Latest Fact-checksRon DeSantis Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Andrew Gillum stated on September 26, 2018 in an ad: "When (Ron DeSantis) was asked what cancer patients should do without health insurance, DeSantis said 'show up to the emergency room.'" Adam Putnam stated on July 17, 2018 in a TV ad: "Congressman DeSantis voted to cut Social Security and Medicare" and "voted to increase the retirement age." Adam Putnam stated on July 24, 2018 in a campaign ad from his political committee Florida Grown: "Congressman (Ron) DeSantis sponsored legislation to increase sales taxes by 23 percent, hurting families, destroying jobs, devastating tourism" Adam Putnam stated on June 28, 2018 in a Fox News Debate: Says Ron DeSantis "voted in an agricultural bill to give food stamps to illegal immigrants."
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Andrew Gillum stated on September 26, 2018 in an ad: "When (Ron DeSantis) was asked what cancer patients should do without health insurance, DeSantis said 'show up to the emergency room.'" Adam Putnam stated on July 17, 2018 in a TV ad: "Congressman DeSantis voted to cut Social Security and Medicare" and "voted to increase the retirement age." Adam Putnam stated on July 24, 2018 in a campaign ad from his political committee Florida Grown: "Congressman (Ron) DeSantis sponsored legislation to increase sales taxes by 23 percent, hurting families, destroying jobs, devastating tourism" Adam Putnam stated on June 28, 2018 in a Fox News Debate: Says Ron DeSantis "voted in an agricultural bill to give food stamps to illegal immigrants."
Andrew Gillum stated on September 26, 2018 in an ad: "When (Ron DeSantis) was asked what cancer patients should do without health insurance, DeSantis said 'show up to the emergency room.'"
Adam Putnam stated on July 17, 2018 in a TV ad: "Congressman DeSantis voted to cut Social Security and Medicare" and "voted to increase the retirement age."
Adam Putnam stated on July 24, 2018 in a campaign ad from his political committee Florida Grown: "Congressman (Ron) DeSantis sponsored legislation to increase sales taxes by 23 percent, hurting families, destroying jobs, devastating tourism"
Adam Putnam stated on June 28, 2018 in a Fox News Debate: Says Ron DeSantis "voted in an agricultural bill to give food stamps to illegal immigrants."