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Latest Fact-Checks On Charlie Crist

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Charlie Crist
stated on October 24, 2022 in a gubernatorial debate:
“Crime is up under Governor DeSantis. Crime was down when I was your governor.”
Mostly False
By Yacob Reyes • October 28, 2022
Charlie Crist
stated on August 25, 2022 in a tweet:
Gov. Ron DeSantis raised “taxes on the middle class by more than $1.5 billion while giving away $624 million to big corporations.”
Mostly False
By Yacob Reyes • September 2, 2022
Charlie Crist
stated on July 14, 2022 in a campaign ad:
Ron DeSantis “opposes any background checks on guns, even for violent criminals.”
Mostly False
By Yacob Reyes • July 22, 2022
Charlie Crist
stated on February 3, 2022 in Twitter:
“New Jersey and Maryland produce more solar power than Florida, the Sunshine State!”
Mostly False
By Yacob Reyes • February 11, 2022
Charlie Crist
stated on January 28, 2022 in an ad:
Ron DeSantis let “millions of COVID-19 tests expire.”
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • February 4, 2022
Charlie Crist
stated on June 17, 2016 in a fundraising email:
David Jolly “has used money and power to try to … drill off our beaches.”
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • June 30, 2016
Charlie Crist
stated on October 27, 2014 in a TV ad:
“Rick Scott vetoed funding for 30 Florida rape crisis centers. Scott said the centers weren’t needed.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 28, 2014
Charlie Crist
stated on September 16, 2014 in a TV ad:
Says Rick Scott cut education by over a billion dollars, meaning thousands of teachers “lost their jobs” and “class sizes went up.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • September 22, 2014
Charlie Crist
stated on July 31, 2014 in a campaign commercial:
Says Rick Scott “raised property taxes.”
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • August 1, 2014
Charlie Crist
stated on April 20, 2014 in a TV interview:
Says he hasn’t changed his view on abortion restrictions.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • April 24, 2014
Charlie Crist
stated on January 28, 2014 in a press conference:
“I always supported civil unions.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • February 7, 2014
Charlie Crist
stated on December 13, 2013 in an op-ed:
Says Marco Rubio endorsed Obamacare for his own family.
Mostly False
By Julie Kliegman • December 18, 2013
Charlie Crist
stated on August 17, 2013 in a speech to Louisiana Democrats:
In 2012, the state “put together a list of over 100,000 people that they thought were ineligible to vote. Came out there were less than…
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • September 12, 2013
Charlie Crist
stated on November 4, 2012 in a TV interview:
Says Jeb Bush “extended early voting” after seeing “long lines.”
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • November 8, 2012
Charlie Crist
stated on October 24, 2010 in a debate:
“The Recovery Act saved 60,000 jobs among law enforcement officials, firefighters in the state of Florida, plus another 20,000 educators.”
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • October 29, 2010
Charlie Crist
stated on October 19, 2010 in a Leadership Florida/Florida Press Association debate:
Says Marco Rubio sold a home to a chiropractor who had been lobbying him on automobile insurance legislation and “once he sold the home, for…
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • October 20, 2010
Charlie Crist
stated on March 15, 2010 in a campaign press release:
Marco Rubio is a “Miami lobbyist.”
Mostly False
By Carol Rosenberg • March 22, 2010
Charlie Crist
stated on March 2, 2010 in his State of the State address.:
“Florida’s new fingerprint identification system is improving our rate of solving cold cases by 300 percent.”
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • March 8, 2010
Charlie Crist
stated on March 2, 2010 in the State of the State address:
Cover Florida “is available to any Floridian, offering basic coverage for about $150 a month, instead of the typical $600 a month.”
Mostly False
By Bill Adair, John Frank • March 3, 2010
Charlie Crist
stated on October 16, 2009 in radio advertisement for U.S. Senate campaign:
“Here in Florida, I’ve slashed government by 10 percent. That’s $7 billion.”
Mostly False
By Janet Zink • October 26, 2009