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Latest Fact-Checks On Ron DeSantis

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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 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.
Mostly True
By Samantha Putterman • October 30, 2025
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 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.”
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • August 29, 2024
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 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 February 27, 2024 an interview on CNBC
Citizens Property Insurance “is not solvent.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • March 14, 2024
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.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • January 23, 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 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 10, 2024 a debate
“Biden’s let in 8 million people just in four years.”
Mostly False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • January 11, 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 January 2, 2024 a town hall
Donald Trump “deported less, believe it or not, than Barack Obama even did."
True
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • January 4, 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 December 12, 2023 a CNN town hall
Florida “had a year-over-year reduction” in overdose deaths.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • December 14, 2023
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.”
Mostly False
By Grace Abels • December 11, 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 September 29, 2023 a speech
Six million or 7 million people have “come illegally under Biden.”
Mostly False
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.”
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • August 14, 2023
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