Latest Fact-Checks By Becky Bowers

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Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on December 10, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Iowa:
Says the paperback edition of Mitt Romney's book deleted line that Massachusetts' individual mandate "should be the model for the country"
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • December 11, 2011
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on December 1, 2011 in a news release:
Says Mitt Romney belittled middle-class tax cuts "as nothing more than 'little Band-Aids.' "
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • December 7, 2011
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on November 17, 2011 in a meeting with the "Palm Beach Post" editorial board:
The Affordable Care Act is "not the law of the land."
False
By Becky Bowers • December 1, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on November 22, 2011 in a Republican debate in Washington:
"We have, right now, Hezbollah, which is working throughout Latin America, in Venezuela, in Mexico, throughout Latin America, which poses a very significant and imminent threat to the United States of America."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • November 23, 2011
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on November 17, 2011 in an e-mail message:
"House Republicans are ramming through legislation ... to classify pizza as a 'vegetable' for the purpose of school lunches." 
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • November 22, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on November 4, 2011 in an Americans for Prosperity Foundation summit speech:
Solyndra "had robots that whistled Disney songs. I'm not kidding."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • November 17, 2011
David Plouffe
David Plouffe
stated on October 30, 2011 in an interview on "Meet the Press":
The loan guarantee program that helped Solyndra "was a program that was supported by President Bush."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • November 17, 2011
Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Prosperity
stated on November 2, 2011 in a TV ad:
"(President Barack Obama gave) half a billion in taxpayer money to help his friends at Solyndra, a business the White House knew was on the path to bankruptcy."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • November 15, 2011
Adam Putnam
Adam Putnam
stated on October 30, 2011 in an interview on the CBS News show "Sunday Morning":
Says the giant African land snail "carries human meningitis."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • November 3, 2011
Connie Mack
Connie Mack
stated on October 26, 2011 in news reports:
On whether he would run for U.S. Senate in 2012.
Full Flop
By Becky Bowers • October 27, 2011
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on October 11, 2011 in a Senate floor speech:
Says it wasn't until he and a Senate colleague were able to "wrangle the actual streaming video" from BP that scientists were able to calculate the oil spill flow.
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • October 26, 2011
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 21, 2011 in a biography on his U.S. Senate website:
Says his parents "came to America following Fidel Castro's takeover" of Cuba.
False
By Becky Bowers • October 21, 2011
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on September 29, 2011 in an op-ed article:
"A Cornell University research study concludes that ethanol generates a 29 percent energy loss, meaning it takes more than a gallon of gasoline to produce a gallon of ethanol."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • October 19, 2011
Mike Fasano
Mike Fasano
stated on October 11, 2011 in a news article:
"Just a little over 60 percent of your electric bill, my electric bill, 60 percent of that is pass-throughs, whether they be for building of nuclear plants or whatever they may be." A planned nuclear plant repair "will only increase that percentage."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • October 18, 2011
Critics of water fluoridation
Critics of water fluoridation
stated on October 4, 2011 in a Pinellas County Commission meeting and web comments:
Say water fluoridation started in Nazi Germany ghettos and death camps to pacify the Jews.
Pants on Fire!
By Becky Bowers • October 6, 2011
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 4, 2011 in an answer to reporters:
On how he measures his promise to create 700,000 private-sector jobs in seven years.
Full Flop
By Becky Bowers • October 4, 2011
Chain email
Chain email
stated on September 24, 2011 in a chain e-mail:
"Florida is the first state requiring drug testing to receive welfare!"
False
By Becky Bowers • September 30, 2011
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on September 24, 2011 in a speech in Orlando at Presidency 5:
"At nearly 19 million people, the population of Florida is larger than all the earlier primary and caucus states combined."
True
By Becky Bowers • September 27, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 22, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Orlando:
Says that Romney touted the Massachusetts health plan for the nation in his hardcover book but then deleted it for the paperback edition.
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • September 23, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 22, 2011 in in the Fox News Google debate in Orlando:
"The federal government has not engaged in (border security) at all."
Pants on Fire!
By Becky Bowers • September 23, 2011
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