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Vivek Ramaswamy, Republican presidential candidate

“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.”

PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True

PolitiFact says: DeSantis signed a bill in 2021 that sought to punish social media companies for deplatforming. Just before passage, legislators added a carve-out to the bill to protect Disney.

Rep. Ro Khanna, Democratic congressman

“When Donald Trump was president, "I disagreed with a lot of his policies, but I voted to raise the debt ceiling. I voted to pay our bills.”

FactCheck.org rated this: Spins the Facts

FactCheck.org says: The California Democrat voted on two occasions to raise the debt limit, but not on Feb. 9, 2018, when he voted against the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, which raised the debt ceiling by more than $1.5 trillion.