“DeSantis called China ‘Florida’s most important trading partner.’”
What Washington Post found
DeSantis never said this
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
SFA Fund (Pro-Nikki Haley Super PAC) made this claim around 3 January 2024. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 6 January 2024, 3 days later. Its rating was “Four Pinocchios”.
SFA Fund has 4 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 4 of them false or fake, 0 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Two other organisations checked what looks like the same claim. Their ratings are listed below.
Also checked by
- PolitiFact: False“Gov. Ron DeSantis “called China ‘Florida’s most important trading partner.’”
- FactCheck.org: False“DeSantis called China ‘Florida’s most important trading partner.”
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://youtu.be/IsFCeObOyxU
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