Latest Fact-checks by Amy Sherman Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Florida Students for Concealed Carry stated on March 16, 2015 in Florida Senate higher education committee hearing: "According to the state of Florida, you are almost twice as likely to be attacked by an alligator than by someone who happens to carry a conceal-and-carry permit." H. Marlene O'Toole stated on March 12, 2015 in House Education Appropriations Committee Hearing: The delay in school testing "was not that of a vendor, the problem was not that of the test materials itself, it was the product of a cyber attack." Florida Chamber of Commerce stated on March 10, 2015 in a Senate health policy committee hearing: Medicaid is close to 30 percent of the state budget and "the biggest expenditure at the state." Drug Policy Alliance stated on February 19, 2015 in an article in Politico: Says Debbie Wasserman Schultz "voted repeatedly to send terminally ill patients to prison." Marjorie Sanfilippo stated on February 16, 2015 in a Florida Senate criminal justice committee hearing: "200,000 students attempt suicide every year on college campuses." Florida Badass Teachers Association stated on February 10, 2015 in a statement to the Miami Herald: Florida students take "an array of standardized high stakes tests which eat up as much as 45 school days per year." Jeb Bush stated on February 4, 2015 in a speech in Detroit: Hispanic students in Florida perform "the best" of any Hispanic population in the United States. Alcee Hastings stated on February 5, 2015 in an interview with CNN: One Texas city "has a law that says that women can only have six dildos." Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on January 23, 2015 in an interview with reporters at her ceremonial swearing in event in Fort Lauderdale: Says Marco Rubio "was for immigration reform and a pathway to citizenship before he was against it." Jeff Clemens stated on January 20, 2015 in a Senate Ethics and Elections committee hearing: Online voter registration is a "more secure" way of doing voter registration. Floridians for Solar Choice stated on January 14, 2015 in a statement on a website: "Currently, Florida is one of only five states in the nation that prohibit citizens from buying electricity from companies that will put solar panels on your home or business." Dennis Moss stated on December 19, 2014 in in an interview with the "Miami Herald": "When Disney was looking to build Disney World, they came to Miami and we told Disney to take a hike." Democratic National Committee stated on December 19, 2014 in a list of talking points: Says Jeb Bush "not only opposes marriage equality, he’s said he ‘personally’ believes gay couples should be banned from adopting children." Mario Diaz-Balart stated on December 18, 2014 in a press conference: Says that in 2008, President Barack Obama said normalization with Cuba would first require "liberation of all political prisoners and some basic steps toward freedom, including freedom of the press, political parties, labor unions." Marco Rubio stated on December 8, 2014 in a news release: The authors of a report on CIA’s torture techniques "never interviewed a single CIA official." Jeb Bush stated on December 1, 2014 in a Wall Street Journal CEO Council event: "The pass rate for a high school level test to join the military" is 35 to 40 percent. Jeb Bush stated on December 1, 2014 in a 'Wall Street Journal' CEO Council event: "Too many" tattoos "on visible body parts" keep some applicants out of the military. Barack Obama stated on November 20, 2014 in a speech: Citing his efforts to secure the border, Obama said, "Overall, the number of people trying to cross our border illegally is the lowest it has been since the 1970s." Jeb Bush stated on November 20, 2014 in a speech: The Orange County, Florida, school board "voted to make it impossible for a student to receive a grade below 50." Jack Seiler stated on November 5, 2014 in a news release: "No one was taken into custody" for feeding the homeless. Senate Majority PAC stated on October 28, 2014 in a radio ad: The "stand your ground" law caused the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. Rick Scott stated on October 21, 2014 in a CNN debate: "We have spent $350 million to deal with sea-level rise" in the Miami area and "hundreds of millions of dollars to deal with coral reefs." 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." Rick Scott stated on October 21, 2014 in the CNN debate: Says Charlie Crist wants felons who "commit a heinous crime" such as "intentional permanent disfigurement of a child, you walk out of jail, you immediately get to vote." Rick Scott stated on October 21, 2014 in a CNN debate: Rick Scott says he supported in-state tuition for Dreamers while Charlie Crist was against it. Rick Scott stated on October 10, 2014 in a Telemundo debate: Says a bill he vetoed to give driver licenses to certain immigrants known as Dreamers would have changed "nothing." Rick Scott stated on October 15, 2014 in a debate at Broward College: "3,000 teachers lost their jobs when (Crist) was governor." Charlie Crist stated on October 15, 2014 in a debate at Broward College: If Florida expanded Medicaid, "some studies indicate it would create about 120,000 jobs." Republican Party of Florida stated on October 8, 2014 in a TV ad: Says Charlie Crist "is embroiled in a fraud case for steering taxpayer money to a de facto Ponzi scheme." Charlie Crist stated on October 10, 2014 in a gubernatorial debate: If Florida had not taken the stimulus, it "would have led to the firing of 20,000 teachers."
