Florida Governor. 64 claims checked by other fact-checking organisations, from 2020 to 2026. The ratings are theirs, in their own words.
PolitiFact says: The CARES Act had bipartisan support and included funding to help election officials safely provide mail and in person voting during the pandemic.
PolitiFact says: This is an exaggeration. DeSantis' is conflating the number of times border patrol agents encountered migrants at entry points with the number of migrants who entered and remain in the U.S.
Washington Post says: Newspaper accounts and interviews tell a different story
PolitiFact says: This is misleading. DeSantis revels in his record of snubbing public health recommendations to curb COVID-19’s spread. But he largely omits the closures of schools and businesses that happened under his watch.
PolitiFact says: Educators, school officials and several Florida public school districts said critical race theory never has been part of Florida’s K-12 curriculums.
PolitiFact says: A new Illinois law expands eligibility for becoming police officers from only U.S. citizens to people who are legally allowed both to work in the U.S. and own a firearm. This includes legal permanent residents.
PolitiFact says: Federal spending is on track to grow 43% to 55% over 2019 levels by 2024, depending on the metric. But spending is an imperfect way to measure the size of "agencies and government."
PolitiFact says: El gobernador de Florida Ron DeSantis, presentó una plataforma inmigratoria que promete terminar con la ciudadanía por derecho de nacimiento. Hablamos con expertos legales sobre el tema.
PolitiFact says: When Trump was president, his administration banned transgender people in the military with some exceptions. It is one of a number of actions that LGBTQ+ advocates say contradict some of his supportive rhetoric.
PolitiFact says: In a 2015 interview, before he was president, Donald Trump said he was "fine" with affirmative action. Later, when Trump was president, his administration took several actions against affirmative action.
PolitiFact says: An award was given to a group that parodies nuns on LGBTQ Pride Night about an hour before the game when the stadium had few people. There were about 49,000 tickets sold for the game.
PolitiFact says: California provides some benefits to people in the country illegally, but not unemployment benefits. A bill that would approve this is in the state legislature. However, Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a similar bill last year.
PolitiFact says: DeSantis said in a press statement in March that 23 school districts had removed 175 books.
PolitiFact says: Florida had 15,149 Black-owned businesses, defined as a Black owner having at least a 51% equity share. California ranked second, with 13,729, and New York placed third, with 12,636.
PolitiFact says: In a book he co-wrote in 2000, Donald Trump warned that the Social Security trust fund would run out in decades. Trump called for solutions, which included raising the retirement age to 70.
PolitiFact says: Even if leaders decided they wanted to block Americans’ everyday purchases this way — and there’s no indication they do — current law would not allow it. Privacy-concerns Americans would likely balk, too.
PolitiFact says: A group of about 50 migrants who arrived on Martha’s Vineyard in September was relocated within days to a military base on nearby Cape Cod. They were not removed from the United States.
PolitiFact says: In 2022, Bragg's staff downgraded 52% of felonies that were screened to misdemeanors, an increase from prior years, though this is a common practice in other New York City boroughs.
FactCheck.org says: Two days after arriving at Martha's Vineyard, the migrants relocated to a Massachusetts military base with an emergency shelter. They were not removed from the U.S., according to lawyers representing the migrants.
PolitiFact says: Experts said DeSantis' conclusion could not be drawn from that study, adding that the research focused on health care employees, who are likelier to be exposed to COVID-19 and more likely to be vaccinated.