“Think about what's happening to our country. Just this week, we saw the news that a school in Brooklyn, New York, had the kids stay home. They were not able to go to school, (were) told, ‘You can’t go get an in-person education.’ Why? Because the city's commandeering the school to house illegal aliens in it.”
Ron DeSantis
Florida Governor and Republican presidential candidate. Claim dated 11 Jan 2024.
PolitiFact rated thisomits key details
What PolitiFact found
This characterization omits key details. He’s referring to a single-day displacement because of severe weather. No migrants remain in the school.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Ron DeSantis (Florida Governor and Republican presidential candidate) made this claim around 11 January 2024. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 11 January 2024. Its rating was “omits key details”.
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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