Latest False Fact-checks on Rick Scott 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 Rick Scott dicho el Mayo 4, 2024 en an X post: “Joe Biden flew hundreds of thousands of illegals into Florida last year.” Rick Scott dicho el Octubre 31, 2023 en an X post: Rainbow fentanyl is a threat to children on Halloween. Rick Scott dicho el Febrero 7, 2023 en an ad: President Joe Biden “cheated on his taxes and got away with it.” Rick Scott dicho el Enero 26, 2023 en a page about elections in his Rescue America plan: Same-day voter registration "does not allow election officials to verify the validity and accuracy of voter information." Rick Scott dicho el Octubre 30, 2022 en an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": “All Democrats in the Senate and House voted to cut $280 billion out of Medicare just two months ago.” Rick Scott dicho el Octubre 2, 2022 en a television interview: Kamala Harris said about Hurricane Ian that “if you have a different skin color, you're going to get relief faster.” Rick Scott dicho el Febrero 15, 2022 en a statement to reporters: "The latest with the Durham report is that the Clinton campaign … actually spied on the president of the United States.” Rick Scott dicho el Octubre 5, 2021 en a tweet: "Joe Biden’s attorney general wants the FBI to go after parents for speaking out at school board meetings to protect kids from radical curriculum like critical race theory." Rick Scott dicho el Julio 30, 2021 en a press release: Says Joe Biden and Democrats “have done absolutely nothing to help families struggling to keep up with inflation.” Rick Scott dicho el Noviembre 16, 2020 en a television interview: Says Charles Schumer supports “putting everybody on the Medicare system. He wants the Green New Deal … reduce funding for the police.” Rick Scott dicho el Enero 29, 2020 en a TV ad in Iowa: "Vice President Biden threatened a foreign country and forced them to fire a prosecutor who was investigating a company," that paid his son Hunter. Rick Scott dicho el Mayo 13, 2019 en a speech: Says "Nicolás Maduro is carrying out a genocide on his people." Rick Scott dicho el Febrero 25, 2019 en an Orlando Sentinel op-ed: The Democrats’ Green New Deal includes "working towards ending air travel." Rick Scott dicho el Enero 19, 2019 en a tweet: "I’ve always supported protections for our DREAMers." Rick Scott dicho el Junio 13, 2018 en an ad: Says Sen. Bill Nelson "voted for higher taxes" 349 times. Rick Scott dicho el Abril 30, 2018 en a press release: Says Bill Nelson "voted against requiring Iran to recognize Israel and release American hostages." Rick Scott dicho el Febrero 23, 2018 en a press conference: Says Sen. Bill Nelson "hasn’t done anything on gun safety or school safety, and nothing on gun control." Rick Scott dicho el Septiembre 27, 2016 en a Facebook post: Says Hillary Clinton "wants to bring in thousands of refugees to America from all around the world without any kind of security screening." Rick Scott dicho el Julio 20, 2016 en a speech at the Republican convention: "Our economy is not growing." Rick Scott dicho el Octubre 15, 2014 en a debate: "While (Charlie Crist) was governor, utility costs went up 30 percent and went from below the national average to above the national average. Since I got elected, utility rates have come down 11 percent and now we are below the average." Rick Scott dicho el Octubre 15, 2014 en a gubernatorial debate in Davie: Says Charlie Crist "voted against minimum wage when he was in the Senate." Rick Scott dicho el Marzo 4, 2014 en his State of the State speech: "We have invested record funding in protecting our environment." Rick Scott dicho el Enero 21, 2014 en an event with employees from the Department of Environmental Protection: "Recently, Florida has successfully reduced the environmental permitting time down to just two days." Rick Scott dicho el Marzo 5, 2013 en his State of the State speech: A "legacy of taxing and borrowing … crippled the economy we inherited two years ago." Rick Scott dicho el Enero 7, 2013 en a press conference: Says a federal plan to expand Medicaid would cost Florida taxpayers $26 billion over 10 years. Rick Scott dicho el Julio 2, 2012 en comments on CNBC: The Medicaid expansion is "going to cost Florida $1.9 billion a year." Rick Scott dicho el Julio 2, 2012 en an interview on Fox News: Says the health care law rations care, like systems in Canada and Great Britain. Rick Scott dicho el Marzo 26, 2012 en a "Fox and Friends" interview: Says Barack Obama's health care law "will be the biggest job-killer ever." Rick Scott dicho el Marzo 6, 2012 en a press conference: "Today, you can't rely on (the retirement fund for public employees), it's not funded." Rick Scott dicho el Noviembre 17, 2011 en a meeting with the "Palm Beach Post" editorial board: The Affordable Care Act is "not the law of the land."
