65 People 15019 Fact-checks 5282 Articles People (65) Energy Transfer Universal News Portal USA Daily Portal Center for Western Priorities Immigration Policy Center Center for American Progress Center for Individual Freedom Centers for Disease Control Violence Policy Center Enterprise Florida Seamless Florida Florida Grown Florida for All Florida Strong Florida voter Progress Florida National Women's Law Center Oregon Center for Public Policy Virginia Center for Public Safety Americans for Prosperity: Florida Fact-checks (15019) John Thrasher stated on May 03, 2011 in comments on the Senate floor: Says that had E-Verify been in place in Florida when 9/11 terrorists lived here, "we might have saved the lives of 3,000 Americans." By Aaron Sharockman• May 3, 2011 Donald Trump stated on March 07, 2017 in a tweet: "122 vicious prisoners, released by the Obama Administration from Gitmo, have returned to the battlefield." By Lauren Carroll• March 7, 2017 Scott Walker stated on October 16, 2011 in an interview: "The largest category of people coming into the technical schools in Wisconsin are people with four-year degrees." By Tom Kertscher• October 26, 2011 Ron DeSantis stated on September 29, 2023 in a speech: Six million or 7 million people have “come illegally under Biden.” By Marta Campabadal Graus, Samantha Putterman• October 4, 2023 Michelle Obama stated on February 09, 2011 in a speech: More than one-quarter of America’s young adults are too fat to serve in the U.S. military By Eric Stirgus• February 11, 2011 Instagram posts stated on February 15, 2024 in an Instagram post: Because “17 million immigrants” were “let in” the U.S, “ foot and mouth disease is back. We got rid of that fifty years ago.” By Jeff Cercone• February 16, 2024 Richard Durbin stated on May 20, 2009 in a speech on the Senate floor.: "The reality is, we are holding some of the most dangerous terrorists in the world right now in our federal prisons, including the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, the 'shoe bomber,' the 'Unabomber,' and many others." By Catharine Richert• May 21, 2009 Joe Biden stated on September 12, 2019 in a Democratic debate: Says the Obama administration "didn't lock people up in cages." By Miriam Valverde• September 13, 2019 Mario Diaz-Balart stated on January 30, 2017 in a press release: Says former President Barack Obama "took similar action against Cuban refugees" as President Donald Trump did in his executive order. By Amy Sherman• January 31, 2017 John McCain stated on January 13, 2015 in a press conference: "About 30 percent" of those released from Guantanamo "have re-entered the fight." By Lauren Carroll• January 15, 2015 Tony Evers stated on December 09, 2018 in an interview: "At least three or four of the pieces that are in" in the Republican lame-duck legislation, Scott Walker "has vetoed previously." By Tom Kertscher• December 13, 2018 John Cornyn stated on September 07, 2014 in an interview for "Inside Texas Politics" on WFAA-TV, Channel 8, in Dallas: My office sends federal "money back every year." By W. Gardner Selby• October 14, 2014 Rick Scott stated on April 18, 2012 in radio interview: "About 230,000 people that were on unemployment when I took office are not on unemployment now." By Katie Sanders• April 27, 2012 Bill McCollum stated on June 15, 2010 in a press release: Rick Scott "has heavily invested in a company that is geared to helping illegal aliens transfer money to family and friends out of the country." By Amy Sherman• June 21, 2010 Texans Are stated on September 12, 2018 in a TV ad: Says Beto O’Rourke voted "against body armor for Texas sheriffs patrolling the border." By W. Gardner Selby• September 13, 2018 Instagram posts stated on January 05, 2024 in an Instagram reel: Police responded to alien creatures at a Miami mall on Jan. 1, 2024. By Sara Swann• January 8, 2024 One Wisconsin Now stated on August 07, 2017 in a tweet: Wisconsin's $3 billion incentive offer to Foxconn is "the largest gift ever by a state to a foreign company." By Tom Kertscher• August 15, 2017 Adam Hasner stated on March 20, 2011 in a speech before conservative activists: In a lawsuit between private citizens, a Florida judge "announced the decision was going to be based on Islamic Law." By Laura Figueroa• May 4, 2011 Donald Trump stated on February 28, 2017 in a speech to Congress: Says his budget "calls for one of the largest increases in national defense spending in American history." By Jon Greenberg• March 1, 2017 Florida