Latest Fact-checks in Florida Viral image stated on August 8, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows Ron DeSantis holding a shirt that says, “Your mask is as useless as Joe Biden.” Ron DeSantis stated on August 4, 2021 in a press conference: Says Joe Biden has driven the current coronavirus surge because he “imported more virus from around the world by having a wide open southern border.” Facebook posts stated on July 31, 2021 in a Facebook post: Two federal government buses “stopped in front of a Mexican restaurant in the very small town of Green Cove Springs Florida… The passengers were illegal immigrants, straight from the southern border.” Facebook posts stated on July 27, 2021 in a Facebook post: Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried “suspended gun rights — no due process — just because she says these people were merely ‘involved’ in January 6.” Marco Rubio stated on July 30, 2021 in a tweet: Photos show Lloyd Austin without a face shield after he landed in the Philippines. Erin Marie Olszewski stated on July 25, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Don’t believe the hype that Florida” COVID-19 “numbers are up. It’s a blatant lie.” Kamala Harris stated on July 9, 2021 in an interview: New and proposed state laws on voting mean “if you are going to be standing in that line for all those hours, you can’t have any water or any food.” Facebook posts stated on June 24, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Ivanka Trump was targeted in the Florida condominium building collapse. Viral image stated on June 23, 2021 in post on Facebook: Says Gov. Ron DeSantis “just signed legislation requiring students, faculty and staff at Florida’s public universities and colleges to register their political views with the state.” Ron DeSantis stated on June 16, 2021 in a press conference: “That meth … it’s almost all coming across the southern border and it’s been accelerating for the last six months.” Nikki Fried stated on June 9, 2021 in an interview with WINK TV: Gov. Ron DeSantis “signed a $1 billion tax increase on the people of our state, on our consumers, yet gave a $500 million tax break to our corporations." Ron DeSantis stated on June 2, 2021 in a press conference: Says Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried “spent millions of dollars to put her face on every gas pump across this state.” Ron DeSantis stated on April 19, 2021 in a speech: “If you look at some of these places that (reduced police funding), they’ve already seen crime go up." Facebook posts stated on March 30, 2021 in a Facebook post: U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz was the lone vote in the House against an anti-human trafficking bill. Pete Snyder stated on March 12, 2021 in a radio interview.: “There is no discernible difference between the spread and deaths of COVID in Virginia than there is in Florida.” Ron DeSantis stated on March 13, 2021 in in an interview on Fox News: "When I became governor, we banned sanctuary cities and we also did E-Verify." National Association for Gun Rights stated on March 1, 2021 in a Facebook post: "Marco Rubio's 'red flag' gun confiscation bill" calls for guns to be confiscated "without due process, based on unsubstantiated accusations." Rick Scott stated on March 1, 2021 in an interview with CBS News: The $1.9 trillion relief package is “about a bridge for Chuck Schumer, a tunnel for Nancy Pelosi.” Instagram posts stated on February 11, 2021 in an Instagram post: Due to differing lockdown orders, New York has more COVID-19 cases, deaths, hospitalizations and job losses than Florida, and New York also lags on vaccinations. Ron DeSantis stated on February 2, 2021 in a press conference: The result of lockdowns “has been the destruction of millions of lives across America as well as increased deaths from suicide, substance abuse and despair without any corresponding benefit in Covid mortality.” TikTok posts stated on January 30, 2021 in a sound: "Schools are trying to make a law that teachers can see girls' private parts to make sure they're not trans." Ron DeSantis stated on February 11, 2021 in a fundraising email: Says Joe Biden “is trying to shut FL’s border.” Viral image stated on February 9, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows Tampa Mayor Jane Castor maskless at Super Bowl. Facebook posts stated on December 16, 2020 in a Facebook post: President Donald Trump will hold his inauguration for a second term at Mar-a-Lago Donald Trump stated on December 9, 2020 in a tweet: “No candidate has ever won both Florida and Ohio and lost.” Rick Scott stated on November 16, 2020 in a television interview: Says Charles Schumer supports “putting everybody on the Medicare system. He wants the Green New Deal … reduce funding for the police.” Ron DeSantis stated on November 30, 2020 in a press conference: “The states that are locked down are increasing at twice the rate we are” in Florida Bloggers stated on November 4, 2020 in a Facebook post: “USPS failed to deliver 27% of mail-in ballots in South Florida” Facebook posts stated on November 1, 2020 in social media posts: Say Joe Biden told a crowd in Florida, "Hello Minnesota!" Facebook posts stated on October 24, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Donald Trump “voted twice” in the Nov. 3, 2020 election
