Latest 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 Republican Party of Florida stated on October 8, 2020 in a tweet: During the debate, Kamala Harris said President Donald Trump “did not appoint minorities to the courts.” Debbie Mucarsel-Powell stated on September 17, 2020 in a campaign website: Says Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez “approved a 67% pay raise for himself and increased his own pension. He makes $250,000 a year, more than almost every big-city Mayor in the country. He also kept his taxpayer-funded Mercedes-Benz after slashing $400 million in government jobs and spending.” Debbie Mucarsel-Powell stated on August 21, 2020 in an ad: After a bridge collapse killed six people, Carlos Gimenez extended a $130 million contract to the construction company, where one of his sons worked and for which another lobbied. Ron DeSantis stated on August 10, 2020 in during a televised roundtable discussion on education: “The fact is that in terms of the risk to schoolkids, this is lower risk than seasonal influenza.” Facebook posts stated on July 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Florida is doing over five times better” than New Jersey and New York in COVID-19 deaths per million people. Viral image stated on July 21, 2020 in a viral image: The CDC said it “made a mistake” and reduced its count of Florida COVID-19 cases from 90,000 to 11,000. Facebook posts stated on July 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: "Wrong" COVID-19 case count by Orlando Health "explains the 'outbreak' in Florida." Ron DeSantis stated on June 26, 2020 in a press conference: "I would do press events in May, I would never be asked about coronavirus.'' Rick Scott stated on June 28, 2020 in an interview: Says “Joe Biden supported the Castro regime and meeting with Maduro.” Dane Eagle stated on June 22, 2020 in a social media ad: Antifa “are killing our police. Looting our businesses. Assaulting the elderly and burning our churches.” Facebook posts stated on June 12, 2020 in a post on Facebook: Says Tim Tebow “kneeled in protest of abortion during the National Anthem in 2012. He was praised by fans as being a ‘model American.’” Viral image stated on June 3, 2020 in a Facebook post: “She’s just casually carrying a body with 1 hand..? Sure.. More evidence of coronavirus being a complete hoax with props & street theater.” Facebook posts stated on May 27, 2020 in a Facebook post: “According to the CDC, so far this year, Florida has had 1,762 deaths from COVID-19 and 5,185 from pneumonia. Average pneumonia deaths in Florida from 2013-2018 for the same time period are 918.” Facebook posts stated on May 18, 2020 in a Facebook post: Texas and Florida have a “balanced budget” while California is “in debt $54 billion and New York is “in debt $6.1 billion.” Facebook posts stated on May 12, 2020 in a headline in a Facebook post: “Beachgoers trash Florida beaches with 13,000 pounds of litter after beaches reopen.” Republican National Committee stated on May 8, 2020 in a video: Says Joe Biden said voting by mail is a way to “fundamentally change this country,” contradicting past statements by Barack Obama and Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Viral image stated on April 19, 2020 in a Facebook post: Photo shows packed beach of re-opened Jacksonville Beach on CNN. Marco Rubio stated on April 20, 2020 in a New York Times op-ed: “Face masks being manufactured in China, for example, went to domestic consumption and their own fight against the virus” while the U.S. was “largely unable to import supplies from China.” Viral image stated on April 19, 2020 in a Facebook post: A photo taken by a journalist showing a beach in Jacksonville, Fla., isn't from after the government reopened the beach as news reports have claimed. Facebook posts stated on April 19, 2020 in an image: Says a photo shows the "SAME EXACT PEOPLE" at "two different beaches" in Los Angeles County and Jacksonville, Fla. Ron DeSantis stated on April 14, 2020 in an April 14, 2020 press briefing: “Obesity is, like, the No. 1 factor in whether you really get hit hard by COVID-19.” Ron DeSantis stated on April 9, 2020 in a meeting: "This particular pandemic is one where I don’t think nationwide, there’s been a single fatality under 25." Facebook posts stated on March 13, 2020 in a Facebook post: In South Florida “all children and adults must remain in their homes” due to coronavirus. Occupy Democrats stated on March 12, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Rep. Matt