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Latest Fact-Checks In Florida

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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.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Matthew Crowley • May 31, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on May 26, 2023 in an Instagram post:
“Miami-Dade County has banned” Amanda Gorman’s poem “from elementary schools.”
Mostly False
By Jeff Cercone • 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.
False
By Maria Briceño • May 30, 2023
MAGA Inc
stated on May 24, 2023 in an ad:
“Ron DeSantis voted against the wall.”
Mostly False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • May 26, 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”.
False
By Maria Briceño • May 26, 2023
Francis Suarez
stated on May 21, 2023 in a TV interview:
“Just last year,” Miami-Dade Public Schools “had over 14,000 new children, 10,000 of which came from four countries of Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Haiti.”
True
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • May 23, 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 !!!”
False
By Maria Briceño • May 18, 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
Ron DeSantis
stated on May 5, 2023 in an interview with Newsmax:
“Donald Trump himself wrote a book where he was talking about the need to increase the age of eligibility for Social Security to 70.”
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • May 12, 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”.
False
By Maria Briceño • May 11, 2023
TikTok posts
stated on May 4, 2023 in a TikTok:
Florida lawmakers danced “after passing anti-trans legislation.”
Mostly False
By Sara Swann • May 5, 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,” benefiting Walt Disney Co.
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 ballots, hand count, etc.).”
False
By Amy Sherman • May 3, 2023
Ron DeSantis
stated on April 13, 2023 in a speech:
Florida has “the second lowest tax burden per capita in the United States.”
Mostly True
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • April 19, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on March 16, 2023 in una publicación de Facebook:
“¡Florida emergencia! Huracán Ian golpe directo”.
False
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.”
False
By Amy Sherman • April 11, 2023
Ron DeSantis
stated on March 20, 2023 in a news conference:
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg “has downgraded over 50% of the felonies to misdemeanors.”
True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • April 8, 2023
X posts
stated on April 3, 2023 in a Tweet:
“Florida man charged with a hate crime” for defacing pride crosswalk.
Mostly False
By Grace Abels • April 7, 2023
TikTok posts
stated on March 31, 2023 in a video:
A video shows Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis saying, “Now Trump’s been indicted, now the people will have no choice but to accept me as their assigned candidate.”
Pants on Fire!
By Gabrielle Settles • April 7, 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
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