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U.S. representative, D-Fla.. 5 claims checked by other fact-checking organisations, from 2020 to 2024. The ratings are theirs, in their own words.

Checked by PolitiFact7 Sep 2023United States
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, Former Democratic U.S. Representative and current U.S. Senate candidate in Florida.

“Sen. Rick Scott “wants to … end Social Security and Medicare coverage.”

PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False

PolitiFact says: Scott wrote a plan that called for ending all federal laws after 5 years unless Congress renewed. Social Security and Medicare would've been included under the wording, but after criticism he revised it to exclude both.

Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, U.S. Rep., D-Fla.

“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.”

PolitiFact rated this: Half True

PolitiFact says: While Gimenez was a county commissioner about a decade ago, he had a car allowance for a Mercedes-Benz. When he became mayor he took over the lease personally.

Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, U.S. representative, D-Fla.

“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.”

PolitiFact rated this: Half True

PolitiFact says: The bridge collapse occurred years after Gimenez’s sons left their positions with the company. The contract extension, ratified by a county board after being approved by Gimenez, was for airport construction work.