Gaetz and Sen. Ted Cruz took two weeks paid sick leave to self-quarantine. Gaetz “voted in 2013 to make it illegal for any city in Florida to enact paid sick leave,” and Cruz “voted in 2015 in the U.S. Senate against paid sick leave.” Bernie Sanders stated on March 11, 2020 in a television ad attacking Joe Biden: Says Joe Biden "has advocated cutting Social Security for 40 years" Facebook posts stated on March 4, 2020 in a Facebook post: “The State of Florida has announced measures that all workplaces with 10 employees or more are to have paid mandatory leave to avoid the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus starting on March 6, 2020. All schools are to close for 2 weeks also from March 6th.” Facebook posts stated on February 27, 2020 in a Facebook post: “The blood test for coronavirus costs $3,200.” Viral image stated on March 1, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Shands Hospital of Gainesville Florida has confirmed its first case of coronavirus.” Viral image stated on March 1, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says a photo shows a man wearing a “government issue Saint Laurent hazardous materials suit.” Donald Trump stated on February 29, 2020 in a speech at CPAC: Says the media cut out his request of Russian hackers to find Hillary Clinton’s emails “right at the end so that you don’t see the laughter, the joke.”
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Republican Party of Florida stated on October 8, 2020 in a tweet: During the debate, Kamala Harris said President Donald Trump “did not appoint minorities to the courts.” Debbie Mucarsel-Powell stated on September 17, 2020 in a campaign website: Says Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez “approved a 67% pay raise for himself and increased his own pension. He makes $250,000 a year, more than almost every big-city Mayor in the country. He also kept his taxpayer-funded Mercedes-Benz after slashing $400 million in government jobs and spending.” Debbie Mucarsel-Powell stated on August 21, 2020 in an ad: After a bridge collapse killed six people, Carlos Gimenez extended a $130 million contract to the construction company, where one of his sons worked and for which another lobbied. Ron DeSantis stated on August 10, 2020 in during a televised roundtable discussion on education: “The fact is that in terms of the risk to schoolkids, this is lower risk than seasonal influenza.” Facebook posts stated on July 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Florida is doing over five times better” than New Jersey and New York in COVID-19 deaths per million people. Viral image stated on July 21, 2020 in a viral image: The CDC said it “made a mistake” and reduced its count of Florida COVID-19 cases from 90,000 to 11,000. Facebook posts stated on July 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: "Wrong" COVID-19 case count by Orlando Health "explains the 'outbreak' in Florida." Ron DeSantis stated on June 26, 2020 in a press conference: "I would do press events in May, I would never be asked about coronavirus.'' Rick Scott stated on June 28, 2020 in an interview: Says “Joe Biden supported the Castro regime and meeting with Maduro.” Dane Eagle stated on June 22, 2020 in a social media ad: Antifa “are killing our police. Looting our businesses. Assaulting the elderly and burning our churches.” Facebook posts stated on June 12, 2020 in a post on Facebook: Says Tim Tebow “kneeled in protest of abortion during the National Anthem in 2012. He was praised by fans as being a ‘model American.’” Viral image stated on June 3, 2020 in a Facebook post: “She’s just casually carrying a body with 1 hand..? Sure.. More evidence of coronavirus being a complete hoax with props & street theater.” Facebook posts stated on May 27, 2020 in a Facebook post: “According to the CDC, so far this year, Florida has had 1,762 deaths from COVID-19 and 5,185 from pneumonia. Average pneumonia deaths in Florida from 2013-2018 for the same time period are 918.” Facebook posts stated on May 18, 2020 in a Facebook post: Texas and Florida have a “balanced budget” while California is “in debt $54 billion and New York is “in debt $6.1 billion.” Facebook posts stated on May 12, 2020 in a headline in a Facebook post: “Beachgoers trash Florida beaches with 13,000 pounds of litter after beaches reopen.” Republican National Committee stated on May 8, 2020 in a video: Says Joe Biden said voting by mail is a way to “fundamentally change this