“Attorney General Garland is weaponizing the DOJ by using the FBI to pursue concerned parents and silence them through intimidation. Florida will defend the free speech rights of its citizens and will not allow federal agents to squelch dissent.”
Ron DeSantis
Governor of Florida (R). in a tweet. Claim dated 5 Oct 2021.
Washington Post rated thisFour Pinocchios
In short
Ron DeSantis (Governor of Florida (R)) made this claim around 5 October 2021. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 15 October 2021, 10 days later. Its rating was “Four Pinocchios”.
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.
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