Viral image stated on August 8, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows Ron DeSantis holding a shirt that says, “Your mask is as useless as Joe Biden.” Ron DeSantis stated on August 4, 2021 in a press conference: Says Joe Biden has driven the current coronavirus surge because he “imported more virus from around the world by having a wide open southern border.” Facebook posts stated on July 31, 2021 in a Facebook post: Two federal government buses “stopped in front of a Mexican restaurant in the very small town of Green Cove Springs Florida… The passengers were illegal immigrants, straight from the southern border.” Facebook posts stated on July 27, 2021 in a Facebook post: Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried “suspended gun rights — no due process — just because she says these people were merely ‘involved’ in January 6.” Marco Rubio stated on July 30, 2021 in a tweet: Photos show Lloyd Austin without a face shield after he landed in the Philippines. Erin Marie Olszewski stated on July 25, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Don’t believe the hype that Florida” COVID-19 “numbers are up. It’s a blatant lie.” Kamala Harris stated on July 9, 2021 in an interview: New and proposed state laws on voting mean “if you are going to be standing in that line for all those hours, you can’t have any water or any food.” Facebook posts stated on June 24, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Ivanka Trump was targeted in the Florida condominium building collapse. Viral image stated on June 23, 2021 in post on Facebook: Says Gov. Ron DeSantis “just signed legislation requiring students, faculty and staff at Florida’s public universities and colleges to register their political views with the state.” Ron DeSantis stated on June 16, 2021 in a press conference: “That meth … it’s almost all coming across the southern border and it’s been accelerating for the last six months.” Nikki Fried stated on June 9, 2021 in an interview with WINK TV: Gov. Ron DeSantis “signed a $1 billion tax increase on the people of our state, on our consumers, yet gave a $500 million tax break to our corporations." Ron DeSantis stated on June 2, 2021 in a press conference: Says Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried “spent millions of dollars to put her face on every gas pump across this state.” Ron DeSantis stated on April 19, 2021 in a speech: “If you look at some of these places that (reduced police funding), they’ve already seen crime go up." Facebook posts stated on March 30, 2021 in a Facebook post: U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz was the lone vote in the House against an anti-human trafficking bill. Pete Snyder stated on March 12, 2021 in a radio interview.: “There is no discernible difference between the spread and deaths of COVID in Virginia than there is in Florida.” Ron DeSantis stated on March 13, 2021 in in an interview on Fox News: "When I became governor, we banned sanctuary cities and we also did E-Verify." National Association for Gun Rights stated on March 1, 2021 in a Facebook post: "Marco Rubio's 'red flag' gun confiscation bill" calls for guns to be confiscated "without due process, based on unsubstantiated accusations." Rick Scott stated on March 1, 2021 in an interview with CBS News: The $1.9 trillion relief package is “about a bridge for Chuck Schumer, a tunnel for Nancy Pelosi.” Instagram posts stated on February 11, 2021 in an Instagram post: Due to differing lockdown orders, New York has more COVID-19 cases, deaths, hospitalizations and job losses than Florida, and New York also lags on vaccinations. Ron DeSantis stated on February 2, 2021 in a press conference: The result of lockdowns “has been the destruction of millions of lives across America as well as increased deaths from suicide, substance abuse and despair without any corresponding benefit in Covid mortality.” TikTok posts stated on January 30, 2021 in a sound: "Schools are trying to make a law that teachers can see girls' private parts to make sure they're not trans." Ron DeSantis stated on February 11, 2021 in a fundraising email: Says Joe Biden “is trying to shut FL’s border.” Viral image stated on February 9, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows Tampa Mayor Jane Castor maskless at Super Bowl. Facebook posts stated on December 16, 2020 in a Facebook post: President Donald Trump will hold his inauguration for a second term at Mar-a-Lago Donald Trump stated on December 9, 2020 in a tweet: “No candidate has ever won both Florida and Ohio and lost.” Rick Scott stated on November 16, 2020 in a television interview: Says Charles Schumer supports “putting everybody on the Medicare system. He wants the Green New Deal … reduce funding for the police.” Ron DeSantis stated on November 30, 2020 in a press conference: “The states that are locked down are increasing at twice the rate we are” in Florida Bloggers stated on November 4, 2020 in a Facebook post: “USPS failed to deliver 27% of mail-in ballots in South Florida” Facebook posts stated on November 1, 2020 in social media posts: Say Joe Biden told a crowd in Florida, "Hello Minnesota!" Facebook posts stated on October 24, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Donald Trump “voted twice” in the Nov. 3, 2020 election
Viral image stated on August 8, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows Ron DeSantis holding a shirt that says, “Your mask is as useless as Joe Biden.”
