Latest Mostly True Fact-checks in Florida 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 Jeb Bush stated on January 3, 2011 in a Wall Street Journal op-ed piece.: "In 1998, nearly half of Florida's fourth-graders were functionally illiterate. Today, 72% of them can read." Ellen Freidin stated on December 13, 2010 in comments at the launch of the NoLabels.org website.: "We have dozens of districts that go for 150 to 200 miles, splitting counties, splintering cities and connecting areas that have very little in common." Rick Scott stated on December 14, 2010 in a meeting with state legislators.: "We are the only state in the country that state employees don't contribute [to their pensions]." Bill Montford stated on December 8, 2010 in comments to a newspaper.: The state has "less employees this year than we did last year." Alan Grayson stated on November 17, 2010 in a speech on the House floor.: "The Republican plan for tax cuts is to give each millionaire -- the top 1 percent of income in this country -- $83,347 a year in tax cuts." Mike Fasano stated on November 23, 2010 in an interview with the St. Petersburg Times: "Seven more people will die each and every day until the Legislature ratifies these (pain clinic) rules that are being approved by the Board of Medicine and the Department of Health." Mike Haridopolos stated on November 2, 2010 in a post-election interview.: "This is the first time a party has picked up multiple seats during a regular election since the mid 1980s, making this the largest majority of any party in more than 25 years." Bill Nelson stated on November 8, 2010 in an Orlando rail conference.: "The amount of the revenue required by the state (for the construction of high-speed rail) is around 10 percent." Kevin Rader stated on October 29, 2010 in a campaign TV ad: Lizbeth Benacquisto's supporters "would make (abortion) illegal in all cases, including rape, incest, even to save a woman's life." Jeff Brandes stated on October 12, 2010 in a campaign video: Bill Heller "raises taxes. Property taxes. Small business taxes. He even wants to tax the Internet. Mr. Heller said no to balancing the federal budget, that puts more debt on our kids." Rick Scott stated on October 25, 2010 in a debate: "Most" of the newspapers that endorsed Alex Sink also endorsed Barack Obama. Alex Sink stated on October 25, 2010 in a CNN/St. Petersburg Times debate.: The lawyer who brought the case against NationsBank said "publicly that Alex Sink had nothing to do with the case, had nothing to do with the situation and didn't know about the problems." Yes on 8 stated on October 18, 2010 in a website: "There currently are 825,000 student stations sitting empty across Florida in every district and at every grade level." Florida Democratic Party stated on October 10, 2010 in a TV ad.: Says Rick Scott gave a deposition in which he invoked the Fifth Amendment 75 times about his dealings as head of Columbia/HCA hospital chain Marco Rubio stated on October 6, 2010 in an ABC News U.S. Senate debate.: "The years that I was speaker, the Florida House consistently offered leaner budgets than the governor offered." Alan Grayson stated on October 6, 2010 in a campaign commercial: Dan Webster "would force victims of rape and incest to bear their attacker's child." Alex Sink stated on September 17, 2010 in a TV ad: When Tallahassee politicians and bureaucrats tried to run our schools, "I've stood up to them to protect local control." Alex Sink stated on September 1, 2010 in figures cites on campaign website: "Florida spends more than $300 million a year just on children repeating pre-K through 3rd grade." 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." Charlie Crist stated on September 1, 2010 in a campaign website: "Florida is enjoying its lowest crime rate in 39 years." Alan Grayson stated on August 27, 2010 in an ad.: "When career politician Daniel Webster became speaker of the House, he wasted $32,000 of our money on a spiral staircase for his office." Ron Klein stated on August 24, 2010 in a campaign TV advertisement.: "The IRS filed an $11,000 lien against (Allen) West for back taxes. Three liens were placed on his home for unpaid bills, and a judge ordered West to pay over $5,000 for past due credit card bills." Rick Scott stated on August 26, 2010 in an interview with MSNBC's Chuck Todd.: "We have 50 state lobbyists that just lobby the Legislature for money every year." Alan Grayson stated on August 18, 2010 in MSNBC's "The Ed Show.": The United States is "50th in life expectancy" in the world. Holly Benson stated on July 31, 2010 in a debate.: "Most AGs don't go to court.." Committee to Protect Florida stated on August 2, 2010 in in a mailer: Kathryn Starkey "only attended half of those meetings." Marco Rubio stated on August 2, 2010 in a campaign video: "If we ban the practice of earmarks, we could save the American taxpayer anywhere between $15 (billion) to $20 billion dollars a year in pork-barrel spending." Holly Benson stated on July 31, 2010 in a candidates' debate: "Florida is now the No. 1 state in the country for automobile accident fraud." 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." Rick Scott stated on July 25, 2010 in campaign materials.: "My 7-step plan" creates 700,000 jobs in 7 years.
