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In Florida We Trust
stated on July 16, 2020 in a Facebook ad:

Florida state Senate candidate Ray Rodrigues “is promoting illegal immigration.”

By Amy Sherman • July 29, 2020
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.

By Tom Kertscher • July 27, 2020
Anthony Sabatini
stated on July 15, 2020 in an interview on CNN:

If you maintain social distancing indoors “there's no reason to have an additional mask on top of that.”

By Amy Sherman • July 20, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on July 14, 2020 in a Facebook post:

"Wrong" COVID-19 case count by Orlando Health "explains the 'outbreak' in Florida."

By Tom Kertscher • July 16, 2020
Florida Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee
stated on June 26, 2020 in an ad:

Florida state Rep. Heather Fitzenhagen “turned her back on President Trump, refusing to ban sanctuary cities.”

By Amy Sherman • July 10, 2020
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.''

By Amy Sherman • July 3, 2020
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.”

By Daniel Funke • June 26, 2020
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.’”

By Aaron Sharockman • June 19, 2020
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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.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • June 5, 2020
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.”

By Amy Sherman • June 3, 2020
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.”

By Amy Sherman • May 26, 2020
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.

By Ciara O'Rourke • April 21, 2020
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.

By Daniel Funke • April 20, 2020
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.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • March 5, 2020
Viral image
stated on March 1, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“Shands Hospital of Gainesville Florida has confirmed its first case of coronavirus.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • March 3, 2020
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.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • March 3, 2020
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.”

By Amy Sherman • March 2, 2020
Rick Scott
stated on January 29, 2020 in 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.

By Amy Sherman • January 30, 2020
Greg Steube
stated on December 4, 2019 in a House judiciary committee hearing:

"We provided terrorists in Iraq more rights and due process in the Central Criminal Court of Iraq" than House Democratic leadership has afforded President Donald Trump in the impeachment inquiry.

By Amy Sherman • December 10, 2019
Republican Party of Florida
stated on September 20, 2019 in a tweet:

The Green New Deal "would put a $600,000 tax burden on every household."

By Amy Sherman • September 27, 2019
Rick Scott
stated on May 13, 2019 in a speech:

Says "Nicolás Maduro is carrying out a genocide on his people."

By Louis Jacobson • May 16, 2019
The Partnership for Safe Medicines
stated on April 18, 2019 in a TV ad:

Florida state senators "are pushing a new government program that allows prescription drugs from China without FDA inspection."

By Amy Sherman • April 25, 2019
Donald Trump
stated on April 2, 2019 in a tweet:

"Puerto Rico got 91 Billion Dollars for the hurricane, more money than has ever been gotten for a hurricane before."

By Amy Sherman • April 3, 2019
Facebook posts
stated on March 13, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Florida drivers who have their cell phones "in hand" can be ticketed $250 and sent to "driving school."

By Samantha Putterman • March 18, 2019
Rick Scott
stated on February 25, 2019 in an Orlando Sentinel op-ed:

The Democrats’ Green New Deal includes "working towards ending air travel."

By Amy Sherman • February 28, 2019
Robert McKinzie
stated on February 19, 2019 in a Fort Lauderdale City Commission meeting:

The word picnic is a "racially insensitive word."

By Amy Sherman • February 21, 2019
Matt Gaetz
stated on February 7, 2019 in a CNN interview:

"One out of every five people that the federal government charges with murder is an illegal alien."

By Miriam Valverde • February 19, 2019
Rick Scott
stated on January 19, 2019 in a tweet:

"I’ve always supported protections for our DREAMers."

By Amy Sherman • January 23, 2019
Donald Trump Jr.
stated on November 12, 2018 in in a tweet:

"Nearly 200,000 Florida voters may not be citizens."

By Amy Sherman • November 13, 2018
Marco Rubio
stated on October 15, 2018 in a gathering in West Miami of Ron DeSantis supporters:

After Hurricane Hermine in 2016, Tallahassee "didn’t have power for weeks because (Mayor Andrew Gillum) stood in the way of crews being able to come in and restore power, because they weren’t members of the right union or something."

By Amy Sherman • October 16, 2018

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