U.S. Senator, R-Fla.. 16 claims checked by other fact-checking organisations, from 2020 to 2024. The ratings are theirs, in their own words.
PolitiFact says: Different immigration groups, using different methodologies, estimate that the population here illegally ranges from 10.9 million to 16.8 million.
Washington Post says: This claim has been discredited and withdrawn
PolitiFact says: Inflation compounds and it has risen by about 19% over the last three years. However, Rubio leaves out that wages have increased faster than prices since the pandemic, and also over the past year.
Washington Post says: the issue is whether labor or automatin is better
PolitiFact says: Drop boxes in Florida are monitored by staff. Boxes have long been used by multiple jurisdictions without safety problems.
PolitiFact says: Demings supported a bill that would have allowed students nationwide to compete on sports teams based on their gender identity rather than their sex assigned at birth. The bill did not address school curriculum.
Washington Post says: Abortions past the point of viability are extremely rare. When they do happen, they often involve painful, emotional and even moral decisions.
PolitiFact says: Experts told PolitiFact the U.S. could indeed replace Russian imports with American oil. But, they warned, it might take time and cost more.
PolitiFact says: Schools don't necessarily refuse to open; some reopened partially and then retrenched when infections spiked.
PolitiFact says: Prosecutions of former leaders have not been confined to developing countries. The former heads of state who have been charged or convicted have generally been accused of corruption.
PolitiFact says: Setting aside the political implications of the word "fiat," we found that available evidence supports Rubio’s assessment: Biden’s use of the executive power in his first two days far outpaced that of his predecessors.
PolitiFact says: In the early days of the pandemic, every US agency dismissed the protective gains of masks, and urged people to avoid using the limited supply of high-quality masks needed by health care workers.
PolitiFact says: China did have a greater need for its domestically manufactured masks in February as the virus ravaged the country, but Rubio greatly overstates the situation. Imports dropped, but they did continue.