Ron DeSantis: half truth


  Article: 2024 First Republican Presidental Debate
  Published: October 25, 2023

half truthsee definition - a statement that is essentially true, but lacking critical information and presented as the whole truth.
: DeSantis brings up a botched late-term abortion, without mentioning the abortion he cites was performed in 1955 by a family member with a hanger, when abortion was still outlawed.[14]



  Article: 2024 First Republican Presidental Debate
  Published: October 25, 2023

half truthsee definition - a statement that is essentially true, but lacking critical information and presented as the whole truth.
: DeSantis mentions that crime is at a 50-year low in Florida, without mentioning that it's been at a 50-year low in Florida every year since 2008.[12]



  Article: Cherry Picking an Opponent's Record
  Published: November 01, 2018

half truthsee definition - a statement that is essentially true, but lacking critical information and presented as the whole truth.
: DeSantis explains preexisting conditions were covered "in a way that would lower premiums for other people," without saying that way is by dramatically increasing rates for those with preexisting conditions.[2]