“A central bank digital currency would allow the Federal Reserve to control Americans’ spending.”
What PolitiFact found
Even if leaders decided they wanted to block Americans’ everyday purchases this way — and there’s no indication they do — current law would not allow it. Privacy-concerns Americans would likely balk, too.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Ron DeSantis (Florida governor) made this claim around 1 April 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 12 April 2023, 11 days later. Its rating was “Not imminent and likely unlawful”.
Ron DeSantis has 64 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 17 of them false or fake, 38 misleading or mixed and 2 true.
Where the claim appeared
- c-span.orghttps://www.c-span.org/video/?527097-1/governor-ron-desantis-speaks-pennsylvania-leadersh…
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