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Latest Fact-Checks On Ron DeSantis

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Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on April 27, 2026 an interview with Fox News Digital:
Since the 2020 census, Florida has "moved from a Democrat majority to a 1.5 million Republican advantage."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • April 29, 2026
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on August 6, 2024 an X post:
“In 2021, Minnesotans were roughly five times more likely to move to Florida than vice versa” because they were “fleeing” the state under Democratic Gov. Tim Walz.
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • August 8, 2024
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on December 15, 2023 a Concord, New Hampshire Town Hall:
U.S. tax dollars “have gone to promote transgenderism in Bangladesh.”
Half-True
By Grace Abels • January 12, 2024
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on January 4, 2024 a CNN town hall:
In Florida, “income growth is top of the chart.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 8, 2024
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on December 6, 2023 the fourth Republican presidential primary debate:
Discussing gender-affirming surgical care for minors, said that Sweden “shut it down.”
Half-True
By Grace Abels • December 18, 2023
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on October 24, 2023 a town hall in New Hampshire:
“The Republicans and Trump funded $400 million in March of 2020 for mail ballots.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 31, 2023
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on July 9, 2023 an interview with Fox News' Maria Bartiromo:
Federal “agencies and government have grown 50% since 2019.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson, Sevana Wenn • July 13, 2023
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on June 7, 2023 a roundtable discussion.:
“A place like California, they give (immigrants in the country illegally) benefits. They give unemployment checks.”
Half-True
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • June 9, 2023
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on October 22, 2021 a Facebook post:
“The nation reported adding 194,000 jobs in September, and Florida accounted for 84,500.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 27, 2021
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on June 16, 2021 a press conference:
“That meth … it’s almost all coming across the southern border and it’s been accelerating for the last six months.”
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • June 21, 2021
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on November 30, 2020 a press conference:
“The states that are locked down are increasing at twice the rate we are” in Florida
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • December 2, 2020
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on April 14, 2020 an April 14, 2020 press briefing:
“Obesity is, like, the No. 1 factor in whether you really get hit hard by COVID-19.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • April 17, 2020
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on September 2, 2018 a radio interview:
Says Andrew Gillum "wants to abolish ICE and doesn't believe in doing any type of immigration enforcement."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • September 11, 2018
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on June 2, 2018 during a BBQ :
"The bulk of the problem with the opioid epidemic is the fentanyl and all the synthetic drugs coming across the southern border."  
Half-True
By Allison Graves • June 7, 2018
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on May 2, 2018 during an interview:
Says Adam Putnam "opposed bringing troops, putting troops on our southern border using the National Guard."
Half-True
By Allison Graves • May 7, 2018