PolitiFact found at least two instances of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis condemning the violence that erupted at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. He has not characterized the riot as an insurrection.
Although Florida is the state with the largest number of people arrested in connection with the attack, DeSantis has referenced the Jan. 6 riots sparingly. That reticence led his"Just your weekly reminder that Ron DeSantis still hasn't condemned the Jan. 6 insurrection OR denounced the election Big Lie," CristCrist has repeated such rhetoric at least seven times on Twitter. With the House select committee hearings on the Jan.
PolitiFact found no other direct condemnation of the riot by DeSantis in Google search results or the Nexis news database. When we asked Crist's campaign about his claim, press secretary Sam Ramirez said DeSantis has remarked on the violence at the Capitol,"but not the insurrection itself."Featured Fact-check
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