Tallahassee Democrat Article RatingPolitiFact: Fact-checking attacks from Ron DeSantis and Charlie Crist in Florida's only gubernatorial debate
Oct 25, 2022 View Original Article
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| "And we have to do what's right to make sure law enforcement exists and it's healthy and it's safe" | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "In an interview with CBS Miami, Crist said he supported the standard set by Roe v. Wade -- which allowed abortion until viability, or when a fetus can survive outside the womb." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "DeSantis appears to be referring to a plan Crist supported to create a unit of social and mental health workers to respond to nonviolent calls made to the St. Petersburg police department." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "Crist, who was a Republican at the time, signed a budget from the Republican-led Legislature that raised taxes and fees by $2.2 billion to offset losses caused by the economic recession and housing crisis." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "Oil companies have been reluctant to invest up front in the additional facilities and supplies that could produce more oil, because doing so would be less profitable and more risky." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "The law, SB 50, required sellers with no physical presence in Florida to collect and remit taxes on items delivered to customers in the state." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "Crist said he supported abortion past fetal viability in cases where the life or the health of the mother is threatened." | Negative | -36% Liberal |
| "Crist also voted to repeal the Hyde Amendment, which prohibits using federal dollars for abortion." | Negative | -38% Liberal |
| "Some of the candidates' attacks on taxes, education, abortion and pandemic management needed a fact-check." | Negative | -40% Liberal |
| "Fact-checking Charlie Crist: Charlie Crist misleads on Ron DeSantis' record on taxesCrist's attack on DeSantis' COVID restrictions seemed odd considering other points of the debate when he said DeSantis did not go far enough." | Negative | -94% Liberal |
| "Crist told reporters in June 2021: We have to have proper funding." | Positive | 12% Conservative |
| "In an interview with CBS Miami, Crist said he supported the standard set by Roe v. Wade -- which allowed abortion until viability, or when a fetus can survive outside the womb." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "OPEC has declined to produce more oil, counter to President Joe Biden's request." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "Crist was referring to a 2021 law that included some new rules for voting by mail." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "(Crist was governor during the swine flu pandemic, but that was far less deadly or widespread.)" | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "DeSantis appears to be referring to a plan Crist supported to create a unit of social and mental health workers to respond to nonviolent calls made to the St. Petersburg police department." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "Crist's campaign said he intended to cite a CBS article referencing a Realtor.com report." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "Crist emphasized his support for abortion rights -- a position he has not always held -- in contrast with the 15-week abortion ban, without exceptions for rape or incest, that DeSantis signed this year." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "Crist, who was a Republican at the time, signed a budget from the Republican-led Legislature that raised taxes and fees by $2.2 billion to offset losses caused by the economic recession and housing crisis." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "About half of the amount came from auto tag fees, which Crist's successor, Republican Gov. Rick Scott, later rolled back." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "About half of the amount came from auto tag fees, which Crist's successor, Republican Gov. Rick Scott, later rolled back." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "At the time, Crist indicated he would have been more aggressive in trying to reduce transmission." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "Crist, who served as governor of Florida from 2007 to 2011, tried repeatedly to get DeSantis to answer whether he'd run for president in 2024." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "As DeSantis referenced in the debate, Crist co-signed a letter with other Florida Democratic representatives in July 2020 urging DeSantis to immediately impose a statewide mask order and stay-at-home orders recommended by public health officials in parts of the state where the outbreak is raging." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "Crist said he supported abortion past fetal viability in cases where the life or the health of the mother is threatened." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "Crist also voted to repeal the Hyde Amendment, which prohibits using federal dollars for abortion." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "In Florida's only gubernatorial debate, Republican incumbent Gov. Ron DeSantis dodged questions on whether he's pining for the White House and vowed to put his Democratic rival Charlie Crist out to pasture." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "In Florida's only gubernatorial debate, Republican incumbent Gov. Ron DeSantis dodged questions on whether he's pining for the White House and vowed to put his Democratic rival Charlie Crist out to pasture." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "Fact-checking Charlie Crist: Charlie Crist misleads on Ron DeSantis' record on taxesCrist's attack on DeSantis' COVID restrictions seemed odd considering other points of the debate when he said DeSantis did not go far enough." | Negative | -62% Liberal |
| "Fact-checking Charlie Crist: Charlie Crist misleads on Ron DeSantis' record on taxesCrist's attack on DeSantis' COVID restrictions seemed odd considering other points of the debate when he said DeSantis did not go far enough." | Negative | -62% Liberal |
| "Fact-checking Charlie Crist: Charlie Crist misleads on Ron DeSantis' record on taxesCrist's attack on DeSantis' COVID restrictions seemed odd considering other points of the debate when he said DeSantis did not go far enough." | Negative | -62% Liberal |
| "Fact-checking Charlie Crist: Charlie Crist misleads on Ron DeSantis' record on taxesCrist's attack on DeSantis' COVID restrictions seemed odd considering other points of the debate when he said DeSantis did not go far enough." | Negative | -62% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
55% : And we have to do what's right to make sure law enforcement exists and it's healthy and it's safe54% : In an interview with CBS Miami, Crist said he supported the standard set by Roe v. Wade -- which allowed abortion until "viability," or when a fetus can survive outside the womb.
48% :DeSantis appears to be referring to a plan Crist supported to create a unit of social and mental health workers to respond to nonviolent calls made to the St. Petersburg police department.
45% : Crist, who was a Republican at the time, signed a budget from the Republican-led Legislature that raised taxes and fees by $2.2 billion to offset losses caused by the economic recession and housing crisis.
44% : Oil companies have been reluctant to invest up front in the additional facilities and supplies that could produce more oil, because doing so would be less profitable and more risky.
42% : The law, SB 50, required sellers with no physical presence in Florida to collect and remit taxes on items delivered to customers in the state.
32% : Crist said he supported abortion past fetal viability "in cases where the life or the health of the mother" is threatened.
31% : Crist also voted to repeal the Hyde Amendment, which prohibits using federal dollars for abortion.
30% : Some of the candidates' attacks on taxes, education, abortion and pandemic management needed a fact-check.
3% :Fact-checking Charlie Crist: Charlie Crist misleads on Ron DeSantis' record on taxesCrist's attack on DeSantis' COVID restrictions seemed odd considering other points of the debate when he said DeSantis did not go far enough.
*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.