“Says Joe Biden has driven the current coronavirus surge because he “imported more virus from around the world by having a wide open southern border.”
What PolitiFact found
Illegal immigration may be a contributing factor to the coronavirus’ spread, but the available evidence suggests another explanation: low vaccination rates.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Ron DeSantis (Florida governor) made this claim around 4 August 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 6 August 2021, 2 days later. 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.
Where the claim appeared
- whitehouse.govhttps://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/08/03/remarks-by-president…
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