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Rick Scott
stated on March 1, 2021 in an interview with CBS News:

The $1.9 trillion relief package is “about a bridge for Chuck Schumer, a tunnel for Nancy Pelosi.”

By Jon Greenberg • March 2, 2021
Instagram posts
stated on February 11, 2021 in an Instagram post:

Due to differing lockdown orders, New York has more COVID-19 cases, deaths, hospitalizations and job losses than Florida, and New York also lags on vaccinations.

By Samantha Putterman • February 26, 2021
Ron DeSantis
stated on February 2, 2021 in a press conference:

The result of lockdowns “has been the destruction of millions of lives across America as well as increased deaths from suicide, substance abuse and despair without any corresponding benefit in Covid mortality.”

By Phil Galewitz • February 23, 2021
TikTok posts
stated on January 30, 2021 in a sound:

"Schools are trying to make a law that teachers can see girls' private parts to make sure they're not trans."

By Daniel Funke • February 17, 2021
Ron DeSantis
stated on February 11, 2021 in a fundraising email:

Says Joe Biden “is trying to shut FL’s border.”

By Noah Y. Kim • February 12, 2021
Viral image
stated on February 9, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Photo shows Tampa Mayor Jane Castor maskless at Super Bowl.

By Ciara O'Rourke • February 10, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on December 16, 2020 in a Facebook post:

President Donald Trump will hold his inauguration for a second term at Mar-a-Lago

By Amy Sherman • December 18, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on December 9, 2020 in a tweet:

“No candidate has ever won both Florida and Ohio and lost.”

By Amy Sherman • December 10, 2020
Rick Scott
stated on November 16, 2020 in a television interview:

Says Charles Schumer supports “putting everybody on the Medicare system. He wants the Green New Deal … reduce funding for the police.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • December 4, 2020
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
Bloggers
stated on November 4, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“USPS failed to deliver 27% of mail-in ballots in South Florida”

By Jon Greenberg • November 5, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on November 1, 2020 in social media posts:

Say Joe Biden told a crowd in Florida, "Hello Minnesota!"

By Louis Jacobson • November 1, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on October 24, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says Donald Trump “voted twice” in the Nov. 3, 2020 election

By Amy Sherman • October 25, 2020
Emails
stated on October 20, 2020 in email threat to Florida Democrats:

Says “we will know which candidate you voted for.”

By Amy Sherman • October 21, 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
Donald Trump
stated on September 30, 2020 in a rally:

Says Joe Biden is a socialist.

By Amy Sherman • October 15, 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
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.”

By Amy Sherman • October 9, 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 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.”

By Phil Galewitz • August 20, 2020
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.

By Tom Kertscher • July 31, 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
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
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
Rick Scott
stated on June 28, 2020 in an interview:

Says “Joe Biden supported the Castro regime and meeting with Maduro.”

By Amy Sherman • July 1, 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
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.”

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