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Latest Fact-Checks On Ron DeSantis

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Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on August 28, 2024 a press conference
The proposal to put golf courses, hotels in Florida state parks “was something that was leaked. … a lot of that stuff was half-baked and was not ready for prime time.”
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By Samantha Putterman • August 29, 2024
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on February 27, 2024 an interview on CNBC
Citizens Property Insurance “is not solvent.”
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By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • March 14, 2024
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on January 10, 2024 a debate
“Biden’s let in 8 million people just in four years.”
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By Maria Ramirez Uribe • January 11, 2024
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on November 30, 2023 Fox News' “The Great Red vs. Blue State Debate."
“Your minor child can go to California without your knowledge or without your consent, and get hormone therapy, puberty blockers and a sex change operation.”
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By Grace Abels • December 11, 2023
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on September 29, 2023 a speech
Six million or 7 million people have “come illegally under Biden.”
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By Samantha Putterman • October 4, 2023
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on August 4, 2023 a town hall
“We’ve eliminated critical race theory in our K through 12 schools.”
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By Samantha Putterman • August 14, 2023
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on July 30, 2023 a post
"Illinois is now letting illegal aliens become police officers."
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By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Nuria Diaz Muñoz • August 11, 2023
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on June 29, 2023 a tweet
Donald Trump is an “affirmative action advocate.”
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By Louis Jacobson • June 30, 2023
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on October 2, 2022 an interview with CNN
Lee County, Florida, wasn't "even in the cone" of Hurricane Ian 72 hours before landfall.
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By Yacob Reyes • October 4, 2022
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on August 4, 2022 a press conference
"They are literally chopping off the private parts of young kids."
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By Yacob Reyes • August 10, 2022
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on April 29, 2022 a press conference
“The student debt that is out there, almost 60% of it is graduate school debt.”
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By Yacob Reyes • May 5, 2022
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on February 7, 2022 a news conference
Says the Biden administration’s Unaccompanied Alien Children process has “no vetting, no transparency.”
Mostly False
By Yacob Reyes • February 18, 2022
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on January 21, 2022 campaign ad
Clips of Dr. Anthony Fauci show he “flip-flopped” on guidance for wearing masks, whether kids should be in school and whether people should change how they interact.
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February 8, 2022
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on January 25, 2022 a tweet
“Without a shred of clinical data to support its decision, the Biden Administration has revoked the emergency use authorization for lifesaving monoclonal antibody treatments.”
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By Gabrielle Settles, Jon Greenberg • January 31, 2022
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on June 2, 2021 a press conference
Says Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried “spent millions of dollars to put her face on every gas pump across this state.”
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By Jon Greenberg • June 4, 2021
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on April 19, 2021 a speech
“If you look at some of these places that (reduced police funding), they’ve already seen crime go up."
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By Miriam Valverde • May 4, 2021
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on February 2, 2021 a press conference
The result of lockdowns “has been the destruction of millions of lives across America as well as increased deaths from suicide, substance abuse and despair without any corresponding benefit in Covid mortality.”
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By Phil Galewitz • February 23, 2021
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on March 5, 2019 his State of the State address
"I’ve already traveled to Washington, D.C., and secured a historic commitment from the Trump administration to provide assistance to the communities that Michael battered."
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By Amy Sherman • March 7, 2019
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on October 30, 2018 an interview
Says that Andrew Gillum said, "Police and prisons have no place in justice."
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By Kyra Haas • November 6, 2018
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on July 16, 2018 an interview on Fox News
Says John Brennan "was a member of the Communist Party during the Cold War."
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By Heaven Taylor-Wynn • July 19, 2018