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Allison Graves

Allison Graves

Staff writer

Allison Graves is a PolitiFact Florida staff writer based in St. Petersburg, Fla. Before PolitiFact Florida, she held a year-long internship with PolitiFact National and reported for PolitiFact Missouri. Graves is a 2016 graduate from the University of Missouri, where she majored in journalism. 

agraves@poynter.org

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Latest Fact-Checks By Allison Graves

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Democratic Governors Association
Democratic Governors Association
stated on July 13, 2018 a post on Medium
Says Adam Putnam "backed a water bill that gutted water quality regulations."
Half-True
By Allison Graves • July 18, 2018
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on June 13, 2018 an ad
Says Sen. Bill Nelson "voted for higher taxes" 349 times.
False
By Allison Graves • July 5, 2018
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on June 28, 2018 a Fox News debate
Says Adam Putnam "endorsed the Schumer-Obama Gang of Eight immigration amnesty."
Mostly True
By Allison Graves • June 29, 2018
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on June 21, 2018 an ad
Says he "actually wrote the bipartisan law that makes it illegal to drill off Florida’s coast."
Mostly True
By Allison Graves • June 29, 2018
Adam Putnam
Adam Putnam
stated on June 7, 2018 an interview with Fox News
Florida taxpayers "pay tens of millions of dollars a year to feed and house in our prison system criminal illegal aliens."
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • June 26, 2018
New Republican PAC
New Republican PAC
stated on June 11, 2018 a political ad
Says Bill Nelson voted for "cuts to Medicare providers" and voted to weaken "Social Security protections" as a U.S. senator.
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • June 15, 2018
Andrew Gillum
Andrew Gillum
stated on June 20, 2018 a debate
Under Philip Levine, Miami Beach "passed a resolution to ban assault rifles, which was not enforceable and never enforced. He passed a resolution to raise the minimum wage, which actually no one got the benefit of because it was not enforced."  
Mostly True
By Allison Graves • June 9, 2018
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on June 6, 2018 in a press release
"Flip Flop! After opposing term limits for decades, Adam Putnam adopts Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis’ position."
Half-True
By Allison Graves • June 8, 2018
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on June 2, 2018 during a BBQ
"The bulk of the problem with the opioid epidemic is the fentanyl and all the synthetic drugs coming across the southern border."  
Half-True
By Allison Graves • June 7, 2018
Florida House Majority Office
Florida House Majority Office
stated on May 17, 2018 a video
It is a "myth" that "per-student funding only rose by 47 cents this year."
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • May 30, 2018
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