AP FactCheck: George Soros did not endorse DeSantis in 2024 presidential race

[FakeNoose]

(link) https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-george-soros-ron-desantis-endorse-896435416713

CLAIM: George Soros endorsed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as the Republican nominee for the 2024 presidential election.

AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. During a keynote address ahead of last week’s Munich Security Conference, Soros said he hopes for a scenario in which DeSantis runs for and wins the Republican nomination so that former President Donald Trump will run as a third-party candidate, paving the way for “a Democratic landslide.” He did not express personal support for DeSantis as a political candidate.

THE FACTS: Social media users are sharing a clip of Soros’ remarks, claiming they indicate the billionaire investor and liberal philanthropist is backing DeSantis.

“My hope for 2024 is that Trump and Governor DeSantis of Florida will slug it out for the Republican nomination,” Soros says in the clip. “Trump has turned into a pitiful figure, continually bemoaning his loss in 2020. Big Republican donors are abandoning him in droves. DeSantis is shrewd, ruthless and ambitious. He’s likely to be the Republican candidate.”

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Thank God for AP FactCheck!

Did you ever do one of those "thinking out loud" things, where anybody who heard you deliberately misconstrued what you said? Yeah, that's pretty much what happened here.

[Lovie777]

1. Mr. Soros would never do that..............

another lie.