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Tweets
stated on May 8, 2022 in a tweet:

“Is ANYONE asking how Ron DeSantis was worth $340,000 in 2020 and is now worth $52 million?"

By Yacob Reyes • May 12, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on April 21, 2022 in a Facebook post:

“DeSantis erases Disney’s tax exempt law. Will cost Disney $200 Mil in taxes. Per year!”

By Yacob Reyes • April 27, 2022
Charlie Crist
stated on April 12, 2022 in an interview:

Says he has “always” believed “in a woman’s right to choose.”

By Yacob Reyes • April 22, 2022
Matt Gaetz
stated on March 31, 2022 in a Twitter thread:

“The price of insulin increases as waistlines increase.”

By Colleen DeGuzman • April 21, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on April 16, 2022 in a Facebook post:

"No one visiting Disney can get in” because of protest.

By Jeff Cercone • April 19, 2022
Ron DeSantis
stated on April 5, 2022 in a press conference:

New York City is “wasting taxpayer money on” billboards in Florida.

By Yacob Reyes • April 11, 2022
Val Demings
stated on March 6, 2022 in an ad:

"Marco Rubio is following his party bosses, like Rick Scott, with his plan to raise taxes on Florida's working families, retirees and veterans."

By Tom Kertscher • March 9, 2022
Ron DeSantis
stated on March 2, 2022 in a press conference:

Wearing masks is “COVID theater” and “not doing anything.”

By Yacob Reyes • March 4, 2022
Stand Up To China
stated on January 20, 2022 in an ad:

Build Back Better “would be a huge payday for Chinese manufacturing” and “would fill our streets with cars made with Chinese parts.”

By Tom Kertscher • February 28, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on January 31, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Hundreds of ‘illegals’ were dropped off at Florida hotel.

By Jeff Cercone • February 1, 2022
America First Political Committee
stated on January 10, 2022 in an ad:

Carlos Gimenez “wants a national database to track you and discriminate against you.”

By Tom Kertscher • January 19, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on November 23, 2021 in a Facebook post:

"Nancy Pelosi just bought a 11,000 square foot $25 million mansion in Florida."

By Andy Nguyen • November 29, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on October 21, 2021 in a Facebook post:

The remains of Brian Laundrie that were discovered in Florida belong to a twin.

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 26, 2021
TikTok posts
stated on October 20, 2021 in an Instagram post:

“So now if you don’t comply” and get a COVID-19 vaccination, and you’re on “Social Security or disability, you won’t be able to receive your money.”

By Tom Kertscher • October 21, 2021
Tweets
stated on October 10, 2021 in a tweet:

“Countless Southwest Airlines employees have walked out of their jobs to oppose the vaccine mandate, causing operations to effectively shut down.”

By Bill McCarthy • October 11, 2021
Rick Scott
stated on October 5, 2021 in a tweet:

"Joe Biden’s attorney general wants the FBI to go after parents for speaking out at school board meetings to protect kids from radical curriculum like critical race theory."

By Jon Greenberg • October 11, 2021
Viral image
stated on September 8, 2021 in a Facebook post:

"Florida has had 119 hurricanes since 1850,” yet experts are saying “the last one was due to climate change."

By Tom Kertscher • September 13, 2021
Viral image
stated on August 28, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Says the Tampa Bay Buccaneers owner paid for a Wall Street Journal ad critical of the president.

By Ciara O'Rourke • September 10, 2021
Viral image
stated on August 8, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Photo shows Ron DeSantis holding a shirt that says, “Your mask is as useless as Joe Biden.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • August 11, 2021
Ron DeSantis
stated on August 4, 2021 in 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.”

By Louis Jacobson • August 6, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on July 31, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Two federal government buses “stopped in front of a Mexican restaurant in the very small town of Green Cove Springs Florida… The passengers were illegal immigrants, straight from the southern border.”

By Amy Sherman • August 5, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on June 24, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Says Ivanka Trump was targeted in the Florida condominium building collapse.

By Tom Kertscher • June 25, 2021
Viral image
stated on June 23, 2021 in post on Facebook:

Says Gov. Ron DeSantis “just signed legislation requiring students, faculty and staff at Florida’s public universities and colleges to register their political views with the state.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • June 25, 2021
Pete Snyder
stated on March 12, 2021 in a radio interview.:

“There is no discernible difference between the spread and deaths of COVID in Virginia than there is in Florida.”

By Warren Fiske • March 30, 2021
Ron DeSantis
stated on February 11, 2021 in a fundraising email:

Says Joe Biden “is trying to shut FL’s border.”

By Noah Y. Kim • February 12, 2021
Viral image
stated on February 9, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Photo shows Tampa Mayor Jane Castor maskless at Super Bowl.

By Ciara O'Rourke • February 10, 2021
Rick Scott
stated on November 16, 2020 in a television interview:

Says Charles Schumer supports “putting everybody on the Medicare system. He wants the Green New Deal … reduce funding for the police.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • December 4, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on September 30, 2020 in a rally:

Says Joe Biden is a socialist.

By Amy Sherman • October 15, 2020
Republican Party of Florida
stated on October 8, 2020 in a tweet:

During the debate, Kamala Harris said President Donald Trump “did not appoint minorities to the courts.”

By Amy Sherman • October 9, 2020
Viral image
stated on July 21, 2020 in a viral image:

The CDC said it “made a mistake” and reduced its count of Florida COVID-19 cases from 90,000 to 11,000.

By Tom Kertscher • July 27, 2020

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