Latest Fact-Checks By Amy Sherman

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Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on April 10, 2014 in an email :
"In 2006, Charlie Crist opposed in-state tuition for illegal immigrants."
True
By Amy Sherman • April 11, 2014
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on April 1, 2014 in a Facebook post:
Says Charlie Crist supports "cuts to the Medicare Advantage program."
False
By Amy Sherman • April 9, 2014
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on April 2, 2014 in a tweet:
Charlie Crist "raised taxes in 2009 and won't rule out raising taxes again."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • April 8, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on March 31, 2014 in an online video:
"Rick Scott wants to take us back to the days of insurance companies denying coverage for pre-existing conditions."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • April 4, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 31, 2014 in an online ad:
"Since December 2010 Florida has created 540,000 new jobs."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • April 2, 2014
American Bridge 21st Century
American Bridge 21st Century
stated on March 18, 2014 in an online video:
Says Rick Scott presided over cuts to the Bright Futures college scholarship program.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • April 1, 2014
Janet Adkins
Janet Adkins
stated on March 24, 2014 in a Florida House subcommittee meeting:
"We have been teaching these (Common Core) standards in Florida schools since 2010."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 28, 2014
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on March 21, 2014 in public remarks:
"There are over 100 pipelines between the United States and Canada right now."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 26, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 24, 2014 in a television ad from Let's Get to Work:
"Obamacare will drive 2.5 million Americans out of the workforce."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 25, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 24, 2014 in a television ad from Let's Get to Work:
Because of the federal health care law, "300,000 health plans canceled" in Florida.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 25, 2014
Barbara Sharief
Barbara Sharief
stated on March 21, 2014 in a speech in Davie, Fla.:
Broward County’s unemployment rate of 5.3 percent is "the lowest in Florida."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • March 21, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 16, 2014 in a tweet:
"Florida ranks first in the nation for access to free prekindergarten."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • March 20, 2014
Rock the Vote
Rock the Vote
stated on March 11, 2014 in a tweet:
Says 50 percent of millennials don’t associate with "any political party."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • March 17, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on March 9, 2014 in an interview on CNN:
The economic "turnaround started at the end of my term."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • March 11, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 4, 2014 in his State of the State speech:
"We have invested record funding in protecting our environment."
False
By Amy Sherman • March 6, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 4, 2014 in the State of the State speech:
"Florida high schools are four out of the top 10 in the entire United States."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • March 4, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on February 26, 2014 in an online campaign ad:
"We are seeing dramatic rate cuts" to Medicare that will affect seniors’ ability to keep their doctor, hospital and prevention services.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 3, 2014
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on February 25, 2014 in a press release:
Says Rick Scott "oversaw the largest Medicare fraud in the nation’s history."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • March 3, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on February 25, 2014 in public statements:
On expanding Medicaid as part of the health care law
Full Flop
By Amy Sherman • February 25, 2014
Don Gaetz
Don Gaetz
stated on February 13, 2014 in a "Florida Face to Face" interview:
The medical marijuana ballot initiative "doesn’t require a physician writing a prescription" and can be for conditions like "having a back that needs to be scratched."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Joshua Gillin • February 21, 2014
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