country,” contradicting past statements by Barack Obama and Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Viral image stated on April 19, 2020 in a Facebook post: Photo shows packed beach of re-opened Jacksonville Beach on CNN. Marco Rubio stated on April 20, 2020 in a New York Times op-ed: “Face masks being manufactured in China, for example, went to domestic consumption and their own fight against the virus” while the U.S. was “largely unable to import supplies from China.” Viral image stated on April 19, 2020 in a Facebook post: A photo taken by a journalist showing a beach in Jacksonville, Fla., isn't from after the government reopened the beach as news reports have claimed. Facebook posts stated on April 19, 2020 in an image: Says a photo shows the "SAME EXACT PEOPLE" at "two different beaches" in Los Angeles County and Jacksonville, Fla. Ron DeSantis stated on April 14, 2020 in an April 14, 2020 press briefing: “Obesity is, like, the No. 1 factor in whether you really get hit hard by COVID-19.” Ron DeSantis stated on April 9, 2020 in a meeting: "This particular pandemic is one where I don’t think nationwide, there’s been a single fatality under 25." Facebook posts stated on March 13, 2020 in a Facebook post: In South Florida “all children and adults must remain in their homes” due to coronavirus. Occupy Democrats stated on March 12, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Rep. Matt Gaetz and Sen. Ted Cruz took two weeks paid sick leave to self-quarantine. Gaetz “voted in 2013 to make it illegal for any city in Florida to enact paid sick leave,” and Cruz “voted in 2015 in the U.S. Senate against paid sick leave.” Bernie Sanders stated on March 11, 2020 in a television ad attacking Joe Biden: Says Joe Biden "has advocated cutting Social Security for 40 years" Facebook posts stated on March 4, 2020 in a Facebook post: “The State of Florida has announced measures that all workplaces with 10 employees or more are to have paid mandatory leave to avoid the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus starting on March 6, 2020. All schools are to close for 2 weeks also from March 6th.” Facebook posts stated on February 27, 2020 in a Facebook post: “The blood test for coronavirus costs $3,200.” Viral image stated on March 1, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Shands Hospital of Gainesville Florida has confirmed its first case of coronavirus.” Viral image stated on March 1, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says a photo shows a man wearing a “government issue Saint Laurent hazardous materials suit.” Donald Trump stated on February 29, 2020 in a speech at CPAC: Says the media cut out his request of Russian hackers to find Hillary Clinton’s emails “right at the end so that you don’t see the laughter, the joke.”
Republican Party of Florida stated on October 8, 2020 in a tweet: During the debate, Kamala Harris said President Donald Trump “did not appoint minorities to the courts.”
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell stated on September 17, 2020 in a campaign website: Says Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez “approved a 67% pay raise for himself and increased his own pension. He makes $250,000 a year, more than almost every big-city Mayor in the country. He also kept his taxpayer-funded Mercedes-Benz after slashing $400 million in government jobs and spending.”
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell stated on August 21, 2020 in an ad: After a bridge collapse killed six people, Carlos Gimenez extended a $130 million contract to the construction company, where one of his sons worked and for which another lobbied.
Ron DeSantis stated on August 10, 2020 in during a televised roundtable discussion on education: “The fact is that in terms of the risk to schoolkids, this is lower risk than seasonal influenza.”
Facebook posts stated on July 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Florida is doing over five times better” than New Jersey and New York in COVID-19 deaths per million people.
Viral image stated on July 21, 2020 in a viral image: The CDC said it “made a mistake” and reduced its count of Florida COVID-19 cases from 90,000 to 11,000.
Facebook posts stated on July 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: "Wrong" COVID-19 case count by Orlando Health "explains the 'outbreak' in Florida."
Ron DeSantis stated on June 26, 2020 in a press conference: "I would do press events in May, I would never be asked about coronavirus.''
