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Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on January 11, 2024 a post
A video showing an orb exploding Jan. 1 at a Miami mall is proof that the Blue Beam project started.
Pants on Fire!
January 12, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 7, 2024 una publicación en Facebook
“Imágenes misteriosas muestran 'criatura de tipo alienígena de 10 pies de altura' flotando sobre los policías de Miami.”
Pants on Fire!
By Maria Briceño • January 9, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on January 5, 2024 an Instagram reel
Police responded to alien creatures at a Miami mall on Jan. 1, 2024.
Pants on Fire!
By Sara Swann • January 8, 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
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on December 15, 2023 a TikTok
“Almost a million people, mostly Democrats, have been kicked off the voter roll here in Florida” because of efforts to place a proposed amendment on abortion access on the state’s 2024 ballot.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • January 5, 2024
SFA Fund
SFA Fund
stated on December 28, 2023 a campaign ad
Gov. Ron DeSantis “called China ‘Florida’s most important trading partner.’”
False
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • January 4, 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 12, 2023 a CNN town hall
Florida “had a year-over-year reduction” in overdose deaths.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • December 14, 2023
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on November 30, 2023 a debate
"When (Ron DeSantis) was in Congress, he supported amnesty."
Mostly False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • December 5, 2023
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on November 19, 2023 a statement on X
In Florida, “any woman who has an abortion after six weeks — and any doctor who gives her care — will be guilty of a felony.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • November 29, 2023
Pink
Pink
stated on November 13, 2023 an X post
These 13 books “have been banned from schools in Florida.”
Mostly False
November 20, 2023
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on November 10, 2023 an interview
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis “did something six months ago” akin to Nikki Haley recruiting Chinese companies to South Carolina.
False
By Samantha Putterman • November 20, 2023
DeSantis Watch
DeSantis Watch
stated on November 8, 2023 a Spanish-language radio ad
Ron DeSantis “wants to cut Social Security and Medicare.”
Mostly False
By Maria Briceño • November 16, 2023
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 8, 2023 a rally in Hialeah
“Just like the Cuban regime, the Biden administration is trying to put their political opponents in jail, shutting down free speech.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Maria Briceño • November 15, 2023
Vivek Ramaswamy
Vivek Ramaswamy
stated on November 8, 2023 Republican primary debate
An exemption in a new Florida law “allowed Chinese nationals to buy land within a 20-mile radius of a military base, lobbied for by one of (Gov. Ron DeSantis’) donors.”
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • November 15, 2023
MAGA Inc
MAGA Inc
stated on October 28, 2023 a TV ad in Iowa
Gov. Ron DeSantis “actually sponsored the bill to make Puerto Rico a state.”
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • November 1, 2023
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 31, 2023 an X post
Rainbow fentanyl is a threat to children on Halloween.
False
By Sara Swann • October 31, 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
Never Back Down PAC
Never Back Down PAC
stated on October 16, 2023 a post on X
“Nikki Haley argues in support of bringing Gaza refugees to America.”
False
By Amy Sherman • October 20, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 31, 2023 a speech
“Under the Obama-Biden administration, we invested hundreds of millions of dollars in the state of Florida replacing wooden power poles with steel poles and we buried these electric lines."
False
By Amy Sherman • October 6, 2023
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