Education Association stated on February 05, 2018 in a Youtube video: "Richard Corcoran has a plan to divert even more of our tax dollars to unaccountable private schools." By Allison Graves• February 9, 2018 Articles (5282) Disney cancels plans for Florida campus amid feud with Ron DeSantis, forgoing historic tax incentive By Sara Swann• May 18, 2023 Fact-checking Malcolm Jenkins' posters on prisons and police shootings By Manuela Tobias• June 7, 2018 Fact-checking Herschel Walker attack ad about Raphael Warnock domestic violence allegations By Tom Kertscher• September 8, 2022 Fact-checking Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s U.S. Senate announcement speech By Allison Graves, Amy Sherman• April 9, 2018 Fact-checking Sen. Bill Nelson’s claims about Russia hacking Florida’s election system By Amy Sherman• August 22, 2018 What we know about COVID-19 testing for migrants at the southern border By Miriam Valverde• April 12, 2021 Fact-check: Bahamas evacuees without visas ordered off US-bound ferry By Amy Sherman, Miriam Valverde• September 10, 2019 Is healthcare.gov working 'great' now? By Steve Contorno• March 14, 2014 Fact-checking Donald Trump’s interview with ‘Meet the Press’ By Louis Jacobson• December 8, 2024 Fact-checking Gov. Rick Scott's final State of the State address By Allison Graves• January 9, 2018 No sanctuary cities in Florida? That’s not as settled as Andrew Gillum claims By Miriam Valverde• February 22, 2018 Fact-checking the Gov. Rick Scott, Florida House feud over Enterprise Florida By Amy Sherman• February 27, 2017 Live fact-checking the second 2024 Republican presidential primary debate By Ellen Hine• September 27, 2023 Top 5 fact-checks: Republican candidates take aim at Biden’s foreign policy in Miami debate By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman, Amy Sherman• November 9, 2023 Republicans' favorite attack on incumbent Democrats: their loyalty to Obama in votes By Lauren Carroll• October 22, 2014 Who ended up at Alligator Alcatraz? It’s not just ‘worst of the worst’ criminals, as officials said By Madison Czopek• July 17, 2025 PolitiFact Florida Mailbag: 'True or false ... It is not complicated' By Angie Drobnic Holan• March 12, 2013 Were migrant children who died very sick before taken into U.S. custody, as Trump claimed? By Miriam Valverde• January 3, 2019 Gun advocacy in your email By Becky Bowers• April 16, 2013 6 months in office, Trump’s mixed record on 6 major promises By John Kruzel• July 20, 2017
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John Thrasher stated on May 03, 2011 in comments on the Senate floor: Says that had E-Verify been in place in Florida when 9/11 terrorists lived here, "we might have saved the lives of 3,000 Americans." By Aaron Sharockman• May 3, 2011 Donald Trump stated on March 07, 2017 in a tweet: "122 vicious prisoners, released by the Obama Administration from Gitmo, have returned to the battlefield." By Lauren Carroll• March 7, 2017 Scott Walker stated on October 16, 2011 in an interview: "The largest category of people coming into the technical schools in Wisconsin are people with four-year degrees." By Tom Kertscher• October 26, 2011 Ron DeSantis stated on September 29, 2023 in a speech: Six million or 7 million people have “come illegally under Biden.” By Marta Campabadal Graus, Samantha Putterman• October 4, 2023 Michelle Obama stated on February 09, 2011 in a speech: More than one-quarter of America’s young adults are too fat to serve in the U.S. military By Eric Stirgus• February 11, 2011 Instagram posts stated on February 15, 2024 in an Instagram post: Because “17 million immigrants” were “let in” the U.S, “ foot and mouth disease is back. We got rid of that fifty years ago.” By Jeff Cercone• February 16, 2024 Richard Durbin stated on May 20, 2009 in a speech on the Senate floor.: "The reality is, we are holding some of the most dangerous terrorists in the world right now in our federal prisons, including the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, the 'shoe bomber,' the 'Unabomber,' and many others." By Catharine Richert• May 21, 2009 Joe Biden stated on September 12, 2019 in a Democratic debate: Says the Obama administration "didn't lock people up in cages." By Miriam Valverde• September 13, 2019 Mario Diaz-Balart stated on January 30, 2017 in a press release: Says former President Barack Obama "took similar action against Cuban refugees" as President Donald Trump did in his executive order. By Amy Sherman• January 