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Latest Fact-Checks In Florida

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Bill Nelson
stated on November 16, 2016 in a Senate floor speech:
Says Donald Trump said he intends “to open up additional areas off the coast to oil drilling” during the campaign.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • November 22, 2016
Patrick Murphy
stated on October 26, 2016 in 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
stated on October 27, 2016 in 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
National Rifle Association
stated on October 4, 2016 in 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
AFSCME People
stated on September 23, 2016 in a TV ad:
Says Marco Rubio “voted to slash school funding by billions of dollars and would eliminate the Department of Education.”
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • September 27, 2016
Patrick Murphy
stated on September 20, 2016 in 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
Marco Rubio
stated on September 13, 2016 in a TV ad:
Says Patrick “Murphy embellished, according to reports, his University of Miami academic achievement.”
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • September 15, 2016
Patrick Murphy
stated on August 31, 2016 in 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
Marco Rubio
stated on August 12, 2016 in a campaign ad:
Says “Marco Rubio wrote and passed bipartisan legislation allowing the VA to fire negligent workers.”
Mostly True
By Allison Graves • August 17, 2016
Florida First Project
stated on July 14, 2016 in a campaign ad:
Says Carlos Beruff “supported (Charlie) Crist even after he switched parties.”
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • August 11, 2016
Hillary Clinton
stated on July 28, 2016 in a speech at the Democratic convention:
Says Donald Trump said at the Republican convention, “I alone can fix it.”
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • July 29, 2016
Michael Bloomberg
stated on July 27, 2016 in a speech at the Democratic convention:
Says Donald Trump “games the U.S. visa system so he can hire temporary foreign workers at low wages.”
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • July 28, 2016
Bill Clinton
stated on July 26, 2016 in a speech at the Democratic convention:
Says Hillary Clinton helped “get done” the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
Mostly True
By Alan Gathright, Amy Sherman • July 27, 2016
Tim Canova
stated on July 9, 2016 in a post on Medium:
Says Debbie Wasserman Schultz “has voted for huge subsidies for the sugar industry … as well as for delays in cleanups.”
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • July 25, 2016
Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 in a speech at the Republican convention:
Says Hillary Clinton “wants sanctuary cities.”
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • July 22, 2016
Alan Grayson
stated on June 30, 2016 in an interview with the "Tampa Bay Times" editorial board:
Says Patrick Murphy has “taken more money from Wall Street than any other member of Congress other than the speaker and the majority leader.”
Mostly True
By Allison Graves • July 7, 2016
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on June 18, 2016 in a Medium post:
“40% of Americans know someone who has been killed by a gun.”
Mostly True
By Taylor Leighton • July 7, 2016
Clay Aiken
stated on June 12, 2016 in a posting on Twitter:
“A gay man who survived #orlando hate crime can STILL show up to work in FL tomorrow and have his boss fire him simply because he is gay.”
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 20, 2016
Marco Rubio
stated on June 13, 2016 in an interview with Hugh Hewitt:
“In America, radical speech is not a crime.”  
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • June 15, 2016
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 13, 2016 in an interview with CNN:
“Florida doesn’t regulate assault weapons or .50 caliber rifles or large-capacity ammunition magazines. It doesn’t require a permit to purchase a gun. It doesn’t require any registration, whatsoever.”
Mostly True
By Allison Graves • June 13, 2016
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