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Jeb Bush stated on January 3, 2011 in a Wall Street Journal op-ed piece.: "In 1998, nearly half of Florida's fourth-graders were functionally illiterate. Today, 72% of them can read." Ellen Freidin stated on December 13, 2010 in comments at the launch of the NoLabels.org website.: "We have dozens of districts that go for 150 to 200 miles, splitting counties, splintering cities and connecting areas that have very little in common." Rick Scott stated on December 14, 2010 in a meeting with state legislators.: "We are the only state in the country that state employees don't contribute [to their pensions]." Bill Montford stated on December 8, 2010 in comments to a newspaper.: The state has "less employees this year than we did last year." Alan Grayson stated on November 17, 2010 in a speech on the House floor.: "The Republican plan for tax cuts is to give each millionaire -- the top 1 percent of income in this country -- $83,347 a year in tax cuts." Mike Fasano stated on November 23, 2010 in an interview with the St. Petersburg Times: "Seven more people will die each and every day until the Legislature ratifies these (pain clinic) rules that are being approved by the Board of Medicine and the Department of Health." Mike Haridopolos stated on November 2, 2010 in a post-election interview.: "This is the first time a party has picked up multiple seats during a regular election since the mid 1980s, making this the largest majority of any party in more than 25 years." Bill Nelson stated on November 8, 2010 in an Orlando rail conference.: "The amount of the revenue required by the state (for the construction of high-speed rail) is around 10 percent." Kevin Rader stated on October 29, 2010 in a campaign TV ad: Lizbeth Benacquisto's supporters "would make (abortion) illegal in all cases, including rape, incest, even to save a woman's life." Jeff Brandes stated on October 12, 2010 in a campaign video: Bill Heller "raises taxes. Property taxes. Small business taxes. He even wants to tax the Internet. Mr. Heller said no to balancing the federal budget, that puts more debt on our kids." Rick Scott stated on October 25, 2010 in a debate: "Most" of the newspapers that endorsed Alex Sink also endorsed Barack Obama. Alex Sink stated on October 25, 2010 in a CNN/St. Petersburg Times debate.: The lawyer who brought the case against NationsBank said "publicly that Alex Sink had nothing to do with the case, had nothing to do with the situation and didn't know about the problems." Yes on 8 stated on October 18, 2010 in a website: "There currently are 825,000 student stations sitting empty across Florida in every district and at every grade level." Florida Democratic Party stated on October 10, 2010 in a TV ad.: Says Rick Scott gave a deposition in which he invoked the Fifth Amendment 75 times about his dealings as head of Columbia/HCA hospital chain Marco Rubio stated on October 6, 2010 in an ABC News U.S. Senate debate.: "The years that I was speaker, the Florida House consistently offered leaner budgets than the governor offered." Alan Grayson stated on October 6, 2010 in a campaign commercial: Dan Webster "would force victims of rape and incest to bear their attacker's child." Alex Sink stated on September 17, 2010 in a TV ad: When Tallahassee politicians and bureaucrats tried to run our schools, "I've stood up to them to protect local control." Alex Sink stated on September 1, 2010 in figures cites on campaign website: "Florida spends more than $300 million a year just on children repeating pre-K through 3rd grade." 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." Charlie Crist stated on September 1, 2010 in a campaign website: "Florida is enjoying its lowest crime rate in 39 years." Alan Grayson stated on August 27, 2010 in an ad.: "When career politician Daniel Webster became speaker of the House, he wasted $32,000 of our money on a spiral staircase for his office." Ron Klein stated on August 24, 2010 in a campaign TV advertisement.: "The IRS filed an $11,000 lien against (Allen) West for back taxes. Three liens were placed on his home for unpaid bills, and a judge ordered West to pay over $5,000 for past due credit card bills." Rick Scott stated on August 26, 2010 in an interview with MSNBC's Chuck Todd.: "We have 50 state lobbyists that just lobby the Legislature for money every year." Alan Grayson stated on August 18, 2010 in MSNBC's "The Ed Show.": The United States is "50th in life expectancy" in the world. Holly Benson stated on July 31, 2010 in a debate.: "Most AGs don't go to court.." Committee to Protect Florida stated on August 2, 2010 in in a mailer: Kathryn Starkey "only attended half of those meetings." Marco Rubio stated on August 2, 2010 in a campaign video: "If we ban the practice of earmarks, we could save the American taxpayer anywhere between $15 (billion) to $20 billion dollars a year in pork-barrel spending." Holly Benson stated on July 31, 2010 in a candidates' debate: "Florida is now the No. 1 state in the country for automobile accident fraud." 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." Rick Scott stated on July 25, 2010 in campaign materials.: "My 7-step plan" creates 700,000 jobs in 7 years.
