“Says Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried “spent millions of dollars to put her face on every gas pump across this state.”
Ron DeSantis
Republican Governor of Florida. During a press conference.. Claim dated 2 Jun 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly False
What PolitiFact found
The stickers cost about $5,000, not "millions of dollars."
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Ron DeSantis (Republican Governor of Florida) made this claim around 2 June 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 4 June 2021, 2 days later. Its rating was “Mostly 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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