“I know a lady in Florida named Penny. She survived multiple abortion attempts. She was left discarded in a pan. Fortunately, her grandmother saved her and brought her to a different hospital.”
Ron DeSantis
Florida governor (R). remarks during the Republican primary debate in Milwaukee. Claim dated 23 Aug 2023.
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Ron DeSantis (Florida governor (R)) made this claim around 23 August 2023. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 7 September 2023, 15 days later. Its rating was “Cannot be verified”.
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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- rollcall.comhttps://rollcall.com/2023/08/24/transcript-gop-presidential-hopefuls-debate-in-milwaukee/
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