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Ron DeSantis

Ron DeSantis

Ron DeSantis dropped out of the Republican primary for president on Jan. 21, 2024 days before the New Hampshire primary. DeSantis won the race for Florida governor in 2018 and 2022. DeSantis was first elected to Congress in 2012 and resigned in September 2018 to focus on his campaign. He represented Florida's 6th Congressional District which is south of St. Augustine and north of Orlando and includes Daytona Beach. DeSantis initially ran for U.S. Senate in 2016 but dropped out after Marco Rubio decided to seek re-election.

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Ron DeSantis
stated on April 27, 2026 in 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
stated on January 5, 2026 in 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
stated on October 15, 2025 in 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
stated on June 27, 2025 in a press briefing:
There is “zero impact” from Alligator Alcatraz on the Florida Everglades.
False
By Gabrielle Lazor • July 11, 2025
Ron DeSantis
stated on August 28, 2024 in 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…
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • August 29, 2024
Ron DeSantis
stated on August 6, 2024 in 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.…
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • August 8, 2024
Ron DeSantis
stated on April 23, 2024 in a news conference:
Florida’s Amendment 4 “will mandate abortion until the moment of birth.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • April 30, 2024
Ron DeSantis
stated on February 27, 2024 in an interview on CNBC:
Citizens Property Insurance “is not solvent.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • March 14, 2024
Ron DeSantis
stated on January 18, 2024 in 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
stated on January 21, 2024 in 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
stated on January 17, 2024 in 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
stated on December 15, 2023 in 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
stated on January 10, 2024 in 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
stated on January 4, 2024 in a CNN town hall:
In Florida, “income growth is top of the chart.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 8, 2024
Ron DeSantis
stated on January 2, 2024 in 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
stated on December 6, 2023 in 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
stated on December 12, 2023 in a CNN town hall:
Florida “had a year-over-year reduction” in overdose deaths.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • December 14, 2023
Ron DeSantis
stated on November 30, 2023 in 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
stated on October 24, 2023 in 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
stated on September 29, 2023 in 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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stated on January 21, 2025 in a Threads post:
President Donald Trump declared “a state of emergency in Florida because of snow.”
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By Ciara O'Rourke • January 24, 2025
Gavin Newsom
stated on November 19, 2023 in 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…
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • November 29, 2023
MAGA Inc
stated on October 28, 2023 in 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
Donald Trump
stated on September 14, 2023 in an interview with Megyn Kelly:
“Florida sort of had a mandate because they were giving the vaccine, they were demanding everybody take the vaccine.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman, Samantha Putterman • September 14, 2023
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stated on July 10, 2023 in an Instagram post:
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said in his yearbook that his “Mount Rushmore is Jesus, Sir-Mixes-a-Lot, and Nintendo 64.”
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • July 11, 2023
MAGA Inc
stated on May 12, 2023 in a TV ad:
“In Congress Ron DeSantis pushed a 23% national sales tax.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • May 16, 2023
Vivek Ramaswamy
stated on April 30, 2023 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed “a last-minute exception into an anti-discrimination law for anyone who also operates a theme park more than 25 acres in Florida,”…
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson, Matthew Crowley • May 4, 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…
False
By Amy Sherman • May 3, 2023
Donald Trump
stated on April 22, 2023 in a statement:
Gov. Ron DeSantis sealed “all beaches” in Florida.
Mostly False
By Yacob Reyes • April 3, 2023
DeSantis Watch
stated on March 4, 2023 in a digital advertisement:
“Ron DeSantis wants to raise the retirement age to 70.”
Mostly False
By Yacob Reyes • March 15, 2023
Fentrice Driskell
stated on March 7, 2023 in a press conference:
“$1 of every $3 (Ron DeSantis) spends comes from the federal government.”
True
By Yacob Reyes • March 9, 2023
The Gateway Pundit
stated on February 16, 2023 in an article:
“George Soros has endorsed (Ron) DeSantis for 2024.”
False
By Yacob Reyes • February 23, 2023
DeSantis Watch
stated on February 8, 2023 in a Facebook post:
“Ron DeSantis voted to cut $473 billion from Medicare.”
Half-True
By Yacob Reyes • February 22, 2023
Gavin Newsom
stated on January 30, 2023 in a tweet:
“(Ron) DeSantis’ bill would remove: background checks, instruction, training and oversight.”
Half-True
By Yacob Reyes • February 6, 2023
Lindsay Cross
stated on January 3, 2023 in a press release:
“Florida’s water is dirtier and sicker than when Gov. DeSantis first took office.”
Half-True
By Yacob Reyes • January 13, 2023
Donald Trump
stated on November 10, 2022 in a statement on Truth Social:
In the 2018 Florida governor’s race “votes were being stolen by the corrupt election process in Broward. … I sent in the FBI and the…
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman, Yacob Reyes • November 11, 2022
Charlie Crist
stated on October 24, 2022 in a gubernatorial debate:
“Crime is up under Governor DeSantis. Crime was down when I was your governor.”
Mostly False
By Yacob Reyes • October 28, 2022
Charlie Crist
stated on August 25, 2022 in a tweet:
Gov. Ron DeSantis raised “taxes on the middle class by more than $1.5 billion while giving away $624 million to big corporations.”
Mostly False
By Yacob Reyes • September 2, 2022
X posts
stated on August 11, 2022 in a tweet:
Video shows Ron DeSantis arguing with Sean Hannity
False
By Yacob Reyes • August 15, 2022
Charlie Crist
stated on July 14, 2022 in a campaign ad:
Ron DeSantis “opposes any background checks on guns, even for violent criminals.”
Mostly False
By Yacob Reyes • July 22, 2022
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