Republican senator from Florida. 28 claims checked by other fact-checking organisations, from 2019 to 2025. The ratings are theirs, in their own words.
FactCheck.org says: When Biden left office in January, the number of people usually working full time — meaning 35 hours or more a week — was almost 135.9 million. That was up 8.5% from about 125.2 million full-time workers when Biden beca…
PolitiFact says: Three Republican-led states — Alabama, Texas and Virginia — have taken steps to remove or flag ineligible people on the voter rolls, since at least 2021. But there are several unknowns about the list.
FactCheck.org says: Harris has condemned Hamas as a "brutal terrorist organization" and has said "the threat Hamas poses to the people of Israel must be eliminated."
PolitiFact says: The US was at war in Afghanistan during Trump’s presidency. Trump didn’t enter the US into a new conflict with another nation, but he used military force in other countries under broad authorization granted after Sept 11
PolitiFact says: Humanitarian parole beneficiaries, must book and pay for their own travel. From January 2023 to August 2023, around 161,000 beneficiaries entered the U.S. at Florida airports. It's unclear how many settled in Florida.
PolitiFact says: Drug policy experts have repeatedly told news outlets that there have been no reports of fentanyl contaminating Halloween candy, and the risk of this happening is low.
PolitiFact says: Some experts consider the tactic to be an "aggressive" way to legally avoid taxes. But experts agreed it would not be characterized as "cheating," much less illegal.
PolitiFact says: Election officials take multiple steps to verify applications, including reviewing identity and residency documentation.
PolitiFact says: Sometimes tax cuts won't increase inflation, such as in a recession. But in our current period of 40-year-high inflation, tax cuts would likely increase inflationary pressures.
PolitiFact says: The law allows Medicare to negotiate with drugmakers over prices, enabling the government to pay less for certain prescription drugs. This is not a cut; it preserves the same level of benefits for less money.
Washington Post says: Republicans have promoted many laws that would jail doctors who perform abortions
FactCheck.org says: Bankruptcy claims could leave the wrong impression. Government trustees project that certain Medicare and Social Security trust funds would become depleted by then, but payments would continue, albeit at a reduced rate.
PolitiFact says: Scott’s spokesperson said the senator was not proposing a tax increase but was mum on what he was proposing. Experts said that with the limited information provided, it wasn’t clear what else Scott could have meant.
FactCheck.org says: Page 35 of the multipart policy plan states: "All Americans should pay some income tax to have skin in the game, even if a small amount. Currently over half of Americans pay no income tax."
PolitiFact says: Durham's filing leaves open the possibility that Russian meddling, not Trump, was the focus of the data collection. And it doesn't say that the data was gathered when Trump was in office.
PolitiFact says: Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., voted against the bipartisan infrastructure bill, saying it cost too much. Other lawmakers have also promoted the fruits of legislation they criticized and voted against.
PolitiFact says: Scott cited information from Virginia Dept. of Education as evidence that it is teaching critical race theory, but the documents he referenced were suggested reading and training material for educators, not students.
PolitiFact says: Garland's memo says spirited debate is protected. It calls for meetings to focus on acts that go over the line to become actual threats.
PolitiFact says: The national debt has grown over the decades through both Republican and Democratic actions, including rising by $7.8 trillion under Donald Trump.
PolitiFact says: The American Rescue Plan Act will raise after-tax incomes, on average, by 3.8%. Low- and moderate-income households get about 70% of all the benefits.