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Florida Students for Concealed Carry stated on March 16, 2015 in Florida Senate higher education committee hearing: "According to the state of Florida, you are almost twice as likely to be attacked by an alligator than by someone who happens to carry a conceal-and-carry permit." H. Marlene O'Toole stated on March 12, 2015 in House Education Appropriations Committee Hearing: The delay in school testing "was not that of a vendor, the problem was not that of the test materials itself, it was the product of a cyber attack." Florida Chamber of Commerce stated on March 10, 2015 in a Senate health policy committee hearing: Medicaid is close to 30 percent of the state budget and "the biggest expenditure at the state." Drug Policy Alliance stated on February 19, 2015 in an article in Politico: Says Debbie Wasserman Schultz "voted repeatedly to send terminally ill patients to prison." Marjorie Sanfilippo stated on February 16, 2015 in a Florida Senate criminal justice committee hearing: "200,000 students attempt suicide every year on college campuses." Florida Badass Teachers Association stated on February 10, 2015 in a statement to the Miami Herald: Florida students take "an array of standardized high stakes tests which eat up as much as 45 school days per year." Jeb Bush stated on February 4, 2015 in a speech in Detroit: Hispanic students in Florida perform "the best" of any Hispanic population in the United States. Alcee Hastings stated on February 5, 2015 in an interview with CNN: One Texas city "has a law that says that women can only have six dildos." Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on January 23, 2015 in an interview with reporters at her ceremonial swearing in event in Fort Lauderdale: Says Marco Rubio "was for immigration reform and a pathway to citizenship before he was against it." Jeff Clemens stated on January 20, 2015 in a Senate Ethics and Elections committee hearing: Online voter registration is a "more secure" way of doing voter registration. Floridians for Solar Choice stated on January 14, 2015 in a statement on a website: "Currently, Florida is one of only five states in the nation that prohibit citizens from buying electricity from companies that will put solar panels on your home or business." Dennis Moss stated on December 19, 2014 in in an interview with the "Miami Herald": "When Disney was looking to build Disney World, they came to Miami and we told Disney to take a hike." Democratic National Committee stated on December 19, 2014 in a list of talking points: Says Jeb Bush "not only opposes marriage equality, he’s said he ‘personally’ believes gay couples should be banned from adopting children." Mario Diaz-Balart stated on December 18, 2014 in a press conference: Says that in 2008, President Barack Obama said normalization with Cuba would first require "liberation of all political prisoners and some basic steps toward freedom, including freedom of the press, political parties, labor unions." Marco Rubio stated on December 8, 2014 in a news release: The authors of a report on CIA’s torture techniques "never interviewed a single CIA official." Jeb Bush stated on December 1, 2014 in a Wall Street Journal CEO Council event: "The pass rate for a high school level test to join the military" is 35 to 40 percent. Jeb Bush stated on December 1, 2014 in a 'Wall Street Journal' CEO Council event: "Too many" tattoos "on visible body parts" keep some applicants out of the military. Barack Obama stated on November 20, 2014 in a speech: Citing his efforts to secure the border, Obama said, "Overall, the number of people trying to cross our border illegally is the lowest it has been since the 1970s." Jeb Bush stated on November 20, 2014 in a speech: The Orange County, Florida, school board "voted to make it impossible for a student to receive a grade below 50." Jack Seiler stated on November 5, 2014 in a news release: "No one was taken into custody" for feeding the homeless. Senate Majority PAC stated on October 28, 2014 in a radio ad: The "stand your ground" law caused the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. Rick Scott stated on October 21, 2014 in a CNN debate: "We have spent $350 million to deal with sea-level rise" in the Miami area and "hundreds of millions of dollars to deal with coral reefs." 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." Rick Scott stated on October 21, 2014 in the CNN debate: Says Charlie Crist wants felons who "commit a heinous crime" such as "intentional permanent disfigurement of a child, you walk out of jail, you immediately get to vote." Rick Scott stated on October 21, 2014 in a CNN debate: Rick Scott says he supported in-state tuition for Dreamers while Charlie Crist was against it. Rick Scott stated on October 10, 2014 in a Telemundo debate: Says a bill he vetoed to give driver licenses to certain immigrants known as Dreamers would have changed "nothing." Rick Scott stated on October 15, 2014 in a debate at Broward College: "3,000 teachers lost their jobs when (Crist) was governor." Charlie Crist stated on October 15, 2014 in a debate at Broward College: If Florida expanded Medicaid, "some studies indicate it would create about 120,000 jobs." Republican Party of Florida stated on October 8, 2014 in a TV ad: Says Charlie Crist "is embroiled in a fraud case for steering taxpayer money to a de facto Ponzi scheme." Charlie Crist stated on October 10, 2014 in a gubernatorial debate: If Florida had not taken the stimulus, it "would have led to the firing of 20,000 teachers."