Jeb Bush stated on January 3, 2011 in a Wall Street Journal op-ed piece.: "In 1998, nearly half of Florida's fourth-graders were functionally illiterate. Today, 72% of them can read."
Ellen Freidin stated on December 13, 2010 in comments at the launch of the NoLabels.org website.: "We have dozens of districts that go for 150 to 200 miles, splitting counties, splintering cities and connecting areas that have very little in common."
Rick Scott stated on December 14, 2010 in a meeting with state legislators.: "We are the only state in the country that state employees don't contribute [to their pensions]."
Bill Montford stated on December 8, 2010 in comments to a newspaper.: The state has "less employees this year than we did last year."
Alan Grayson stated on November 17, 2010 in a speech on the House floor.: "The Republican plan for tax cuts is to give each millionaire -- the top 1 percent of income in this country -- $83,347 a year in tax cuts."
Mike Fasano stated on November 23, 2010 in an interview with the St. Petersburg Times: "Seven more people will die each and every day until the Legislature ratifies these (pain clinic) rules that are being approved by the Board of Medicine and the Department of Health."
Mike Haridopolos stated on November 2, 2010 in a post-election interview.: "This is the first time a party has picked up multiple seats during a regular election since the mid 1980s, making this the largest majority of any party in more than 25 years."
Bill Nelson stated on November 8, 2010 in an Orlando rail conference.: "The amount of the revenue required by the state (for the construction of high-speed rail) is around 10 percent."
Kevin Rader stated on October 29, 2010 in a campaign TV ad: Lizbeth Benacquisto's supporters "would make (abortion) illegal in all cases, including rape, incest, even to save a woman's life."
Jeff Brandes stated on October 12, 2010 in a campaign video: Bill Heller "raises taxes. Property taxes. Small business taxes. He even wants to tax the Internet. Mr. Heller said no to balancing the federal budget, that puts more debt on our kids."
Rick Scott stated on October 25, 2010 in a debate: "Most" of the newspapers that endorsed Alex Sink also endorsed Barack Obama.
Alex Sink stated on October 25, 2010 in a CNN/St. Petersburg Times debate.: The lawyer who brought the case against NationsBank said "publicly that Alex Sink had nothing to do with the case, had nothing to do with the situation and didn't know about the problems."
Yes on 8 stated on October 18, 2010 in a website: "There currently are 825,000 student stations sitting empty across Florida in every district and at every grade level."
Florida Democratic Party stated on October 10, 2010 in a TV ad.: Says Rick Scott gave a deposition in which he invoked the Fifth Amendment 75 times about his dealings as head of Columbia/HCA hospital chain
Marco Rubio stated on October 6, 2010 in an ABC News U.S. Senate debate.: "The years that I was speaker, the Florida House consistently offered leaner budgets than the governor offered."
Alan Grayson stated on October 6, 2010 in a campaign commercial: Dan Webster "would force victims of rape and incest to bear their attacker's child."
Alex Sink stated on September 17, 2010 in a TV ad: When Tallahassee politicians and bureaucrats tried to run our schools, "I've stood up to them to protect local control."
Alex Sink stated on September 1, 2010 in figures cites on campaign website: "Florida spends more than $300 million a year just on children repeating pre-K through 3rd grade."
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."
Charlie Crist stated on September 1, 2010 in a campaign website: "Florida is enjoying its lowest crime rate in 39 years."
Alan Grayson stated on August 27, 2010 in an ad.: "When career politician Daniel Webster became speaker of the House, he wasted $32,000 of our money on a spiral staircase for his office."
Ron Klein stated on August 24, 2010 in a campaign TV advertisement.: "The IRS filed an $11,000 lien against (Allen) West for back taxes. Three liens were placed on his home for unpaid bills, and a judge ordered West to pay over $5,000 for past due credit card bills."
Rick Scott stated on August 26, 2010 in an interview with MSNBC's Chuck Todd.: "We have 50 state lobbyists that just lobby the Legislature for money every year."
Alan Grayson stated on August 18, 2010 in MSNBC's "The Ed Show.": The United States is "50th in life expectancy" in the world.
Committee to Protect Florida stated on August 2, 2010 in in a mailer: Kathryn Starkey "only attended half of those meetings."
Marco Rubio stated on August 2, 2010 in a campaign video: "If we ban the practice of earmarks, we could save the American taxpayer anywhere between $15 (billion) to $20 billion dollars a year in pork-barrel spending."
Holly Benson stated on July 31, 2010 in a candidates' debate: "Florida is now the No. 1 state in the country for automobile accident fraud."
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."
Rick Scott stated on July 25, 2010 in campaign materials.: "My 7-step plan" creates 700,000 jobs in 7 years.
