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Ron DeSantis
stated on January 5, 2026 in a press conference:

Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro “was releasing people from his prisons and sending them to our southern border under the Biden administration.”

By Samantha Putterman • January 7, 2026

Ron DeSantis
stated on June 27, 2025 in a press briefing:

There is “zero impact” from Alligator Alcatraz on the Florida Everglades.

By Gabrielle Lazor • July 11, 2025

Ron DeSantis
stated on April 23, 2024 in a news conference:

Florida’s Amendment 4 "will mandate abortion until the moment of birth.”

By Samantha Putterman • April 30, 2024

Ron DeSantis
stated on January 21, 2024 in a post on X:

Says Winston Churchill said, “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • January 21, 2024

Ron DeSantis
stated on January 17, 2024 in an event in Hampton, N.H.:

“Every booster you take, you’re more likely to get COVID as a result of it.”

By Louis Jacobson • January 19, 2024

Ron DeSantis
stated on July 18, 2023 in an interview:

“In some liberal states, you actually have post-birth abortions.”

By Samantha Putterman • July 21, 2023

Ron DeSantis
stated on June 17, 2023 in a tweet:

Protests of (Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence) at a Los Angeles Dodgers game led to a "virtually empty stadium for the game itself.”

By Amy Sherman, Jeff Cercone • June 19, 2023

Ron DeSantis
stated on May 24, 2023 in a Twitter Spaces event:

“There's not been a single book banned in the state of Florida.”

By Amy Sherman, Matthew Crowley • May 31, 2023

Ron DeSantis
stated on April 6, 2023 in a speech:

When migrants arrived on Martha’s Vineyard, “They called out the National Guard and deported them within 24 hours.”

By Amy Sherman • April 11, 2023

Ron DeSantis
stated on January 17, 2023 in a press conference:

"Almost every study now has said with these new boosters, you're more likely to get infected with the bivalent booster."

By Yacob Reyes • January 20, 2023

Ron DeSantis
stated on June 30, 2022 in 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.

By Yacob Reyes • July 8, 2022

Ron DeSantis
stated on April 5, 2022 in a press conference:

New York City is “wasting taxpayer money on” billboards in Florida.

By Yacob Reyes • April 11, 2022

Ron DeSantis
stated on March 2, 2022 in a press conference:

Wearing masks is “COVID theater” and “not doing anything.”

By Yacob Reyes • March 4, 2022

Ron DeSantis
stated on July 30, 2021 in an executive order:

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recent guidance on students and masking “lacks a well-grounded scientific justification.”

By Victoria Knight • August 10, 2021

Ron DeSantis
stated on August 4, 2021 in 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.”

By Louis Jacobson, Miriam Valverde • August 6, 2021

Ron DeSantis
stated on February 11, 2021 in a fundraising email:

Says Joe Biden “is trying to shut FL’s border.”

By Noah Y. Kim • February 12, 2021

Ron DeSantis
stated on June 26, 2020 in a press conference:

"I would do press events in May, I would never be asked about coronavirus.''

By Amy Sherman • July 3, 2020

Ron DeSantis
stated on August 30, 2018 in Laura Ingraham's radio show:

Says Andrew Gillum has a "far left socialist platform."

By Amy Sherman • September 6, 2018

Ron DeSantis
stated on January 11, 2018 in a event at the Heritage Foundation:

In one year, the United Nations "did 24 resolutions and 20 of them were against Israel."

By Allison Graves • January 25, 2018

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