“In Congress Ron DeSantis pushed a 23% national sales tax.”
MAGA Inc
PAC. Claim dated 12 May 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisHalf True
What PolitiFact found
While in Congress, DeSantis was one of multiple co-sponsors of the Fair Tax Act which would set a national sales tax in lieu of other federal taxes such as the income tax. He has not called for such a policy as governor.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
MAGA Inc (PAC) made this claim around 12 May 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 16 May 2023, 4 days later. Its rating was “Half 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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