When DeSantis lies, Democracy Dies.
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Below is a selection of Florida Governor Ron (the Con) DeSantis’ lies as fact checked by Politifact.
- March 2, 2022, in a press conference: Wearing masks is “COVID theater” and “not doing anything.”
- January 11, 2018, in a event at the Heritage Foundation: In one year, the United Nations “did 24 resolutions and 20 of them were against Israel.”
- January17, 2023, in a press conference: “Almost every study now has said with these new boosters, you’re more likely to get infected with the bivalent booster.”
- October 24, 2022, in a gubernatorial debate: It’s not true that “the United States was built on stolen land.”
- July 30, 2021, in an executive order: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recent guidance on students and masking “lacks a well-grounded scientific justification.”
- August 4, 2022, in a press conference: “They are literally chopping off the private parts of young kids.”
- June 30, 2022, in a press release: The Civics Secures Democracy Act “would allow the Biden administration to buy off states with $6 billion” if they adopt critical race theory.
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Office of Governor Ron DeSantis
State of Florida
The Capitol
400 S. Monroe St.
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0001
(850) 717-9337
Email: https://www.flgov.com/email-the-governor/
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