Ron DeSantis

“Since the 2020 census, Florida has "moved from a Democrat majority to a 1.5 million Republican advantage.”

PolitiFact says: The last time Florida Democrats led Republicans among all registered voters was in 2020. Republicans had been gaining on Democrats for years, taking the lead in 2021 and not relinquishing it since. While registered Demo…

“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.”

PolitiFact says: 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.

“In 2021, Minnesotans were roughly five times more likely to move to Florida than vice versa” because they were “fleeing” the state under Democratic Gov. Tim Walz.”

PolitiFact says: In 2021, almost 4 times as many Minnesotans moved to Florida than Floridians moved to Minnesota. For years, more people move from upper Midwestern states to Florida than the inverse, and predates Gov. Tim Walz's tenure

“Florida’s Amendment 4 "will mandate abortion until the moment of birth.”

PolitiFact says: Florida's abortion amendment doesn't mandate abortion until the moment of birth. The text says abortion could not be prohibited before fetal viability or when necessary to protect the pregnant woman's health.

“Florida state government (has the) lowest number of state employees per capita in the country.”

PolitiFact says: Florida has the smallest ratio of state government employees to population of any state. But the numbers change modestly when local government workers are factored in

“Winston Churchill dijo que “el éxito no es definitivo, el fracaso no es fatal: lo que cuenta es el valor de continuar”.”

“Says Winston Churchill said, “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”

PolitiFact says: The International Churchill Society, the Churchill Project at Hillsdale College and a Churchill historian have all previously said that Churchill never said that.

“Every booster you take, you’re more likely to get COVID as a result of it.”

PolitiFact says: Experts say there is no hard evidence that COVID-19 infection is greater in people who have had boosters.

“U.S. tax dollars “have gone to promote transgenderism in Bangladesh.”

PolitiFact says: The Bangladeshi population has long included communities of people who identify as "third-gender." Since 2018, U.S. foreign aid has gone to local nongovernmental organizations that work with the LGBTQ+ community.

“Biden’s let in 8 million people just in four years.”

PolitiFact says: Officials have stopped migrants 8.1 million times nationwide during Biden’s presidency. This data represents events, not people. Millions of encounters resulted in people resulted in people sent out of the U.S.

“El presidente Biden ha dejado entrar a 8 millones de personas sólo en cuatro años”.”

“President Joe Biden "let in 8 million people [on the southern border] just in four years. They all have to go back.”

FactCheck.org says: Many of them have already gone back.

“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.”

PolitiFact says: This characterization omits key details. He’s referring to a single-day displacement because of severe weather. No migrants remain in the school.

“In Florida, “income growth is top of the chart.”

PolitiFact says: Income growth is measurable in several ways, and using some of those statistics, Florida performs well compared with its peers. The one statistic that puts Florida No. 1 is wages, a narrower category than "income."

“Discussing gender-affirming surgical care for minors, said that Sweden “shut it down.”

PolitiFact says: Sweden’s restrictions on genital surgeries for minors trace to a 1970s sterilization law. Swedish health officials in 2022 issued guidelines limiting the use mastectomies for minors to "exceptional cases."

“Florida “had a year-over-year reduction” in overdose deaths.”

PolitiFact says: Florida had a 2.8% decrease in overdose deaths from 2021 to 2022 based on preliminary data for 2022.

“Your minor child can go to California without your knowledge or without your consent, and get hormone therapy, puberty blockers and a sex change operation.”

PolitiFact says: Children younger than 18 in California require parental consent to receive gender-affirming medical care. Under narrow circumstances, a child might be able to get care without one parent’s knowledge, but it is unlikely.

“100% of the things I promised as governor, I delivered on those promises.”

PolitiFact says: DeSantis has followed through on some of his campaign promises, but not all, PolitiFact’s DeSant-O-Meter promise tracker shows.

“Tu familia está menos segura debido a la frontera abierta” que ha permitido “la entrada de terroristas a este país”.”

“DeSantis deployed troops to the southern border to stop the invasion.”

PolitiFact says: DeSantis twice sent Florida National Guard service members to the southern border during Biden’s presidency. But it’s unclear how those deployments have affected illegal immigration mitigation.