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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 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, Marta Campabadal Graus • 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, Marta Campabadal Graus • October 4, 2023
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