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 Marco Rubio stated on August 23, 2011 in a speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library: "When Social Security first started, there was 16 workers for every retiree. Today there are three workers for every retiree and soon there will be only two for every retiree." Florida voter stated on August 17, 2011 in a robocall from the Pink Slip Rick website, played on MSNBC's "Rachel Maddow" show.: Says Gov. Rick Scott is "spending a quarter of a million of our tax dollars to robocall people." Florida voter stated on August 17, 2011 in a robocall from the Pink Slip Rick website, played on MSNBC's "Rachel Maddow" show.: Says Gov. Rick Scott cut state funding for PBS. Rick Scott stated on August 10, 2011 in an interview: "I started with a $3.7 billion budget deficit. Now we are projecting a $1.2 billion surplus." Rick Scott stated on August 11, 2011 in an interview with Panama City radio station WFLA 94.5: "Our credit rating went up since I've been in office." Reince Priebus stated on August 3, 2011 in comments made to reporters while in Tampa: The Republican National Convention "is a Super Bowl times four." Rick Scott stated on August 5, 2011 in TV interview: High-speed rail would have cost Florida taxpayers $1 billion to build. Adam Hasner stated on August 8, 2011 in a news release: "George LeMieux voted against the majority of Republicans and joined with Democrats to create a 'Task Force For Responsible Fiscal Action' that looks strikingly similar to the 'Super Committee' now being set up in Washington to justify massive tax hikes." George LeMieux stated on August 1, 2011 in a Web post Aug. 1, 2011: Says Adam Hasner’s record includes "requesting over $92.2 million in earmarks." Alberto Carvalho stated on August 1, 2011 in comments to the Miami-Dade legislative delegation: "Today we stand as the highest-performing urban school district in America." Marco Rubio stated on July 29, 2011 in an e-mail: "If the debt ceiling is surpassed, our nation will not go into default as some suggest." Ash Williams stated on August 2, 2011 in response to a question from Gov. Rick Scott: "The (State Board of Administration) transparency issue got a great airing the last legislative session." Patrick Murphy stated on July 16, 2011 in a statement on his campaign website: "For the second quarter in a row, my campaign has raised more money than any other challenger in the nation and brought our fundraising total to over $800,000." Allen West stated on July 27, 2011 in an interview on CNN: "This is the first time in the history that we've had the raising of a debt limit also with spending cuts." Cliff Stearns stated on July 6, 2011 in a press release: "Active duty males in the military are twice as likely to develop prostate cancer than their civilian counterparts." Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on July 19, 2011 in debate on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives: "The nonpartisan CBO, Congressional Budget Office, has said that the No. 1 policy decision that brought us to the need to prevent the nation from defaulting on our debt for the first time in history were the Bush tax cuts in 2001 and 2003." Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on July 20, 2011 in an interview on CNN: Says that U.S. Rep. Allen West is "a constituent of mine." Allen West stated on July 20, 2011 in a Fox News interview: Florida Democrats "put my Social Security number and my wife's Employment Identification Number in a mail piece." Alan Hays stated on July 13, 2011 in a public hearing about redistricting: "Your tax dollars are not being used to sue you, the people." Alan Hays stated on July 13, 2011 in a public hearing about redistricting: "The Florida Legislature has not filed a lawsuit to fight Amendments 5 and 6." Alan Hays stated on July 13, 2011 in a public hearing about redistricting: "I did not vote to spend money to fight that (Amendment 6 redistricting) lawsuit." Craig Miller stated on July 12, 2011 in a campaign launch message on his website: "I've created over 40,000 jobs." Marco Rubio stated on July 17, 2011 in interview on CBS's "Face the Nation": "We have not had unemployment this high for this long since the Great Depression." Mike Haridopolos stated on June 29, 2011 in a posting on Twitter: Florida’s proposed Health Care Freedom Act "will allow Floridians to opt out of Obama’s govt. takeover of healthcare!" Marco Rubio stated on July 7, 2011 in an interview with CBS: "From now on, we have to pay the Russians $50 million an astronaut to send Americans to the space station" Adam Hasner stated on June 30, 2011 in a debate: "I sponsored and was the co-sponsor of the only legislation that ever passed that had E-Verify provisions in it back in 2010 when I served in the Legislature." Rick Scott stated on July 1, 2011 in an e-mail to state employees: "A recent study revealed that, across the nation, taxes would have to be increased by an average of $1,300 a year just to support the currently unsustainable public employee pension systems. In Florida, that dollar figure translates to $813 a year." Will Weatherford stated on July 5, 2011 in an interview with the "St. Petersburg Times" editorial board: "Let’s say (Republicans) take away half of our delegates. They’re worth more than Iowa’s, New Hampshire’s and almost South Carolina’s combined." Rod Smith stated on June 28, 2011 in an e-mail to supporters: "Rick Scott has destroyed over 100,000 jobs." Rick Scott stated on June 23, 2011 in comments at a bill signing: "In May we generated more jobs than all the rest of the country combined: 28,000 jobs in May for the state, 54,000 for the entire country."
