Fact Check Posts – Page 47

Charlie Crist
stated on August 17, 2014 in a TV ad:

Says Rick Scott has "teamed up with a felon convicted of running a Ponzi scheme to smear Charlie Crist."

By Amy Sherman • September 2, 2014

NextGen Climate Action Committee
stated on August 22, 2014 in a TV ad:

Rick Scott took $200,000 from a family that leased land for drilling "and now he is trying to hide from it."

By Amy Sherman • August 28, 2014

Republican Party of Florida
stated on August 17, 2014 in a TV ad:

Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein "gave hundreds of thousands of campaign cash to control Crist’s appointments of key state judges."

By Amy Sherman • August 25, 2014

NextGen Climate Action Committee
stated on August 8, 2014 in TV ad:

Says Rick Scott took $200,000 in campaign contributions from a company that "profited off pollution."

By Amy Sherman • August 15, 2014

Charlie Crist
stated on July 10, 2014 in a fundraising email:

"All Aboard Florida is receiving millions in Florida taxpayer dollars."

By Amy Sherman • August 7, 2014

Rick Scott
stated on June 30, 2014 in a TV interview:

"All Aboard Florida is a 100 percent private venture. There is no state money involved."

By Amy Sherman • August 7, 2014

Rick Scott
stated on August 1, 2014 in a press statement:

"Attorney General Eric Holder’s own Justice Department precleared the voting changes in the 2011 law" about early voting in Florida.

By Amy Sherman • August 4, 2014

Ed MacDougall
stated on July 26, 2014 in a radio ad:

Says U.S. House candidate Carlos Curbelo "opposes the repeal of Obamacare."

By Amy Sherman • July 31, 2014

Marco Rubio
stated on July 23, 2014 in a speech at Catholic University:

"Having an active father makes children 98 percent more likely to graduate from college."

By Amy Sherman • July 29, 2014

Charlie Crist
stated on July 23, 2014 in a TV ad:

Says Rick Scott cut "Bright Futures scholarships in half."

By Amy Sherman • July 25, 2014

Republican Party of Florida
stated on July 22, 2014 in a TV ad:

"With Rick Scott, there are more funds for preschool education."

By Amy Sherman • July 24, 2014

Nan Rich
stated on July 11, 2014 in a speech to the Florida Press Association:

"Tourism and retirees are the dominant economic engines in our state."

By Amy Sherman • July 23, 2014

Nan Rich
stated on July 11, 2014 in a speech to the Florida Press Association:

Florida has the "third most-regressive tax" structure.

By Amy Sherman • July 22, 2014

Charlie Crist
stated on July 2, 2014 in a tweet:

"Expanding Medicaid would create 63k jobs."

By Amy Sherman • July 9, 2014

Florida Democratic Party
stated on July 1, 2014 in a TV ad:

Says Rick Scott "cut education to pay for even more tax breaks for big, powerful, well-connected corporations."

By Amy Sherman • July 7, 2014

Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on June 30, 2014 in a statement to the media:

"Nearly 60 percent of women who use birth control do so for more than just family planning."

By Amy Sherman • June 30, 2014

Progressive Choice Florida
stated on June 23, 2014 in a radio ad:

Says Charlie Crist signed "the nation’s harshest marijuana laws."

By Amy Sherman, Joshua Gillin • June 27, 2014

Rick Scott
stated on June 23, 2014 in a TV ad:

"Under Governor Crist, 3,000 teachers laid off."

By Amy Sherman • June 26, 2014

Republican Party of Florida
stated on June 17, 2014 in a TV ad:

"Gov. Rick Scott cut the cost of prepaid college tuition by nearly $20,000."

By Amy Sherman • June 25, 2014

Nan Rich
stated on May 10, 2014 in a speech:

"$3 billion over the next five years will be taken out of our public schools and be put into vouchers."

By Amy Sherman • June 19, 2014

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