“The proposal to put golf courses, hotels in Florida state parks “was something that was leaked. … a lot of that stuff was half-baked and was not ready for prime time.”
What PolitiFact found
The initiative to build golf courses, hotels and more in nine Florida state parks was not an undeveloped idea. There were publicly shared plans, documents and scheduled public meetings across the state.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Ron DeSantis (Florida Governor) made this claim around 28 August 2024. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 30 August 2024, 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.
This check was done by PolitiFact, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.