Fact Check Posts – Page 76

Vouchers take $3 billion out of public schools, Nan Rich says

By Amy Sherman

June 19, 2014

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

Rick Scott took the 5th Amendment 75 times, Democratic party ad says

By Amy Sherman

June 17, 2014

When Rick Scott "was deposed in lawsuits about his company, he took the Fifth 75 times."

Ad says Debbie Wasserman Schultz wants to send medical pot users to prison

By Amy Sherman

June 10, 2014

Judging by a recent vote, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz "thinks it's okay for medical marijuana patients to go to federal prison."

Democratic group says Ileana Ros-Lehtinen voted against VA backlog fixes

By Amy Sherman

June 6, 2014

"Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen has long record of voting against VA backlog fixes."

Florida ACLU says state has ‘the most errors and exonerations from death row’

By Amy Sherman

June 2, 2014

Florida has "the most errors and exonerations from death row."

Charlie Crist says 41,200 veterans lack health care due to Rick Scott not expanding Medicaid in Florida

By Amy Sherman

May 28, 2014

41,200 veterans in Florida "don’t have health care because Scott didn’t expand Medicaid."

Cap and trade legislation was originally ‘a Republican idea,’ Wasserman Schultz says

By Amy Sherman

May 23, 2014

Cap and trade legislation "was originally a Republican idea."

Lawmaker: Common Core testing company forces children to become ‘as homosexual as they possibly can’

By Amy Sherman

May 20, 2014

A company hired to do Common Core testing in Florida will "attract every one of your children to become as homosexual as they possibly can."

Sorting out tax breaks for David Beckham’s Miami soccer stadium

By Amy Sherman

May 20, 2014

David Beckham’s soccer stadium would get a "special tax deal that lets them off the hook for $2 million in taxes every year for 30…

Jeb Bush says U.S. teenagers behind Ireland, Poland and Vietnam in math and science

By Amy Sherman

May 15, 2014

"U.S. teenagers have now fallen behind their counterparts in Ireland, Poland and even Vietnam in math and science."

David Beckham’s proposed soccer stadium at port threatens jobs and economic impact, Miami Seaport Alliance says

By Amy Sherman

May 14, 2014

David Beckham’s proposed soccer stadium at Miami’s Port "threatens the 207,000 jobs and $27 billion economic impact tied to the cargo and cruise industries."

‘Florida Democrats just voted to impose Sharia law on women,’ bloggers say

By Amy Sherman

May 8, 2014

"Florida Democrats just voted to impose Sharia law on women."

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Vouchers take $3 billion out of public schools, Nan Rich says

Rick Scott took the 5th Amendment 75 times, Democratic party ad says

Ad says Debbie Wasserman Schultz wants to send medical pot users to prison

Democratic group says Ileana Ros-Lehtinen voted against VA backlog fixes

Florida ACLU says state has ‘the most errors and exonerations from death row’

Charlie Crist says 41,200 veterans lack health care due to Rick Scott not expanding Medicaid in Florida

Cap and trade legislation was originally ‘a Republican idea,’ Wasserman Schultz says

Lawmaker: Common Core testing company forces children to become ‘as homosexual as they possibly can’

Sorting out tax breaks for David Beckham’s Miami soccer stadium

Jeb Bush says U.S. teenagers behind Ireland, Poland and Vietnam in math and science

David Beckham’s proposed soccer stadium at port threatens jobs and economic impact, Miami Seaport Alliance says

‘Florida Democrats just voted to impose Sharia law on women,’ bloggers say