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Latest Fact-Checks By Aaron Sharockman

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Loranne Ausley
stated on August 12, 2010 in a web ad.:
“(Jeff) Atwater’s bank was so weak that just a few months ago it was shut down by the FDIC.”
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • August 27, 2010
Kendrick Meek
stated on August 24, 2010 in his primary victory speech.:
Kendrick Meek claims he’s the only candidate who said Sonia Sotomayor “will make an excellent Supreme Court justice.”
True
By Aaron Sharockman • August 25, 2010
Jeff Greene
stated on August 10, 2010 in a debate:
“Seventy bills [Kendrick Meek] authored, not one of them has passed.”  
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman, Amy Sherman • August 20, 2010
Florida First Initiative
stated on August 17, 2010 in in a TV ad.:
“Reporters have uncovered another Scott company accused of criminal acts. But Scott won’t come clean.”
False
By Aaron Sharockman • August 20, 2010
Rick Scott
stated on August 17, 2010 in a TV ad.:
Bill McCollum “backed Jim Greer’s effort to hide financial irregularities.”
False
By Aaron Sharockman • August 18, 2010
Kendrick Meek
stated on August 11, 2010 in a TV ad.:
“Warren Buffett called credit default swaps financial weapons of mass destruction. And Greene was the first individual to use them.”
True
By Aaron Sharockman • August 18, 2010
Jeff Kottkamp
stated on July 31, 2010 in a debate.:
“I’ve taken on the federal government and won.”
True
By Aaron Sharockman • August 11, 2010
Pam Bondi
stated on April 28, 2010 in a speech.:
I’ve shut down pill mills.
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • August 11, 2010
Rick Scott
stated on August 3, 2010 in a TV ad.:
“Bill McCollum voted for higher taxes and fees 42 times while he was in Congress.”
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • August 10, 2010
Bill McCollum
stated on August 5, 2010 in a debate.:
“In my attorney general’s office, we’ve cut the budget 18 percent.”
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • August 6, 2010
Jeff Greene
stated on August 3, 2010 in comments to the media.:
Jeff Greene on why he went Cuba.
Full Flop
By Aaron Sharockman • August 4, 2010
Jeff Greene
stated on July 31, 2010 in a campaign mail piece.:
“Kendrick Meek was named one of the two most corrupt Democrats in Congress by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.”
False
By Aaron Sharockman • August 3, 2010
Pam Bondi
stated on July 31, 2010 in a Bay News 9/CFN 13 debate.:
Mortgage fraud is “up 400 percent in the last five years.”
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • August 2, 2010
Kendrick Meek
stated on July 29, 2010 in a TV ad.:
“Jeff Greene can buy anything” …  he owns two mansions.
True
By Aaron Sharockman • July 30, 2010
Bill McCollum
stated on July 29, 2010 in talking with reporters.:
“There’s no negative advertising in my campaign at all.”
Pants on Fire!
By Aaron Sharockman • July 29, 2010
Dan Gelber
stated on July 26, 2010 in a campaign flier.:
Dave Aronberg’s career legal experience is “less than two years as Asst. AG/private attorney.”
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • July 28, 2010
Rick Scott
stated on July 25, 2010 in campaign materials.:
“My 7-step plan” creates 700,000 jobs in 7 years.
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • July 26, 2010
Rachel Maddow
stated on July 19, 2010 in comments on her MSNBC show.:
Marco Rubio’s “economic proposals will add $3.5 trillion to the federal deficit.”
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • July 23, 2010
Alex Sink
stated on July 20, 2010 in remarks to reporters.:
House Republicans who complained they didn’t have enough time to consider a constitutional ban against oil drilling “shoved through a proposal in just a few days to open state waters to oil drilling.”
True
By Aaron Sharockman • July 21, 2010
Pam Bondi
stated on July 15, 2010 in a campaign mail piece.:
Opponent Holly Benson said that “Just because you’re poor doesn’t mean you’re unhealthy, it just means you have a lot more time to go running.”
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • July 20, 2010
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