“I would do press events in May, I would never be asked about coronavirus.”
Ron DeSantis
Florida Governor. in a press conference. Claim dated 3 Jul 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
DeSantis held multiple press conferences in May where reporters asked him many pandemic-related questions about unemployment, reopening plans, testing and outbreaks.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Ron DeSantis (Florida Governor) made this claim around 3 July 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 3 July 2020. Its rating was “False”.
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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