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Marco Rubio stated on August 23, 2011 in a speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library: "When Social Security first started, there was 16 workers for every retiree. Today there are three workers for every retiree and soon there will be only two for every retiree." Florida voter stated on August 17, 2011 in a robocall from the Pink Slip Rick website, played on MSNBC's "Rachel Maddow" show.: Says Gov. Rick Scott is "spending a quarter of a million of our tax dollars to robocall people." Florida voter stated on August 17, 2011 in a robocall from the Pink Slip Rick website, played on MSNBC's "Rachel Maddow" show.: Says Gov. Rick Scott cut state funding for PBS. Rick Scott stated on August 10, 2011 in an interview: "I started with a $3.7 billion budget deficit. Now we are projecting a $1.2 billion surplus." Rick Scott stated on August 11, 2011 in an interview with Panama City radio station WFLA 94.5: "Our credit rating went up since I've been in office." Reince Priebus stated on August 3, 2011 in comments made to reporters while in Tampa: The Republican National Convention "is a Super Bowl times four." Rick Scott stated on August 5, 2011 in TV interview: High-speed rail would have cost Florida taxpayers $1 billion to build. Adam Hasner stated on August 8, 2011 in a news release: "George LeMieux voted against the majority of Republicans and joined with Democrats to create a 'Task Force For Responsible Fiscal Action' that looks strikingly similar to the 'Super Committee' now being set up in Washington to justify massive tax hikes." George LeMieux stated on August 1, 2011 in a Web post Aug. 1, 2011: Says Adam Hasner’s record includes "requesting over $92.2 million in earmarks." Alberto Carvalho stated on August 1, 2011 in comments to the Miami-Dade legislative delegation: "Today we stand as the highest-performing urban school district in America." Marco Rubio stated on July 29, 2011 in an e-mail: "If the debt ceiling is surpassed, our nation will not go into default as some suggest." Ash Williams stated on August 2, 2011 in response to a question from Gov. Rick Scott: "The (State Board of Administration) transparency issue got a great airing the last legislative session." Patrick Murphy stated on July 16, 2011 in a statement on his campaign website: "For the second quarter in a row, my campaign has raised more money than any other challenger in the nation and brought our fundraising total to over $800,000." Allen West stated on July 27, 2011 in an interview on CNN: "This is the first time in the history that we've had the raising of a debt limit also with spending cuts." Cliff Stearns stated on July 6, 2011 in a press release: "Active duty males in the military are twice as likely to develop prostate cancer than their civilian counterparts." Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on July 19, 2011 in debate on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives: "The nonpartisan CBO, Congressional Budget Office, has said that the No. 1 policy decision that brought us to the need to prevent the nation from defaulting on our debt for the first time in history were the Bush tax cuts in 2001 and 2003." Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on July 20, 2011 in an interview on CNN: Says that U.S. Rep. Allen West is "a constituent of mine." Allen West stated on July 20, 2011 in a Fox News interview: Florida Democrats "put my Social Security number and my wife's Employment Identification Number in a mail piece." Alan Hays stated on July 13, 2011 in a public hearing about redistricting: "Your tax dollars are not being used to sue you, the people." Alan Hays stated on July 13, 2011 in a public hearing about redistricting: "The Florida Legislature has not filed a lawsuit to fight Amendments 5 and 6." Alan Hays stated on July 13, 2011 in a public hearing about redistricting: "I did not vote to spend money to fight that (Amendment 6 redistricting) lawsuit." Craig Miller stated on July 12, 2011 in a campaign launch message on his website: "I've created over 40,000 jobs." Marco Rubio stated on July 17, 2011 in interview on CBS's "Face the Nation": "We have not had unemployment this high for this long since the Great Depression." Mike Haridopolos stated on June 29, 2011 in a posting on Twitter: Florida’s proposed Health Care Freedom Act "will allow Floridians to opt out of Obama’s govt. takeover of healthcare!" Marco Rubio stated on July 7, 2011 in an interview with CBS: "From now on, we have to pay the Russians $50 million an astronaut to send Americans to the space station" Adam Hasner stated on June 30, 2011 in a debate: "I sponsored and was the co-sponsor of the only legislation that ever passed that had E-Verify provisions in it back in 2010 when I served in the Legislature." Rick Scott stated on July 1, 2011 in an e-mail to state employees: "A recent study revealed that, across the nation, taxes would have to be increased by an average of $1,300 a year just to support the currently unsustainable public employee pension systems. In Florida, that dollar figure translates to $813 a year." Will Weatherford stated on July 5, 2011 in an interview with the "St. Petersburg Times" editorial board: "Let’s say (Republicans) take away half of our delegates. They’re worth more than Iowa’s, New Hampshire’s and almost South Carolina’s combined." Rod Smith stated on June 28, 2011 in an e-mail to supporters: "Rick Scott has destroyed over 100,000 jobs." Rick Scott stated on June 23, 2011 in comments at a bill signing: "In May we generated more jobs than all the rest of the country combined: 28,000 jobs in May for the state, 54,000 for the entire country."
