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Patrick Murphy

Patrick Murphy

Patrick Murphy won his first seat in 2012 for the U.S. House of Representatives representing District 18 in Florida. Murphy lost a U.S. Senate race against Marco Rubio in 2016. 

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Latest Fact-Checks By Patrick Murphy

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Patrick Murphy
Patrick Murphy
stated on October 26, 2016 a Florida Senate debate
Says Marco Rubio "said Social Security and Medicare have ‘weakened us as a people.’ "
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • October 27, 2016
Patrick Murphy
Patrick Murphy
stated on October 27, 2016 a U.S. Senate debate
Says Marco Rubio "has a 98 percent voting record with the Koch brothers."
Mostly True
By Allison Graves • October 27, 2016
Patrick Murphy
Patrick Murphy
stated on October 23, 2016 a TV interview on WFLA
"We have never done business with Donald Trump."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 26, 2016
Patrick Murphy
Patrick Murphy
stated on October 17, 2016 a U.S. Senate debate
"When asked about equal pay for women, (Rubio’s) quote was that it was a waste of time."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • October 18, 2016
Patrick Murphy
Patrick Murphy
stated on October 17, 2016 a U.S. Senate debate in Orlando
"Marco Rubio made it clear: Not only does he think Donald Trump is a con man, he went on to say he doesn't trust Donald Trump with the nuclear codes."
True
By Allison Graves • October 18, 2016
Patrick Murphy
Patrick Murphy
stated on October 10, 2016 a TV ad
Says Marco Rubio "opposes immigration reform. Worse, Rubio supports Donald Trump. His plan would deport 800,000 children, destroying families."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 17, 2016
Patrick Murphy
Patrick Murphy
stated on September 20, 2016 a campaign ad
Says "Marco Rubio would take away a woman’s right to choose for victims of rape or incest."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • September 23, 2016
Patrick Murphy
Patrick Murphy
stated on September 15, 2016 a campaign statement
Says Marco Rubio voted "against every bill that would have helped keep our families safe. He even voted against a bipartisan measure, introduced by a Republican, to prevent people on the no-fly list from purchasing guns."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • September 22, 2016
Patrick Murphy
Patrick Murphy
stated on August 31, 2016 a statement
"Sen. Rubio has the worst vote attendance record of any Florida senator in nearly 50 years."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • September 2, 2016
Patrick Murphy
Patrick Murphy
stated on August 19, 2016 a post on his campaign website
Says Marco Rubio "voted against the bipartisan Violence Against Women Act."
True
By Joshua Gillin • August 24, 2016
Patrick Murphy
Patrick Murphy
stated on August 1, 2016 a campaign ad
Says "Marco Rubio didn’t show up" for a vote on his own bill on sanctions against Hezbollah.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 4, 2016
Patrick Murphy
Patrick Murphy
stated on April 6, 2016 a conference call with reporters
Florida’s regulations on the payday lending industry are "stronger than almost any other state."  
False
By Amy Sherman • April 12, 2016
Patrick Murphy
Patrick Murphy
stated on December 8, 2015 a tweet
"91% of suspected terrorists who attempted to buy guns in America walked away with the weapon they wanted."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • December 29, 2015
Patrick Murphy
Patrick Murphy
stated on October 2, 2012 an ad
An Army report stated Allen West "performed illegal acts, merited court martial, faced 11 years in prison.'"
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman, Amy Sherman • October 16, 2012
Patrick Murphy
Patrick Murphy
stated on July 16, 2011 a statement on his campaign website
"For the second quarter in a row, my campaign has raised more money than any other challenger in the nation and brought our fundraising total to over $800,000."
True
By Amy Sherman • August 2, 2011
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Latest Fact-Checks About Patrick Murphy

Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 4, 2016 a Spanish-language campaign ad
Says Patrick Murphy wrongly conveyed Rubio's stance on abortion for women infected by Zika.
False
By Joshua Gillin • October 11, 2016
National Rifle Association
National Rifle Association
stated on October 4, 2016 a campaign mailer
Says Patrick Murphy "supports a gun ban on commonly owned semi-automatic firearms used for hunting, recreational shooting and self defense."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • October 11, 2016
Americans for Prosperity: Florida
Americans for Prosperity: Florida
stated on September 12, 2016 a campaign mailer
Says "Patrick Murphy’s ‘Pay More’ energy agenda means you could pay another $500 a year for your utility bills!"
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • September 20, 2016
Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Prosperity
stated on September 14, 2016 a campaign ad
"300,000 Floridians have lost their health insurance" as a result of Obamacare.
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 19, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on September 13, 2016 a TV ad
Says Patrick "Murphy embellished, according to reports, his University of Miami academic achievement."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • September 15, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on September 7, 2016 a statement by a spokeswoman
Says "Patrick Murphy is the only candidate to have voted against every measure to fund Zika."
False
By Joshua Gillin • September 14, 2016
American Future Fund
American Future Fund
stated on September 1, 2016 a TV ad
Says "Patrick Murphy was named one of America's least effective congressmen."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Joshua Gillin • September 9, 2016
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on September 7, 2016 a campaign website
Says Patrick Murphy advocated for "cuts to Social Security and Medicare."
False
By Joshua Gillin • September 8, 2016
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on September 7, 2016 a TV ad
Says Patrick Murphy "never worked as a CPA" and was "never a small business owner."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • September 8, 2016
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on May 15, 2016 an interview with CBS4
Says Patrick Murphy "switched his vote on All Aboard Florida ... because his father tried to get in a bid to build it and was unsuccessful."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • May 18, 2016
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on May 11, 2016 a fundraising email
Says Patrick Murphy is one of "only three Democrats in the House today who voted" to create the Benghazi committee.
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • May 16, 2016
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on August 12, 2015 a press release
Says Patrick Murphy "hasn't passed a single bill out of committee."
False
By Joshua Gillin • August 18, 2015
Brook Hines
Brook Hines
stated on April 6, 2015 an online op-ed column
Says U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy has "sided with the GOP on key votes twice as often as he sided with Democrats."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • April 9, 2015
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on March 23, 2015 a statement on a website
U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy "voted to allow members of Congress to receive taxpayer-funded health care for life."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • March 25, 2015
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on August 22, 2013 a YouTube video
"Congressman Patrick Murphy voted to keep the scandal-ridden IRS in charge of enforcing Obamacare."  
Mostly False
By Rochelle Koff • August 28, 2013
Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Prosperity
stated on July 23, 2013 a press release
Patrick Murphy voted for Obamacare in 2010, "yet he reversed himself and voted to delay" the employer mandate and the individual mandate.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 25, 2013
Allen West
Allen West
stated on October 25, 2012 a campaign ad
"After Patrick Murphy’s charges were dropped, Murphy’s father gave the prosecutor a huge campaign donation."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • November 2, 2012
Allen West
Allen West
stated on October 8, 2012 an ad
Says Patrick Murphy is trying to "hide his drunken assault of a police officer."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 16, 2012
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