“George Soros has endorsed (Ron) DeSantis for 2024.”
What PolitiFact found
The Gateway Pundit article took remarks George Soros made about the 2024 presidential election out of context. The liberal billionaire did not endorse Gov. Ron DeSantis. Instead, Soros hoped for a "Democratic landslide."
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
The Gateway Pundit (a conservative website) made this claim around 16 February 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 23 February 2023, 7 days later. Its rating was “False”.
The Gateway Pundit has 10 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 8 of them false or fake, 2 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttps://web.archive.org/web/20230218214536/https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/02/kiss-…
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Related checks
- FactCheck.org: False“George Soros endorses Gov. Ron DeSantis for President.”