“That meth … it’s almost all coming across the southern border and it’s been accelerating for the last six months.”
Ron DeSantis
Florida governor. in a press conference. Claim dated 16 Jun 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisHalf True
What PolitiFact found
The DEA has said that most of the meth in the U.S. comes from the southwest border. Meth seizure at the southwest border has been increasing for years.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Ron DeSantis (Florida governor) made this claim around 16 June 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 21 June 2021, 5 days later. Its rating was “Half True”.
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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