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stated on September 1, 2023 in a post on X:

A video shows Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis dropping out of the 2024 presidential race.

By Loreben Tuquero • September 7, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on August 29, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Video shows Clearwater Beach during Hurricane Idalia.

By Ciara O'Rourke • September 6, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on August 30, 2023 in a Facebook post:

A new Florida law says “a father must submit a DNA test before signing the birth certificates.”

By Samantha Putterman • September 6, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on August 27, 2023 in a Facebook post:

The mothers of Major League Soccer players “file complaint against Leo Messi.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • August 30, 2023
Donald Trump
stated on July 29, 2023 in a speech:

Says Gov. Ron DeSantis “opposed my China tariffs and he heartlessly opposed” $28 billion for farm relief, which was paid for by China.

By Samantha Putterman • August 8, 2023
Ron DeSantis
stated on July 18, 2023 in an interview:

“In some liberal states, you actually have post-birth abortions.”

By Samantha Putterman • July 21, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on July 17, 2023 in an Instagram post:

"Florida to ban mRNA vaccines as credible evidence of biological weapons."

By Tom Kertscher • July 18, 2023
TikTok posts
stated on July 3, 2023 in un video en TikTok:

"Tejas, Florida y otros estados acaban de anunciar que le darán papeles a todos los inmigrantes indocumentados".

By Maria Briceño • July 12, 2023
Ron DeSantis
stated on June 17, 2023 in a tweet:

Protests of (Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence) at a Los Angeles Dodgers game led to a "virtually empty stadium for the game itself.”

By Jeff Cercone • June 19, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on May 27, 2023 in una publicación de Facebook:

Video muestra un arresto de "inmigrantes en Florida".

By Marta Campabadal Graus • June 8, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on June 2, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook:

Disney "acaba de publicar" que no puedes entrar a sus parques en Florida y California "sin que tus hijos reconozcan que no le pueden llamar a un niño él o ella".

By Maria Briceño • June 6, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on May 22, 2023 in a post:

Video shows boxes of books removed from a middle school library that were “banned by the DeSantis regime in Florida.”

By Gabrielle Settles • June 1, 2023
Ron DeSantis
stated on May 24, 2023 in a Twitter Spaces event:

“There's not been a single book banned in the state of Florida.”

By Matthew Crowley • May 31, 2023
TikTok posts
stated on May 24, 2023 in a TikTok post:

Says Ron DeSantis said Puerto Rico’s flag can’t be displayed in Florida.

By Maria Briceño • May 30, 2023
TikTok posts
stated on May 23, 2023 in una publicación en TikTok:

Ron DeSantis "firmó una ley para prohibir exhibir la bandera de Puerto Rico en público".

By Maria Briceño • May 26, 2023
TikTok posts
stated on May 14, 2023 in a TikTok post:

This video shows empty shelves at a Florida grocery store because truckers said “they were not delivering anything to Florida !!!”

By Maria Briceño • May 18, 2023
TikTok posts
stated on May 5, 2023 in una publicación en TikTok:

Este video muestra "gente saliendo de Florida por nueva orden que se aprobó ley antimigrante”.

By Maria Briceño • May 11, 2023
Donald Trump
stated on April 30, 2023 in a Truth Social post:

A Florida elections bill “guts everything” “instead of getting tough, and doing what the people want (same day voting, Voter ID, proof of Citizenship, paper ballots, hand count, etc.).”

By Amy Sherman • May 3, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on March 16, 2023 in una publicación de Facebook:

“¡Florida emergencia! Huracán Ian golpe directo”.

By Marta Campabadal Graus • April 14, 2023
Ron DeSantis
stated on April 6, 2023 in a speech:

When migrants arrived on Martha’s Vineyard, “They called out the National Guard and deported them within 24 hours.”

By Amy Sherman • April 11, 2023
Tweets
stated on March 13, 2023 in a tweet:

“No one got (a) dime” from the $70 million raised for the Florida Disaster Fund.

By Loreben Tuquero • March 24, 2023
Kat Cammack
stated on March 2, 2023 in a speech at CPAC:

The Justice Department has been “calling parents that are concerned about what their kids are being taught, they are labeling them terrorists.”

By Madison Czopek • March 2, 2023
The Gateway Pundit
stated on February 16, 2023 in an article:

"George Soros has endorsed (Ron) DeSantis for 2024."

By Yacob Reyes • February 23, 2023
Rick Scott
stated on February 7, 2023 in an ad:

President Joe Biden “cheated on his taxes and got away with it.”

By Louis Jacobson • February 10, 2023
Ron DeSantis
stated on January 17, 2023 in a press conference:

"Almost every study now has said with these new boosters, you're more likely to get infected with the bivalent booster."

By Yacob Reyes • January 20, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on November 11, 2022 in a video shared on Instagram:

It’s proof of “voter fraud” that it takes some states days to count 2 million votes while Florida results were available on election night.

By Madison Czopek • November 16, 2022
Rebekah Jones
stated on October 26, 2022 in a post on Instagram:

Document shows Rebekah Jones “demonstrated” a violation of Florida’s Whistleblower Act.

By Sara Swann • November 1, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on September 30, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Judge Aileen Cannon “loses her license.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 6, 2022
Rick Scott
stated on October 2, 2022 in a television interview:

Kamala Harris said about Hurricane Ian that “if you have a different skin color, you're going to get relief faster.”

By Jeff Cercone • October 3, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on September 28, 2022 in a Facebook post:

"The true meaning of Hurricane," or Her-ricane, is the spirit of "the African woman who has been stolen."

By Yacob Reyes • September 29, 2022

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