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Latest Fact-Checks On Ron DeSantis

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Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on March 2, 2022 a press conference:
Wearing masks is “COVID theater” and “not doing anything.”
False
By Yacob Reyes • March 4, 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.
Mostly False
By Jeff Cercone • 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.”
Mostly False
By Gabrielle Settles, Jon Greenberg • January 31, 2022
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 September 13, 2021 remarks at an event in Gainesville, Fla.:
People who “have recovered (from COVID-19) have very strong immunity.”
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • September 15, 2021
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on July 30, 2021 an executive order:
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recent guidance on students and masking “lacks a well-grounded scientific justification.”
False
By Victoria Knight • August 10, 2021
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on August 4, 2021 a press conference:
Says Joe Biden has driven the current coronavirus surge because he “imported more virus from around the world by having a wide open southern border.”
False
By Louis Jacobson, Miriam Valverde • August 6, 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 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.”
Mostly False
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."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • May 4, 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."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • March 19, 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.”
Mostly False
By Phil Galewitz • February 23, 2021
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on February 11, 2021 a fundraising email:
Says Joe Biden “is trying to shut FL’s border.”
False
By Noah Y. Kim • February 12, 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 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.”
Mostly True
By Phil Galewitz • August 20, 2020
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on June 26, 2020 a press conference:
"I would do press events in May, I would never be asked about coronavirus.''
False
By Amy Sherman • July 3, 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 April 9, 2020 a meeting:
"This particular pandemic is one where I don’t think nationwide, there’s been a single fatality under 25."
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • April 10, 2020
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."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 7, 2019
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