Marco Rubio stated on August 23, 2011 in a speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library: "When Social Security first started, there was 16 workers for every retiree. Today there are three workers for every retiree and soon there will be only two for every retiree."
Florida voter stated on August 17, 2011 in a robocall from the Pink Slip Rick website, played on MSNBC's "Rachel Maddow" show.: Says Gov. Rick Scott is "spending a quarter of a million of our tax dollars to robocall people."
Florida voter stated on August 17, 2011 in a robocall from the Pink Slip Rick website, played on MSNBC's "Rachel Maddow" show.: Says Gov. Rick Scott cut state funding for PBS.
Rick Scott stated on August 10, 2011 in an interview: "I started with a $3.7 billion budget deficit. Now we are projecting a $1.2 billion surplus."
Rick Scott stated on August 11, 2011 in an interview with Panama City radio station WFLA 94.5: "Our credit rating went up since I've been in office."
Reince Priebus stated on August 3, 2011 in comments made to reporters while in Tampa: The Republican National Convention "is a Super Bowl times four."
Rick Scott stated on August 5, 2011 in TV interview: High-speed rail would have cost Florida taxpayers $1 billion to build.
Adam Hasner stated on August 8, 2011 in a news release: "George LeMieux voted against the majority of Republicans and joined with Democrats to create a 'Task Force For Responsible Fiscal Action' that looks strikingly similar to the 'Super Committee' now being set up in Washington to justify massive tax hikes."
George LeMieux stated on August 1, 2011 in a Web post Aug. 1, 2011: Says Adam Hasner’s record includes "requesting over $92.2 million in earmarks."
Alberto Carvalho stated on August 1, 2011 in comments to the Miami-Dade legislative delegation: "Today we stand as the highest-performing urban school district in America."
Marco Rubio stated on July 29, 2011 in an e-mail: "If the debt ceiling is surpassed, our nation will not go into default as some suggest."
Ash Williams stated on August 2, 2011 in response to a question from Gov. Rick Scott: "The (State Board of Administration) transparency issue got a great airing the last legislative session."
Patrick Murphy stated on July 16, 2011 in a statement on his campaign website: "For the second quarter in a row, my campaign has raised more money than any other challenger in the nation and brought our fundraising total to over $800,000."
Allen West stated on July 27, 2011 in an interview on CNN: "This is the first time in the history that we've had the raising of a debt limit also with spending cuts."
Cliff Stearns stated on July 6, 2011 in a press release: "Active duty males in the military are twice as likely to develop prostate cancer than their civilian counterparts."
Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on July 19, 2011 in debate on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives: "The nonpartisan CBO, Congressional Budget Office, has said that the No. 1 policy decision that brought us to the need to prevent the nation from defaulting on our debt for the first time in history were the Bush tax cuts in 2001 and 2003."
Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on July 20, 2011 in an interview on CNN: Says that U.S. Rep. Allen West is "a constituent of mine."
Allen West stated on July 20, 2011 in a Fox News interview: Florida Democrats "put my Social Security number and my wife's Employment Identification Number in a mail piece."
Alan Hays stated on July 13, 2011 in a public hearing about redistricting: "Your tax dollars are not being used to sue you, the people."
Alan Hays stated on July 13, 2011 in a public hearing about redistricting: "The Florida Legislature has not filed a lawsuit to fight Amendments 5 and 6."
Alan Hays stated on July 13, 2011 in a public hearing about redistricting: "I did not vote to spend money to fight that (Amendment 6 redistricting) lawsuit."
Craig Miller stated on July 12, 2011 in a campaign launch message on his website: "I've created over 40,000 jobs."
Marco Rubio stated on July 17, 2011 in interview on CBS's "Face the Nation": "We have not had unemployment this high for this long since the Great Depression."
Mike Haridopolos stated on June 29, 2011 in a posting on Twitter: Florida’s proposed Health Care Freedom Act "will allow Floridians to opt out of Obama’s govt. takeover of healthcare!"
Marco Rubio stated on July 7, 2011 in an interview with CBS: "From now on, we have to pay the Russians $50 million an astronaut to send Americans to the space station"
Adam Hasner stated on June 30, 2011 in a debate: "I sponsored and was the co-sponsor of the only legislation that ever passed that had E-Verify provisions in it back in 2010 when I served in the Legislature."
Rick Scott stated on July 1, 2011 in an e-mail to state employees: "A recent study revealed that, across the nation, taxes would have to be increased by an average of $1,300 a year just to support the currently unsustainable public employee pension systems. In Florida, that dollar figure translates to $813 a year."
Will Weatherford stated on July 5, 2011 in an interview with the "St. Petersburg Times" editorial board: "Let’s say (Republicans) take away half of our delegates. They’re worth more than Iowa’s, New Hampshire’s and almost South Carolina’s combined."
Rod Smith stated on June 28, 2011 in an e-mail to supporters: "Rick Scott has destroyed over 100,000 jobs."
Rick Scott stated on June 23, 2011 in comments at a bill signing: "In May we generated more jobs than all the rest of the country combined: 28,000 jobs in May for the state, 54,000 for the entire country."
