“Video clips show Gov. Ron DeSantis supported COVID-19 lockdowns”
MAGA Inc
PAC. Claim dated 24 May 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisMisleading
What PolitiFact found
The clips of DeSantis are real, but the video omits context. Some of DeSantis’ statements came early in the pandemic, when virtually all governors oversaw lockdowns. And Trump praised DeSantis for his pandemic response.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
MAGA Inc (PAC) made this claim around 24 May 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 25 May 2023, 1 day later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
MAGA Inc has 10 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 1 of them false or fake, 9 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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