“This particular pandemic is one where I don’t think nationwide, there’s been a single fatality under 25.”
Ron DeSantis
Governor of Florida. Claim dated 9 Apr 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisPants on Fire
In short
Ron DeSantis (Governor of Florida) made this claim around 9 April 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 10 April 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “Pants on Fire”.
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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