31, 2017 John McCain stated on January 13, 2015 in a press conference: "About 30 percent" of those released from Guantanamo "have re-entered the fight." By Lauren Carroll• January 15, 2015 Tony Evers stated on December 09, 2018 in an interview: "At least three or four of the pieces that are in" in the Republican lame-duck legislation, Scott Walker "has vetoed previously." By Tom Kertscher• December 13, 2018 John Cornyn stated on September 07, 2014 in an interview for "Inside Texas Politics" on WFAA-TV, Channel 8, in Dallas: My office sends federal "money back every year." By W. Gardner Selby• October 14, 2014 Rick Scott stated on April 18, 2012 in radio interview: "About 230,000 people that were on unemployment when I took office are not on unemployment now." By Katie Sanders• April 27, 2012 Bill McCollum stated on June 15, 2010 in a press release: Rick Scott "has heavily invested in a company that is geared to helping illegal aliens transfer money to family and friends out of the country." By Amy Sherman• June 21, 2010 Texans Are stated on September 12, 2018 in a TV ad: Says Beto O’Rourke voted "against body armor for Texas sheriffs patrolling the border." By W. Gardner Selby• September 13, 2018 Instagram posts stated on January 05, 2024 in an Instagram reel: Police responded to alien creatures at a Miami mall on Jan. 1, 2024. By Sara Swann• January 8, 2024 One Wisconsin Now stated on August 07, 2017 in a tweet: Wisconsin's $3 billion incentive offer to Foxconn is "the largest gift ever by a state to a foreign company." By Tom Kertscher• August 15, 2017 Adam Hasner stated on March 20, 2011 in a speech before conservative activists: In a lawsuit between private citizens, a Florida judge "announced the decision was going to be based on Islamic Law." By Laura Figueroa• May 4, 2011 Donald Trump stated on February 28, 2017 in a speech to Congress: Says his budget "calls for one of the largest increases in national defense spending in American history." By Jon Greenberg• March 1, 2017 Florida Education Association stated on February 05, 2018 in a Youtube video: "Richard Corcoran has a plan to divert even more of our tax dollars to unaccountable private schools." By Allison Graves• February 9, 2018
Disney cancels plans for Florida campus amid feud with Ron DeSantis, forgoing historic tax incentive By Sara Swann• May 18, 2023 Fact-checking Malcolm Jenkins' posters on prisons and police shootings By Manuela Tobias• June 7, 2018 Fact-checking Herschel Walker attack ad about Raphael Warnock domestic violence allegations By Tom Kertscher• September 8, 2022 Fact-checking Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s U.S. Senate announcement speech By Allison Graves, Amy Sherman• April 9, 2018 Fact-checking Sen. Bill Nelson’s claims about Russia hacking Florida’s election system By Amy Sherman• August 22, 2018 What we know about COVID-19 testing for migrants at the southern border By Miriam Valverde• April 12, 2021 Fact-check: Bahamas evacuees without visas ordered off US-bound ferry By Amy Sherman, Miriam Valverde• September 10, 2019 Is healthcare.gov working 'great' now? By Steve Contorno• March 14, 2014 Fact-checking Donald Trump’s interview with ‘Meet the Press’ By Louis Jacobson• December 8, 2024 Fact-checking Gov. Rick Scott's final State of the State address By Allison Graves• January 9, 2018 No sanctuary cities in Florida? That’s not as settled as Andrew Gillum claims By Miriam Valverde• February 22, 2018 Fact-checking the Gov. Rick Scott, Florida House feud over Enterprise Florida By Amy Sherman• February 27, 2017 Live fact-checking the second 2024 Republican presidential primary debate By Ellen Hine• September 27, 2023 Top 5 fact-checks: Republican candidates take aim at Biden’s foreign policy in Miami debate By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman, Amy Sherman• November 9, 2023 Republicans' favorite attack on incumbent Democrats: their loyalty to Obama in votes By Lauren Carroll• October 22, 2014 Who ended up at Alligator Alcatraz? It’s not just ‘worst of the worst’ criminals, as officials said By Madison Czopek• July 17, 2025 PolitiFact Florida Mailbag: 'True or false ... It is not complicated' By Angie Drobnic Holan• March 12, 2013 Were migrant children who died very sick before taken into U.S. custody, as Trump claimed? By Miriam Valverde• January 3, 2019 Gun advocacy in your email By Becky Bowers• April 16, 2013 6 months in office, Trump’s mixed record on 6 major promises By John Kruzel• July 20, 2017