Fact-checking Florida Republicans’ Sunshine State Showdown 7%
PolitiFact - By Samantha Putterman, Amy Sherman - 6/27/2026, 12:00 AM
Negativity Bias 14.7% - Representativeness Heuristic 13.5% - Availability Heuristic 11%
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Florida Republicans billed their party’s June 27 gathering in South Florida as the "Sunshine State Showdown." But for U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds, the event’s headliner and GOP frontrunner for governor, it was less of a confrontation and more like a friendly chat. No other gubernatorial candidates met the party’s... more