The incident allegedly took place at a campaign stop in Texas.
The viral video allegedly includes this exchange between DeSantis and an audience member:
DESANTIS: Well, okay, let's not, let's just, some people are actually here to see me. You know, some people actually like me, for instance. Uh, show of hands, everybody, uh, how many of you are actually gonna vote for me?While the video is real, this audio is either AI-generated or fabricated in some other way. The video was taken at a June 26, 2023,
WOMAN: Thank you Governor. Um, my name is Veronica [...]. My daughter passed away from Fentanyl poisoning. Um, this isn't really a question, but more of a… Sometimes fentanyl overdoses are not overdoses. They're poisonings. So can we start calling them what they are: a poisoning and it's a murder.
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