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Ron DeSantis
stated on June 16, 2021 in a press conference:

“That meth … it’s almost all coming across the southern border and it’s been accelerating for the last six months.”

By Miriam Valverde • June 21, 2021
Ron DeSantis
stated on November 30, 2020 in a press conference:

“The states that are locked down are increasing at twice the rate we are” in Florida

By Louis Jacobson • December 2, 2020
Congressional Leadership Fund
stated on October 7, 2020 in an ad:

Says Debbie Mucarsel-Powell's family received $700,000 from the firm of "violent warlord Ihor Kolomoisky," who is compared to Fidel Castro and Nicolás Maduro.

By Tom Kertscher • October 16, 2020
Mike Pence
stated on October 7, 2020 in a debate:

“With regard to hurricanes, the National Oceanic (and Atmospheric) Administration tells us that actually, as difficult as they are, there are no more hurricanes today than there were 100 years ago.”

By Amy Sherman • October 14, 2020
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.”

By Amy Sherman • September 30, 2020
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.

By Tom Kertscher • September 4, 2020
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.”

By Amy Sherman • April 17, 2020
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.”

By Amy Sherman • March 17, 2020
Bernie Sanders
stated on January 13, 2020 in a Sun Sentinel op ed:

"In Florida children are required to take their first standardized test within 30 days of beginning kindergarten and Gov. DeSantis wants to extend that requirement to preschoolers."

By Amy Sherman • January 15, 2020
Florida Democratic Party
stated on September 30, 2019 in a tweet:

"$575 billion cut from Medicare in Trump’s proposed 2020 budget."

By Amy Sherman • October 3, 2019
Donna Shalala
stated on July 21, 2019 in an interview on CBSMiami with Jim DeFede:

Says children at Homestead migrant facility "get 30 minutes over a month to talk to family members. If they were in a prison — a federal prison — they would get 300 minutes."

By Amy Sherman • July 23, 2019
Rick Scott
stated on July 8, 2019 in a tweet:

"Americans are traveling to Canada to pay 12 times less for insulin than they would here in the US."

By Jon Greenberg • July 11, 2019
Florida Democratic Party
stated on June 17, 2019 in a press release:

The Trump administration has denied "4.2 million American workers overtime."

By Amy Sherman • June 25, 2019
Alcee Hastings
stated on February 5, 2019 in a statement to the press:

"In 2018, we endured a school shooting nearly once a week."

By Amy Sherman • February 11, 2019
José Oliva
stated on January 30, 2019 in AP legislative day in Tallahassee:

Health care is the "No. 1 reason for bankruptcy."

By Amy Sherman • January 31, 2019
Andrew Gillum
stated on October 24, 2018 in a WPBF debate:

Says Ron DeSantis has not revealed $145,000 in receipts of public taxpayer money.

By Miriam Valverde • October 24, 2018
Andrew Gillum
stated on September 26, 2018 in an ad:

"In Congress, Ron DeSantis demanded that any new health law eliminate protections for people with pre-existing conditions."

By Amy Sherman • October 18, 2018
Andrew Gillum
stated on September 26, 2018 in an ad:

"When (Ron DeSantis) was asked what cancer patients should do without health insurance, DeSantis said 'show up to the emergency room.'"

By Amy Sherman • October 18, 2018
Andrew Gillum
stated on September 30, 2018 in in an interview:

Says Florida's economy "is largely propped up on low-wage work."

By Kyra Haas • October 15, 2018
Andrew Gillum
stated on September 2, 2018 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":

Says there is a report "that showed that, should we move to cover more people to a Medicare for All system, we could actually save the system trillions over an extended period of time."

By Louis Jacobson • September 18, 2018
Florida Democratic Party
stated on September 5, 2018 in a tweet:

"Nearly 7 million Floridians have pre-existing conditions — but Rick Scott and Florida Republicans wants to take away their health care coverage by ending the Affordable Care Act."

By Louis Jacobson • September 12, 2018
Ron DeSantis
stated on September 2, 2018 in a radio interview:

Says Andrew Gillum "wants to abolish ICE and doesn't believe in doing any type of immigration enforcement."

By Miriam Valverde • September 11, 2018
Unite Here Florida PAC
stated on August 16, 2018 in a TV ad:

"Gwen Graham owns a $14 million stake in her family’s company that’s behind the American Dream Mall. ... While Graham and her family will make millions, Florida will be stuck with poverty wage jobs, endangered wildlife and massive traffic congestion."

By Amy Sherman • August 22, 2018
Adam Putnam
stated on July 17, 2018 in a TV ad:

"Congressman DeSantis voted to cut Social Security and Medicare" and "voted to increase the retirement age."

By Amy Sherman • August 9, 2018
Democratic Governors Association
stated on July 13, 2018 in a post on Medium:

Says Adam Putnam "backed a water bill that gutted water quality regulations."

By Allison Graves • July 18, 2018
Florida Democratic Party
stated on June 6, 2018 in in a press release:

"Flip Flop! After opposing term limits for decades, Adam Putnam adopts Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis’ position."

By Allison Graves • June 8, 2018
Ron DeSantis
stated on June 2, 2018 in during a BBQ :

"The bulk of the problem with the opioid epidemic is the fentanyl and all the synthetic drugs coming across the southern border."

By Allison Graves • June 7, 2018
Senate Majority PAC
stated on May 21, 2018 in in an ad:

Says Bill Nelson is "one of America’s most independent senators."

By Allison Graves • May 24, 2018
The Collective super PAC
stated on May 11, 2018 in an ad:

Says Gwen Graham "voted against President Obama 52 percent of the time."

By Allison Graves • May 17, 2018
Adam Putnam
stated on May 5, 2018 in a Republican candidate forum:

"Welders are coming out of their tech schools at $28 an hour" and "pipefitters are making six figures."

By Allison Graves • May 10, 2018

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