Fact checker fact-checks Rubio’s claim about his boots

Published January 20, 2016 12:25pm ET



Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., earned a “pants on fire” rating this week from PolitiFact Florida after he claimed his boots are made in Wisconsin.

The senator’s Florsheim ankle boots “aren’t made in the Badger State, where the company is headquartered. Florsheim told us most of their products are made in China, but Rubio’s boots came from India,” read the 500-plus-word article, which was published Tuesday.

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