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In July 2022, we received mail from our readers that asked us to look into the veracity of a viral Facebook post about the life of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. The post, which appeared to originate in May 2021 and was later copied and pasted by a large number of users, laid out what it claimed were a number of accomplishments in DeSantis' law and military careers. In our research, we found a variety of sources that confirmed that the key points made in the viral copypasta were accurate. The viral Facebook post about DeSantis' life began with the following bit about an April 2021 segment on the CBS News program, 60 Minutes: The controversy surrounding the episode of 60 Minutes was addressed in an opinion piece published by Poynter. According to the article, the news magazine TV show failed to provide substantial evidence after claiming that DeSantis gave the Publix grocery store chain preferential treatment to distribute COVID-19 vaccines. The charge was that DeSantis favored Publix simply because they donated to his campaign. He responded to the segment by calling it irresponsible and a lie. According to the Poynter article, it doesn’t appear as if DeSantis did anything wrong. The rest of the Facebook post recounted DeSantis' accomplishments before entering politics. It read as follows: We weren't able to find documentation to verify the exact dates cited for all of these items. However, we did confirm with the following sources that the key points and details about DeSantis' life and career in both law and the military are accurate.
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