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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
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 September 11, 2019 in a statement to The Guardian:

When Rick Scott was governor, Florida "invested record funding in HIV/AIDS prevention."

By Amy Sherman • September 20, 2019
Dave Aronberg
stated on August 26, 2019 in an interview on MSNBC:

Florida’s red flag gun law has been used "about five times a day."

By Amy Sherman • September 3, 2019
Matt Gaetz
stated on August 10, 2019 in an interview on Fox News:

In Australia "they went and confiscated all the guns. You know who did what Australia did? Venezuela."

By Amy Sherman • August 19, 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
Greg Steube
stated on July 12, 2019 in a tweet:

"Terrorists who are currently being held at Guantanamo Bay can be transferred to a neighborhood near you" as a result of House Democrats’ actions on the National Defense Authorization Act.

By Amy Sherman • July 19, 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
Greg Steube
stated on May 28, 2019 in a press release:

"It’s estimated that in 2018 alone, dead people received $1 billion in benefits from Medicare, Medicaid, social security payments, and federal pensions."

By Amy Sherman • June 13, 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
Donald Trump
stated on May 8, 2019 in a tweet:

Democrats "don’t want money" to go to the Florida Panhandle for Hurricane Michael aid

By Amy Sherman • May 9, 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
Jared Kushner
stated on April 1, 2019 in an interview with Laura Ingraham on Fox News:

Florida "passed a law where former felons can now vote. We've had more ex-felons register as Republicans than Democrats."

By Amy Sherman • April 8, 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
Gary Farmer
stated on March 7, 2019 in a Florida Senate meeting:

"Some patients who are on transplant lists for kidney or other organs are being dropped from the list simply because they are shown as a licensed card holder" for medical marijuana.

By Amy Sherman • March 27, 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
Ron DeSantis
stated on March 5, 2019 in his State of the State address:

"I’ve already traveled to Washington, D.C., and secured a historic commitment from the Trump administration to provide assistance to the communities that Michael battered."

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

"In 1992, the Democratic Party had in their platform provisions that said that illegal aliens were coming in this country, committing felonies, sent back and then they were right back across the border to do the same thing."

By Amy Sherman • February 13, 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
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 November 8, 2018 in a tweet:

"#Broward elections department has a history of violating the law."

By Amy Sherman • November 12, 2018
Scott Galloway
stated on November 7, 2018 in a tweet:

"The number of people who just got their voting rights restored in Florida is greater than the populations of Wyoming, Vermont, Alaska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Delaware, Rhode Island, Montana, Maine and New Hampshire."

By Amy Sherman • November 8, 2018
Ron DeSantis
stated on October 30, 2018 in an interview:

Says that Andrew Gillum said, "Police and prisons have no place in justice."

By Kyra Haas • November 6, 2018
Priorities USA Action
stated on October 29, 2018 in a Facebook ad:

"If Rick Scott had his way he would encourage racially profiling immigrant communities here in Florida. He also opposed allowing Dreamers to remain in the U.S."

By Amy Sherman • November 2, 2018