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Rick Scott dicho el Mayo 4, 2024 en an X post: “Joe Biden flew hundreds of thousands of illegals into Florida last year.” Rick Scott dicho el Octubre 31, 2023 en an X post: Rainbow fentanyl is a threat to children on Halloween. Rick Scott dicho el Febrero 7, 2023 en an ad: President Joe Biden “cheated on his taxes and got away with it.” Rick Scott dicho el Enero 26, 2023 en a page about elections in his Rescue America plan: Same-day voter registration "does not allow election officials to verify the validity and accuracy of voter information." Rick Scott dicho el Octubre 30, 2022 en an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": “All Democrats in the Senate and House voted to cut $280 billion out of Medicare just two months ago.” Rick Scott dicho el Octubre 2, 2022 en a television interview: Kamala Harris said about Hurricane Ian that “if you have a different skin color, you're going to get relief faster.” Rick Scott dicho el Febrero 15, 2022 en a statement to reporters: "The latest with the Durham report is that the Clinton campaign … actually spied on the president of the United States.” Rick Scott dicho el Octubre 5, 2021 en a tweet: "Joe Biden’s attorney general wants the FBI to go after parents for speaking out at school board meetings to protect kids from radical curriculum like critical race theory." Rick Scott dicho el Julio 30, 2021 en a press release: Says Joe Biden and Democrats “have done absolutely nothing to help families struggling to keep up with inflation.” Rick Scott dicho el Noviembre 16, 2020 en a television interview: Says Charles Schumer supports “putting everybody on the Medicare system. He wants the Green New Deal … reduce funding for the police.” Rick Scott dicho el Enero 29, 2020 en a TV ad in Iowa: "Vice President Biden threatened a foreign country and forced them to fire a prosecutor who was investigating a company," that paid his son Hunter. Rick Scott dicho el Mayo 13, 2019 en a speech: Says "Nicolás Maduro is carrying out a genocide on his people." Rick Scott dicho el Febrero 25, 2019 en an Orlando Sentinel op-ed: The Democrats’ Green New Deal includes "working towards ending air travel." Rick Scott dicho el Enero 19, 2019 en a tweet: "I’ve always supported protections for our DREAMers." Rick Scott dicho el Junio 13, 2018 en an ad: Says Sen. Bill Nelson "voted for higher taxes" 349 times. Rick Scott dicho el Abril 30, 2018 en a press release: Says Bill Nelson "voted against requiring Iran to recognize Israel and release American hostages." Rick Scott dicho el Febrero 23, 2018 en a press conference: Says Sen. Bill Nelson "hasn’t done anything on gun safety or school safety, and nothing on gun control." Rick Scott dicho el Septiembre 27, 2016 en a Facebook post: Says Hillary Clinton "wants to bring in thousands of refugees to America from all around the world without any kind of security screening." Rick Scott dicho el Julio 20, 2016 en a speech at the Republican convention: "Our economy is not growing." Rick Scott dicho el Octubre 15, 2014 en a debate: "While (Charlie Crist) was governor, utility costs went up 30 percent and went from below the national average to above the national average. Since I got elected, utility rates have come down 11 percent and now we are below the average." Rick Scott dicho el Octubre 15, 2014 en a gubernatorial debate in Davie: Says Charlie Crist "voted against minimum wage when he was in the Senate." Rick Scott dicho el Marzo 4, 2014 en his State of the State speech: "We have invested record funding in protecting our environment." Rick Scott dicho el Enero 21, 2014 en an event with employees from the Department of Environmental Protection: "Recently, Florida has successfully reduced the environmental permitting time down to just two days." Rick Scott dicho el Marzo 5, 2013 en his State of the State speech: A "legacy of taxing and borrowing … crippled the economy we inherited two years ago." Rick Scott dicho el Enero 7, 2013 en a press conference: Says a federal plan to expand Medicaid would cost Florida taxpayers $26 billion over 10 years. Rick Scott dicho el Julio 2, 2012 en comments on CNBC: The Medicaid expansion is "going to cost Florida $1.9 billion a year." Rick Scott dicho el Julio 2, 2012 en an interview on Fox News: Says the health care law rations care, like systems in Canada and Great Britain. Rick Scott dicho el Marzo 26, 2012 en a "Fox and Friends" interview: Says Barack Obama's health care law "will be the biggest job-killer ever." Rick Scott dicho el Marzo 6, 2012 en a press conference: "Today, you can't rely on (the retirement fund for public employees), it's not funded." Rick Scott dicho el Noviembre 17, 2011 en a meeting with the "Palm Beach Post" editorial board: The Affordable Care Act is "not the law of the land."
