"In 1992, the Democratic Party had in their platform provisions that said that illegal aliens were coming in this country, committing felonies, sent back and then they were right back across the border to do the same thing."

Mostly True

By Amy Sherman • February 13, 2019

Alcee Hastings
stated on February 5, 2019 in a statement to the press:

"In 2018, we endured a school shooting nearly once a week."

Half-True

By Amy Sherman • February 11, 2019

José Oliva
stated on January 30, 2019 in AP legislative day in Tallahassee:

Health care is the "No. 1 reason for bankruptcy."

Half-True

By Amy Sherman • January 31, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on January 27, 2019 in a tweet:

"58,000 non-citizens voted in Texas, with 95,000 non-citizens registered to vote."

False

By Amy Sherman • January 28, 2019

Rick Scott
stated on January 19, 2019 in a tweet:

"I’ve always supported protections for our DREAMers."

False

By Amy Sherman • January 23, 2019

Facebook posts
stated on January 11, 2019 in tweets and Facebook posts:

Says Congress set aside $50 billion for the Secure Fence Act in 2006

False

By Amy Sherman • January 22, 2019

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