“Gov. Ron DeSantis “actually sponsored the bill to make Puerto Rico a state.”
MAGA Inc
pro-Trump PAC. Claim dated 28 Oct 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly True
What PolitiFact found
In 2018, DeSantis was one of 58 lawmakers who co-sponsored the Puerto Rico Admission Act. The bill had broad bipartisan support, including among Florida House members.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
MAGA Inc (pro-Trump PAC) made this claim around 28 October 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 2 November 2023, 5 days later. Its rating was “Mostly True”.
MAGA Inc has 10 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 1 of them false or fake, 9 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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