Rick Scott dicho el Mayo 4, 2024 en an X post: “Joe Biden flew hundreds of thousands of illegals into Florida last year.”
Rick Scott dicho el Octubre 31, 2023 en an X post: Rainbow fentanyl is a threat to children on Halloween.
Rick Scott dicho el Febrero 7, 2023 en an ad: President Joe Biden “cheated on his taxes and got away with it.”
Rick Scott dicho el Enero 26, 2023 en a page about elections in his Rescue America plan: Same-day voter registration "does not allow election officials to verify the validity and accuracy of voter information."
Rick Scott dicho el Octubre 30, 2022 en an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": “All Democrats in the Senate and House voted to cut $280 billion out of Medicare just two months ago.”
Rick Scott dicho el Octubre 2, 2022 en a television interview: Kamala Harris said about Hurricane Ian that “if you have a different skin color, you're going to get relief faster.”
Rick Scott dicho el Febrero 15, 2022 en a statement to reporters: "The latest with the Durham report is that the Clinton campaign … actually spied on the president of the United States.”
Rick Scott dicho el Octubre 5, 2021 en a tweet: "Joe Biden’s attorney general wants the FBI to go after parents for speaking out at school board meetings to protect kids from radical curriculum like critical race theory."
Rick Scott dicho el Julio 30, 2021 en a press release: Says Joe Biden and Democrats “have done absolutely nothing to help families struggling to keep up with inflation.”
Rick Scott dicho el Noviembre 16, 2020 en a television interview: Says Charles Schumer supports “putting everybody on the Medicare system. He wants the Green New Deal … reduce funding for the police.”
Rick Scott dicho el Enero 29, 2020 en a TV ad in Iowa: "Vice President Biden threatened a foreign country and forced them to fire a prosecutor who was investigating a company," that paid his son Hunter.
Rick Scott dicho el Mayo 13, 2019 en a speech: Says "Nicolás Maduro is carrying out a genocide on his people."
Rick Scott dicho el Febrero 25, 2019 en an Orlando Sentinel op-ed: The Democrats’ Green New Deal includes "working towards ending air travel."
Rick Scott dicho el Junio 13, 2018 en an ad: Says Sen. Bill Nelson "voted for higher taxes" 349 times.
Rick Scott dicho el Abril 30, 2018 en a press release: Says Bill Nelson "voted against requiring Iran to recognize Israel and release American hostages."
Rick Scott dicho el Febrero 23, 2018 en a press conference: Says Sen. Bill Nelson "hasn’t done anything on gun safety or school safety, and nothing on gun control."
Rick Scott dicho el Septiembre 27, 2016 en a Facebook post: Says Hillary Clinton "wants to bring in thousands of refugees to America from all around the world without any kind of security screening."
Rick Scott dicho el Julio 20, 2016 en a speech at the Republican convention: "Our economy is not growing."
Rick Scott dicho el Octubre 15, 2014 en a debate: "While (Charlie Crist) was governor, utility costs went up 30 percent and went from below the national average to above the national average. Since I got elected, utility rates have come down 11 percent and now we are below the average."
Rick Scott dicho el Octubre 15, 2014 en a gubernatorial debate in Davie: Says Charlie Crist "voted against minimum wage when he was in the Senate."
Rick Scott dicho el Marzo 4, 2014 en his State of the State speech: "We have invested record funding in protecting our environment."
Rick Scott dicho el Enero 21, 2014 en an event with employees from the Department of Environmental Protection: "Recently, Florida has successfully reduced the environmental permitting time down to just two days."
Rick Scott dicho el Marzo 5, 2013 en his State of the State speech: A "legacy of taxing and borrowing … crippled the economy we inherited two years ago."
Rick Scott dicho el Enero 7, 2013 en a press conference: Says a federal plan to expand Medicaid would cost Florida taxpayers $26 billion over 10 years.
Rick Scott dicho el Julio 2, 2012 en comments on CNBC: The Medicaid expansion is "going to cost Florida $1.9 billion a year."
Rick Scott dicho el Julio 2, 2012 en an interview on Fox News: Says the health care law rations care, like systems in Canada and Great Britain.
Rick Scott dicho el Marzo 26, 2012 en a "Fox and Friends" interview: Says Barack Obama's health care law "will be the biggest job-killer ever."
Rick Scott dicho el Marzo 6, 2012 en a press conference: "Today, you can't rely on (the retirement fund for public employees), it's not funded."
Rick Scott dicho el Noviembre 17, 2011 en a meeting with the "Palm Beach Post" editorial board: The Affordable Care Act is "not the law of the land."
