PolitiFact checked Graham's Facebook page. Graham wrote, "So far this year, more students have been killed in schools than soldiers in combat zones.
PolitiFact checked out Gwen Graham's Facebook page. Last week, after a gunman shot and killed 10 people in a Santa Fe, Texas school, Graham wrote, "So far this year, more students have been killed in schools than soldiers in combat zones."
The Graham post linked to a Washington Post story comparing school and military-related fatalities. PolitiFact's examination of the data revealed that someone in combat is about 40 times more likely to be killed as someone on a school campus - but guess what?
The PolitiFact report is here.
Monday night the former Congresswoman campaigned in Jacksonville. Veteran writer A. G. Gancarski was there and brings a Northeast Florida take to the Democratic primary in a recap here.
"I think what we need, more than anything, as the only-non-millionaire in this race for governor, is a candidate who reflects what is the real ad lived experience of the people in this state, and I know what that means."
More on the Gillum interview can be found here.