Rick Scott stated on June 28, 2020 in an interview: Says “Joe Biden supported the Castro regime and meeting with Maduro.”
Dane Eagle stated on June 22, 2020 in a social media ad: Antifa “are killing our police. Looting our businesses. Assaulting the elderly and burning our churches.”
Facebook posts stated on June 12, 2020 in a post on Facebook: Says Tim Tebow “kneeled in protest of abortion during the National Anthem in 2012. He was praised by fans as being a ‘model American.’”
Viral image stated on June 3, 2020 in a Facebook post: “She’s just casually carrying a body with 1 hand..? Sure.. More evidence of coronavirus being a complete hoax with props & street theater.”
Facebook posts stated on May 27, 2020 in a Facebook post: “According to the CDC, so far this year, Florida has had 1,762 deaths from COVID-19 and 5,185 from pneumonia. Average pneumonia deaths in Florida from 2013-2018 for the same time period are 918.”
Facebook posts stated on May 18, 2020 in a Facebook post: Texas and Florida have a “balanced budget” while California is “in debt $54 billion and New York is “in debt $6.1 billion.”
Facebook posts stated on May 12, 2020 in a headline in a Facebook post: “Beachgoers trash Florida beaches with 13,000 pounds of litter after beaches reopen.”
Republican National Committee stated on May 8, 2020 in a video: Says Joe Biden said voting by mail is a way to “fundamentally change this country,” contradicting past statements by Barack Obama and Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
Viral image stated on April 19, 2020 in a Facebook post: Photo shows packed beach of re-opened Jacksonville Beach on CNN.
Marco Rubio stated on April 20, 2020 in a New York Times op-ed: “Face masks being manufactured in China, for example, went to domestic consumption and their own fight against the virus” while the U.S. was “largely unable to import supplies from China.”
Viral image stated on April 19, 2020 in a Facebook post: A photo taken by a journalist showing a beach in Jacksonville, Fla., isn't from after the government reopened the beach as news reports have claimed.
Facebook posts stated on April 19, 2020 in an image: Says a photo shows the "SAME EXACT PEOPLE" at "two different beaches" in Los Angeles County and Jacksonville, Fla.
Ron DeSantis stated on April 14, 2020 in an April 14, 2020 press briefing: “Obesity is, like, the No. 1 factor in whether you really get hit hard by COVID-19.”
Ron DeSantis stated on April 9, 2020 in a meeting: "This particular pandemic is one where I don’t think nationwide, there’s been a single fatality under 25."
Facebook posts stated on March 13, 2020 in a Facebook post: In South Florida “all children and adults must remain in their homes” due to coronavirus.
Occupy Democrats stated on March 12, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Rep. Matt Gaetz and Sen. Ted Cruz took two weeks paid sick leave to self-quarantine. Gaetz “voted in 2013 to make it illegal for any city in Florida to enact paid sick leave,” and Cruz “voted in 2015 in the U.S. Senate against paid sick leave.”
Bernie Sanders stated on March 11, 2020 in a television ad attacking Joe Biden: Says Joe Biden "has advocated cutting Social Security for 40 years"
Facebook posts stated on March 4, 2020 in a Facebook post: “The State of Florida has announced measures that all workplaces with 10 employees or more are to have paid mandatory leave to avoid the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus starting on March 6, 2020. All schools are to close for 2 weeks also from March 6th.”
Facebook posts stated on February 27, 2020 in a Facebook post: “The blood test for coronavirus costs $3,200.”
Viral image stated on March 1, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Shands Hospital of Gainesville Florida has confirmed its first case of coronavirus.”
Viral image stated on March 1, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says a photo shows a man wearing a “government issue Saint Laurent hazardous materials suit.”
Donald Trump stated on February 29, 2020 in a speech at CPAC: Says the media cut out his request of Russian hackers to find Hillary Clinton’s emails “right at the end so that you don’t see the laughter, the joke.”
