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Latest Fact-Checks On Ron DeSantis

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Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on October 15, 2025 a speech:
In Florida, “68 to 70% of property tax revenue” is from “second homes, investment properties, commercial properties, Airbnb,” not primary residences.
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By Samantha Putterman • October 30, 2025
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on January 18, 2024 a CNN town hall in Henniker, N.H.:
“Florida state government (has the) lowest number of state employees per capita in the country.”
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By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • January 23, 2024
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on December 12, 2023 a CNN town hall:
Florida “had a year-over-year reduction” in overdose deaths.
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By Amy Sherman • December 14, 2023
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on May 25, 2023 a radio interview:
Donald Trump "wanted to amnesty 2 million illegal aliens in 2018 when he was president."
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By Maria Ramirez Uribe • June 5, 2023
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on May 5, 2023 an interview with Newsmax:
“Donald Trump himself wrote a book where he was talking about the need to increase the age of eligibility for Social Security to 70.”
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By Amy Sherman • May 12, 2023
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on April 13, 2023 a speech:
Florida has “the second lowest tax burden per capita in the United States.”
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By Maria Ramirez Uribe • April 19, 2023
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on September 13, 2021 remarks at an event in Gainesville, Fla.:
People who “have recovered (from COVID-19) have very strong immunity.”
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By Jon Greenberg • September 15, 2021
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on March 13, 2021 in an interview on Fox News:
"When I became governor, we banned sanctuary cities and we also did E-Verify."
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By Amy Sherman • March 19, 2021
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on August 10, 2020 during a televised roundtable discussion on education:
“The fact is that in terms of the risk to schoolkids, this is lower risk than seasonal influenza.”
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By Phil Galewitz • August 20, 2020
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on October 24, 2018 a debate at Broward College:
Says Andrew Gillum was "singing a different tune" about charter schools at the Florida debate.
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By Amy Sherman • October 29, 2018
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on September 23, 2018 CBS4 interview:
Says Andrew Gillum has presided over "the highest crime in Florida four years running."
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By Amy Sherman • October 8, 2018
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on June 28, 2018 a Fox News debate:
Says Adam Putnam "endorsed the Schumer-Obama Gang of Eight immigration amnesty."
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By Allison Graves • June 29, 2018
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on March 23, 2016 a House Oversight Committee National Security Subcommittee hearing:
"Recent reports state that the U.S. Customs and Border Protection has apprehended several members of known Islamist terrorist organizations crossing the southern border in recent years."
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By Joshua Gillin • April 4, 2016