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PolitiFact Florida helps you find the truth in Florida politics. Reporters and researchers examine statements by Florida elected officials and candidates and anyone else who speaks up on matters of public importance. We research their statements and then rate the accuracy on our Truth-O-Meter. PolitiFact Florida is a partnership of the Poynter Institute, WLRN and NBC 6.

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0% 392 Checks
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0% 402 Checks
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All Fact-checks for Florida

Jared Moskowitz
Jared Moskowitz
stated on January 22, 2026 an X post
The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s “backlog of unanswered disaster assistance applications has exploded to the largest in its history.”
Mostly True
By Samantha Putterman • January 28, 2026
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on January 5, 2026 a press conference
Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro “was releasing people from his prisons and sending them to our southern border under the Biden administration.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • January 7, 2026
stated on November 6, 2025 X post
“Evidence suggests that 1 in 25 women who consume (abortion) pills are hospitalized.”
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • November 14, 2025
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on October 15, 2025 a speech
In Florida, “68 to 70% of property tax revenue” is from “second homes, investment properties, commercial properties, Airbnb,” not primary residences.
Mostly True
By Samantha Putterman • October 30, 2025
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on October 19, 2025 an interview
“About 25% of the time the Coast Guard boards a ship, there are no drugs.”
Mostly True
By Samantha Putterman • October 22, 2025
stated on October 13, 2025 an X post
Florida will be the “hardest hit” state in the country if enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies expire.
Mostly True
By Samantha Putterman • October 20, 2025
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 2, 2025 an X post
Democrats shut down the government because they want “health care for illegal aliens and funding for free abortions.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • October 8, 2025
stated on September 3, 2025 a press conference
Every school vaccine mandate “drips” with “slavery.”
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • September 4, 2025
stated on August 24, 2025 an X post
The U.S. Census included a citizenship question “for over 150 years” before the Obama administration.
False
By Samantha Putterman • September 2, 2025
Markwayne Mullin
Markwayne Mullin
stated on July 27, 2025 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union"
The Jeffrey Epstein plea agreement “was a sweetheart plea deal that was made under the Obama administration.”
False
By Amy Sherman • July 28, 2025
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on July 18, 2025 an X post
Florida: #51 in mental health care, #1 in home insurance costs, #1 in elder fraud, #1 in rent hikes.
Half-True
By Ella Moore, Samantha Putterman • July 23, 2025
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on June 27, 2025 a press briefing
There is “zero impact” from Alligator Alcatraz on the Florida Everglades.
False
By Gabrielle Lazor • July 11, 2025
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on June 8, 2025 a television interview
Four million more people live in Florida, but New York gets $20 billion more for Medicaid, because it covers illegal immigrants and adults without chronic illness.
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • June 22, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on June 9, 2025 X post
Video shows woman exiting her car during the 2025 Los Angeles protests, shouting, “I have babies in the car!”
False
By Ella Moore • June 12, 2025
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on May 24, 2025 una publicación en TikTok
El gobernador de Florida Ron DeSantis firmó ley que prohíbe a inmigrantes ilegalmente en el país echar gasolina.
False
By Maria Briceño • May 28, 2025
Jared Moskowitz
Jared Moskowitz
stated on May 1, 2025 an interview on CNN
Canadian tourism to Florida has declined by 80%.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Loreben Tuquero • May 7, 2025
Randy Fine
Randy Fine
stated on January 28, 2025 a senate special session
Florida’s in-state college tuition waiver for immigrants in the country illegally costs the state $41 million.
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • February 6, 2025
Ashley Moody
Ashley Moody
stated on January 30, 2025 a hearing
The National Human Trafficking Hotline “in the last four years decided that they would no longer report tips to law enforcement, that they would take a more victim-centered approach.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • February 4, 2025
Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on January 21, 2025 a Threads post
President Donald Trump declared “a state of emergency in Florida because of snow.”
False
January 24, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 4, 2024 a Facebook post
"The city of… is being warned to be alert & vigilant as there is a serial killer on the run,” Robert Thibodeau.
False
By Maria Briceño • December 17, 2024
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