Florida Students for Concealed Carry stated on March 16, 2015 in Florida Senate higher education committee hearing: "According to the state of Florida, you are almost twice as likely to be attacked by an alligator than by someone who happens to carry a conceal-and-carry permit."
H. Marlene O'Toole stated on March 12, 2015 in House Education Appropriations Committee Hearing: The delay in school testing "was not that of a vendor, the problem was not that of the test materials itself, it was the product of a cyber attack."
Florida Chamber of Commerce stated on March 10, 2015 in a Senate health policy committee hearing: Medicaid is close to 30 percent of the state budget and "the biggest expenditure at the state."
Drug Policy Alliance stated on February 19, 2015 in an article in Politico: Says Debbie Wasserman Schultz "voted repeatedly to send terminally ill patients to prison."
Marjorie Sanfilippo stated on February 16, 2015 in a Florida Senate criminal justice committee hearing: "200,000 students attempt suicide every year on college campuses."
Florida Badass Teachers Association stated on February 10, 2015 in a statement to the Miami Herald: Florida students take "an array of standardized high stakes tests which eat up as much as 45 school days per year."
Jeb Bush stated on February 4, 2015 in a speech in Detroit: Hispanic students in Florida perform "the best" of any Hispanic population in the United States.
Alcee Hastings stated on February 5, 2015 in an interview with CNN: One Texas city "has a law that says that women can only have six dildos."
Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on January 23, 2015 in an interview with reporters at her ceremonial swearing in event in Fort Lauderdale: Says Marco Rubio "was for immigration reform and a pathway to citizenship before he was against it."
Jeff Clemens stated on January 20, 2015 in a Senate Ethics and Elections committee hearing: Online voter registration is a "more secure" way of doing voter registration.
Floridians for Solar Choice stated on January 14, 2015 in a statement on a website: "Currently, Florida is one of only five states in the nation that prohibit citizens from buying electricity from companies that will put solar panels on your home or business."
Dennis Moss stated on December 19, 2014 in in an interview with the "Miami Herald": "When Disney was looking to build Disney World, they came to Miami and we told Disney to take a hike."
Democratic National Committee stated on December 19, 2014 in a list of talking points: Says Jeb Bush "not only opposes marriage equality, he’s said he ‘personally’ believes gay couples should be banned from adopting children."
Mario Diaz-Balart stated on December 18, 2014 in a press conference: Says that in 2008, President Barack Obama said normalization with Cuba would first require "liberation of all political prisoners and some basic steps toward freedom, including freedom of the press, political parties, labor unions."
Marco Rubio stated on December 8, 2014 in a news release: The authors of a report on CIA’s torture techniques "never interviewed a single CIA official."
Jeb Bush stated on December 1, 2014 in a Wall Street Journal CEO Council event: "The pass rate for a high school level test to join the military" is 35 to 40 percent.
Jeb Bush stated on December 1, 2014 in a 'Wall Street Journal' CEO Council event: "Too many" tattoos "on visible body parts" keep some applicants out of the military.
Barack Obama stated on November 20, 2014 in a speech: Citing his efforts to secure the border, Obama said, "Overall, the number of people trying to cross our border illegally is the lowest it has been since the 1970s."
Jeb Bush stated on November 20, 2014 in a speech: The Orange County, Florida, school board "voted to make it impossible for a student to receive a grade below 50."
Jack Seiler stated on November 5, 2014 in a news release: "No one was taken into custody" for feeding the homeless.
Senate Majority PAC stated on October 28, 2014 in a radio ad: The "stand your ground" law caused the shooting death of Trayvon Martin.
Rick Scott stated on October 21, 2014 in a CNN debate: "We have spent $350 million to deal with sea-level rise" in the Miami area and "hundreds of millions of dollars to deal with coral reefs."
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."
Rick Scott stated on October 21, 2014 in the CNN debate: Says Charlie Crist wants felons who "commit a heinous crime" such as "intentional permanent disfigurement of a child, you walk out of jail, you immediately get to vote."
Rick Scott stated on October 21, 2014 in a CNN debate: Rick Scott says he supported in-state tuition for Dreamers while Charlie Crist was against it.
Rick Scott stated on October 10, 2014 in a Telemundo debate: Says a bill he vetoed to give driver licenses to certain immigrants known as Dreamers would have changed "nothing."
Rick Scott stated on October 15, 2014 in a debate at Broward College: "3,000 teachers lost their jobs when (Crist) was governor."
Charlie Crist stated on October 15, 2014 in a debate at Broward College: If Florida expanded Medicaid, "some studies indicate it would create about 120,000 jobs."
Republican Party of Florida stated on October 8, 2014 in a TV ad: Says Charlie Crist "is embroiled in a fraud case for steering taxpayer money to a de facto Ponzi scheme."
Charlie Crist stated on October 10, 2014 in a gubernatorial debate: If Florida had not taken the stimulus, it "would have led to the firing of 20,000 teachers."
