Latest Fact-Checks By Amy Sherman

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Trump at Puerto Rico golf course

Did bankrupt Trump golf course in Puerto Rico leave taxpayers on the hook?

May 4, 2017

Donald Trump’s "golf course on the island defaulted, like so many of his other failed business schemes. The failure left Puerto Rican taxpayers with a…

Trump on Face the nation April 30, 2017

Does the GOP’s new health care bill still cover pre-existing conditions, as Trump claims?

May 1, 2017

Says of the GOP health care proposal, "pre-existing conditions are in the bill."

Deepwater Horizon aerial shot

Trump wants to expand oil drilling despite Congress not adding safety rules, Senator says

April 21, 2017

"Trump looking to open up E Coast & new areas for offshore oil drilling when Congress has passed no new safety standards since BP"

ICE deportation

Trump falsely claims Obama policies to blame for growth of MS-13 gang in the U.S.

April 18, 2017

"The weak illegal immigration policies of the Obama Admin. allowed bad MS 13 gangs to form in cities across U.S. We are removing them fast!"

Aramis D. Ayala headshot

Florida lawmaker says ‘African-Americans are grossly overrepresented on Florida’s death row’

April 17, 2017

"African-Americans are grossly overrepresented on Florida’s death row."

Aramis D. Ayala

Has the U.S. Supreme Court banned all state laws that make executions mandatory for murders?

April 6, 2017

"There are no federal or state laws that say prosecutors must seek death sentences. And the United States Supreme Court has banned all state laws…

Access Islam screenshot

Did the U.S. Education Department introduce an Islamic indoctrination program for public schools?

April 5, 2017

"The United States Department of Education has introduced an Islamic indoctrination program for the public schools, called ‘Access Islam.’ "

Escambia Sheriff David Morgan speaks in 2009.

Did a Florida sheriff say ‘blacks should learn to act like white people in order to stay alive?’

April 2, 2017

"Florida Sheriff: Blacks should learn to act like white people in order to stay alive."

US Rep. Ted Yoho smiling in the house

Florida U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho misleads on claim about Medicaid

March 31, 2017

"It’s been proven over and over again Medicaid has the worst outcomes in the industrialized world as far as the quality of health care."

Florida immigrant groups protest in Tally

Do undocumented immigrants have constitutional rights?

March 29, 2017

"As an undocumented immigrant, you do have constitutional rights here in the United States."

small rundown apartment building in South Florida

Does South Florida lead nation in gap between wages and housing?

March 23, 2017

"South Florida ranks No. 1 in the gap between wages and housing."

Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine at commission dias

Does Airbnb decrease housing values, as Miami Beach mayor says?

March 20, 2017

Says Airbnb "decreases real estate values and increases costs for workforce housing."

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