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Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on January 5, 2026 a press conference
Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro “was releasing people from his prisons and sending them to our southern border under the Biden administration.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • January 7, 2026
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on June 27, 2025 a press briefing
There is “zero impact” from Alligator Alcatraz on the Florida Everglades.
False
By Gabrielle Lazor • July 11, 2025
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on April 23, 2024 a news conference
Florida’s Amendment 4 "will mandate abortion until the moment of birth.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • April 30, 2024
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on January 21, 2024 a post on X
Says Winston Churchill said, “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • January 21, 2024
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on January 17, 2024 an event in Hampton, N.H.
“Every booster you take, you’re more likely to get COVID as a result of it.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 19, 2024
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on July 18, 2023 an interview
“In some liberal states, you actually have post-birth abortions.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • July 21, 2023
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on June 17, 2023 a tweet
Protests of (Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence) at a Los Angeles Dodgers game led to a "virtually empty stadium for the game itself.”
False
By Amy Sherman • June 19, 2023
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on May 24, 2023 a Twitter Spaces event
“There's not been a single book banned in the state of Florida.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Matthew Crowley • May 31, 2023
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on April 6, 2023 a speech
When migrants arrived on Martha’s Vineyard, “They called out the National Guard and deported them within 24 hours.”
False
By Amy Sherman • April 11, 2023
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on January 17, 2023 a press conference
"Almost every study now has said with these new boosters, you're more likely to get infected with the bivalent booster."
False
By Yacob Reyes • January 20, 2023
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on June 30, 2022 a press release
The Civics Secures Democracy Act “would allow the Biden administration to buy off states with $6 billion” if they adopt critical race theory.
False
By Yacob Reyes • July 8, 2022
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on April 5, 2022 a press conference
New York City is “wasting taxpayer money on” billboards in Florida.
False
By Yacob Reyes • April 11, 2022
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on March 2, 2022 a press conference
Wearing masks is “COVID theater” and “not doing anything.”
False
By Yacob Reyes • March 4, 2022
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on July 30, 2021 an executive order
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recent guidance on students and masking “lacks a well-grounded scientific justification.”
False
By Victoria Knight • August 10, 2021
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on August 4, 2021 a press conference
Says Joe Biden has driven the current coronavirus surge because he “imported more virus from around the world by having a wide open southern border.”
False
By Louis Jacobson, Miriam Valverde • August 6, 2021
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on February 11, 2021 a fundraising email
Says Joe Biden “is trying to shut FL’s border.”
False
February 12, 2021
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on June 26, 2020 a press conference
"I would do press events in May, I would never be asked about coronavirus.''
False
By Amy Sherman • July 3, 2020
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on August 30, 2018 Laura Ingraham's radio show
Says Andrew Gillum has a "far left socialist platform."
False
By Amy Sherman • September 6, 2018
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on January 11, 2018 a event at the Heritage Foundation
In one year, the United Nations "did 24 resolutions and 20 of them were against Israel."
False
By Allison Graves • January 25, 2018