Fact check: The inaccuracies in Trump, DeSantis and Haley’s speeches at the Moms for Liberty convention
Trump repeatedly accused President Joe Biden and the Department of Justice of trying to interfere with the 2024 presidential election by having him arrested.
“I was arrested,” Trump exclaimed, drawing laughter from the crowd while claiming that his legal troubles are caused by his poll numbers. “Every time they go up, they get more and more radicalized and vicious.”
“They rigged the presidential election of 2020, and we’re not going to allow them to rig the presidential election of 2024,” Trump said while claiming Democrats “used COVID to cheat.”
Moms for Liberty’s founding is rooted in pushback to COVID-19 policies in Florida.
Trump has relied on a series of debunked claims about voting in Pennsylvania to insist that he was cheated out of winning in 2020.
Schools that have defended the book say it isn’t pornographic and provides value to students coming to terms with their identities. Critics note books targeted by Moms for Liberty and other groups disproportionately are about or written by LGBTQ people and people of color.
DeSantis also falsely claimed California parents can lose custody of children who identify as transgender if they do not consent to gender-affirming health care.
That falsehood, which has spread widely on social media, misrepresents a bill in the state that would allow minors 12 and older to receive mental health counseling or therapy without parental consent. It contains no provisions for removing children from the custody of their parents or guardians, and does not allow for gender-affirming surgeries without parental consent.
DeSantis celebrated Florida’s ban of “critical race theory” from schools and of diversity, equity, and inclusion programming
Fact check: The inaccuracies in Trump, DeSantis and Haley’s speeches at the Moms for Liberty convention
Trump repeatedly accused President Joe Biden and the Department of Justice of trying to interfere with the 2024 presidential election by having him arrested.
“I was arrested,” Trump exclaimed, drawing laughter from the crowd while claiming that his legal troubles are caused by his poll numbers. “Every time they go up, they get more and more radicalized and vicious.”
“They rigged the presidential election of 2020, and we’re not going to allow them to rig the presidential election of 2024,” Trump said while claiming Democrats “used COVID to cheat.”
Moms for Liberty’s founding is rooted in pushback to COVID-19 policies in Florida.
Trump has relied on a series of debunked claims about voting in Pennsylvania to insist that he was cheated out of winning in 2020.
Schools that have defended the book say it isn’t pornographic and provides value to students coming to terms with their identities. Critics note books targeted by Moms for Liberty and other groups disproportionately are about or written by LGBTQ people and people of color.
DeSantis also falsely claimed California parents can lose custody of children who identify as transgender if they do not consent to gender-affirming health care.
That falsehood, which has spread widely on social media, misrepresents a bill in the state that would allow minors 12 and older to receive mental health counseling or therapy without parental consent. It contains no provisions for removing children from the custody of their parents or guardians, and does not allow for gender-affirming surgeries without parental consent.
DeSantis celebrated Florida’s ban of “critical race theory” from schools and of diversity, equity, and inclusion programming