Ron DeSantis stated on August 4, 2021 in a press conference: Says Joe Biden has driven the current coronavirus surge because he “imported more virus from around the world by having a wide open southern border.”
Facebook posts stated on July 31, 2021 in a Facebook post: Two federal government buses “stopped in front of a Mexican restaurant in the very small town of Green Cove Springs Florida… The passengers were illegal immigrants, straight from the southern border.”
Facebook posts stated on July 27, 2021 in a Facebook post: Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried “suspended gun rights — no due process — just because she says these people were merely ‘involved’ in January 6.”
Marco Rubio stated on July 30, 2021 in a tweet: Photos show Lloyd Austin without a face shield after he landed in the Philippines.
Erin Marie Olszewski stated on July 25, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Don’t believe the hype that Florida” COVID-19 “numbers are up. It’s a blatant lie.”
Kamala Harris stated on July 9, 2021 in an interview: New and proposed state laws on voting mean “if you are going to be standing in that line for all those hours, you can’t have any water or any food.”
Facebook posts stated on June 24, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Ivanka Trump was targeted in the Florida condominium building collapse.
Viral image stated on June 23, 2021 in post on Facebook: Says Gov. Ron DeSantis “just signed legislation requiring students, faculty and staff at Florida’s public universities and colleges to register their political views with the state.”
Ron DeSantis stated on June 16, 2021 in a press conference: “That meth … it’s almost all coming across the southern border and it’s been accelerating for the last six months.”
Nikki Fried stated on June 9, 2021 in an interview with WINK TV: Gov. Ron DeSantis “signed a $1 billion tax increase on the people of our state, on our consumers, yet gave a $500 million tax break to our corporations."
Ron DeSantis stated on June 2, 2021 in a press conference: Says Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried “spent millions of dollars to put her face on every gas pump across this state.”
Ron DeSantis stated on April 19, 2021 in a speech: “If you look at some of these places that (reduced police funding), they’ve already seen crime go up."
Facebook posts stated on March 30, 2021 in a Facebook post: U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz was the lone vote in the House against an anti-human trafficking bill.
Pete Snyder stated on March 12, 2021 in a radio interview.: “There is no discernible difference between the spread and deaths of COVID in Virginia than there is in Florida.”
Ron DeSantis stated on March 13, 2021 in in an interview on Fox News: "When I became governor, we banned sanctuary cities and we also did E-Verify."
National Association for Gun Rights stated on March 1, 2021 in a Facebook post: "Marco Rubio's 'red flag' gun confiscation bill" calls for guns to be confiscated "without due process, based on unsubstantiated accusations."
Rick Scott stated on March 1, 2021 in an interview with CBS News: The $1.9 trillion relief package is “about a bridge for Chuck Schumer, a tunnel for Nancy Pelosi.”
Instagram posts stated on February 11, 2021 in an Instagram post: Due to differing lockdown orders, New York has more COVID-19 cases, deaths, hospitalizations and job losses than Florida, and New York also lags on vaccinations.
Ron DeSantis stated on February 2, 2021 in a press conference: The result of lockdowns “has been the destruction of millions of lives across America as well as increased deaths from suicide, substance abuse and despair without any corresponding benefit in Covid mortality.”
TikTok posts stated on January 30, 2021 in a sound: "Schools are trying to make a law that teachers can see girls' private parts to make sure they're not trans."
Ron DeSantis stated on February 11, 2021 in a fundraising email: Says Joe Biden “is trying to shut FL’s border.”
Viral image stated on February 9, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows Tampa Mayor Jane Castor maskless at Super Bowl.
Facebook posts stated on December 16, 2020 in a Facebook post: President Donald Trump will hold his inauguration for a second term at Mar-a-Lago
Donald Trump stated on December 9, 2020 in a tweet: “No candidate has ever won both Florida and Ohio and lost.”
Rick Scott stated on November 16, 2020 in a television interview: Says Charles Schumer supports “putting everybody on the Medicare system. He wants the Green New Deal … reduce funding for the police.”
Ron DeSantis stated on November 30, 2020 in a press conference: “The states that are locked down are increasing at twice the rate we are” in Florida
Bloggers stated on November 4, 2020 in a Facebook post: “USPS failed to deliver 27% of mail-in ballots in South Florida”
Facebook posts stated on November 1, 2020 in social media posts: Say Joe Biden told a crowd in Florida, "Hello Minnesota!"
Facebook posts stated on October 24, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Donald Trump “voted twice” in the Nov. 3, 2020 election
