“There's not been a single book banned in the state of Florida.”
Ron DeSantis
Florida governor and candidate for president. Claim dated 24 May 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
DeSantis said in a press statement in March that 23 school districts had removed 175 books.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Ron DeSantis (Florida governor and candidate for president) made this claim around 24 May 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 31 May 2023, 7 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.
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