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Adam Putnam
stated on July 17, 2018 in a TV ad:

"Congressman DeSantis voted to cut Social Security and Medicare" and "voted to increase the retirement age."

By Amy Sherman • August 9, 2018
Adam Putnam
stated on July 24, 2018 in a campaign ad from his political committee Florida Grown:

"Congressman (Ron) DeSantis sponsored legislation to increase sales taxes by 23 percent, hurting families, destroying jobs, devastating tourism"

By Katie Akin • July 27, 2018
Adam Putnam
stated on June 28, 2018 in a Fox News Debate:

Says Ron DeSantis "voted in an agricultural bill to give food stamps to illegal immigrants."

By Katie Akin • June 29, 2018
Adam Putnam
stated on June 7, 2018 in 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."

By Allison Graves • June 26, 2018
Adam Putnam
stated on May 5, 2018 in a Republican candidate forum:

"Welders are coming out of their tech schools at $28 an hour" and "pipefitters are making six figures."

By Allison Graves • May 10, 2018
Adam Putnam
stated on November 30, 2017 in a campaign speech:

Says Tallahassee mayor Andrew Gillum "wants to make Florida not a sanctuary city but a sanctuary state."

By Allison Graves • December 6, 2017
Adam Putnam
stated on October 31, 2017 in a speech:

"The No. 1 job vacancy in Florida every month for seven years has been nursing."

By Allison Graves • November 8, 2017
Adam Putnam
stated on August 30, 2017 in a tweet:

San Francisco and Takoma Park, Md., are "allowing illegals to vote."

By Miriam Valverde • September 15, 2017
Adam Putnam
stated on August 12, 2017 in a Republican party meeting in Orlando:

"We're still doing dumb things like telling the parent of an 11-year-old that it's against the law for them to tell their parents what they were tested on ... That will end when I'm governor."

By Allison Graves • September 7, 2017
Adam Putnam
stated on October 31, 2012 in at a Romney campaign rally:

An Obama campaign tactic for rallying voters is to "offer them cell phones."

By Molly Moorhead • October 31, 2012
Adam Putnam
stated on October 30, 2011 in an interview on the CBS News show "Sunday Morning":

Says the giant African land snail "carries human meningitis."

By Becky Bowers • November 3, 2011
Adam Putnam
stated on April 19, 2011 in a posting on Twitter:

Says he couldn't keep a 42-inch redfish he caught because of fishing rules.

By Aaron Sharockman • April 22, 2011
Adam Putnam
stated on January 19, 2011 in a meeting with reporters and editors:

"All the money the Department of Citrus has is paid for by the citrus growers. You don't save dollars by eliminating the Department of Citrus."

By Amy Sherman • February 4, 2011
Adam Putnam
stated on September 9, 2010 in an interview with the St. Petersburg Times editorial board.:

"We've got to find 2 billion gallons (of water per day) between now and 2025."

By Aaron Sharockman • September 10, 2010
Adam Putnam
stated on May 4, 2010 in a campaign statement.:

Scott Maddox is a "lobbyist."

By Aaron Sharockman • May 6, 2010
Adam Putnam
stated on May 4, 2010 in a campaign statement:

Scott Maddox has run "losing campaigns for 3 of Florida's 4 available cabinet positions."

By Aaron Sharockman • May 6, 2010