“Florida sort of had a mandate because they were giving the vaccine, they were demanding everybody take the vaccine.”
What PolitiFact found
PolitiFact reviewed more than two dozen DeSantis press releases and news conferences from 2020 and 2021 about the vaccine rollout. We found no instance of DeSantis mandating vaccination.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (former president of the United States and 2024 candidate) made this claim around 15 September 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 15 September 2023. Its rating was “Pants on Fire”.
Donald Trump has 1,168 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 663 of them false or fake, 375 misleading or mixed and 13 true.
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