Latest Fact-Checks By Aaron Sharockman

Clear
Mike Haridopolos
Mike Haridopolos
stated on January 12, 2011 in comments to reporters.:
"Whether you like to admit it or not, half our general revenue goes to education."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • January 14, 2011
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on January 9, 2011 in comments on NBC's 'Meet the Press':
Says the person who Florida U.S. Rep. Allen West first hired as chief of staff told people attending a Tea Party rally that, 'We will use bullets if ballots don't work.'
True
By Aaron Sharockman • January 10, 2011
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on January 3, 2011 in a Wall Street Journal op-ed piece.:
"In 1998, nearly half of Florida's fourth-graders were functionally illiterate. Today, 72% of them can read."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • January 3, 2011
John Mica
John Mica
stated on November 25, 2010 in a Fox News interview.:
TSA "started off with 16,500 screeners and the agency has mushroomed to 67,000 employees with 3,590 administrative people ... making over $105,000 per year on average."
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • December 17, 2010
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on December 14, 2010 in a meeting with state legislators.:
"We are the only state in the country that state employees don't contribute [to their pensions]."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • December 15, 2010
John Mica
John Mica
stated on November 18, 2010 in an interview with MSNBC.:
"On the question on the DREAM Act, no -- no to granting lower tuition to illegals."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • December 14, 2010
Bill Montford
Bill Montford
stated on December 8, 2010 in comments to a newspaper.:
The state has "less employees this year than we did last year."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • December 10, 2010
Alex Sink
Alex Sink
stated on December 7, 2010 in a meeting of the Florida Cabinet:
"150,000 (oil spill) claims have been filed by Floridians, but only 40 percent of them have been paid."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • December 8, 2010
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on December 6, 2010 in a press conference:
Says the military accounts for about 10 percent of Florida's economy.
True
By Aaron Sharockman • December 7, 2010
Vern Buchanan
Vern Buchanan
stated on December 2, 2010 in a web video.:
"In Florida, illegal immigration costs taxpayers nearly $4 billion (a year). This amounts to $700 for every household in Florida."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • December 6, 2010
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on December 2, 2010 in an interview on CNN.:
On offshore oil drilling.
No Flip
By Aaron Sharockman • December 3, 2010
Ronda Storms
Ronda Storms
stated on December 1, 2010 in a newspaper interview.:
Hillsborough's Public Transportation Commission has "a rule that says cabbies have to wear socks. I mean, please. Come on."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • December 2, 2010
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on November 30, 2010 in Senate floor votes:
On banning earmarks.
Full Flop
By Aaron Sharockman • December 1, 2010
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on November 17, 2010 in a speech on the House floor.:
"The Republican plan for tax cuts is to give each millionaire -- the top 1 percent of income in this country -- $83,347 a year in tax cuts."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • November 30, 2010
John Pistole
John Pistole
stated on November 16, 2010 in an interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper.:
The radiation coming from the new TSA body scanners is "equivalent to about three minutes' worth of air travel by anybody, say, at 30,000 feet."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • November 18, 2010
Steven Schale
Steven Schale
stated on November 15, 2010 in a posting on Twitter.:
"Re: (Marco) Rubio's support of earmark ban: In 2002 alone, he requested 37 earmarks worth $43 million."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • November 16, 2010
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on November 14, 2010 in an interview with his brother, former President George W. Bush, on CNN.:
"Rick Scott got a majority of the Hispanic vote in Florida."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • November 15, 2010
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on November 10, 2010 in comments on her MSNBC show.:
"The Republican who was just elected governor of the great state of Florida paid his campaign staffers, not with money, but with American Express gift cards."
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • November 12, 2010
Pam Bondi
Pam Bondi
stated on November 9, 2010 in an interview with Fox News.:
"We're the only system of federalism in the world."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • November 10, 2010
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on November 8, 2010 in an Orlando rail conference.:
"The amount of the revenue required by the state (for the construction of high-speed rail) is around 10 percent."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • November 9, 2010
Previous Next