I knew it. Under cover of darkness, they are sending illegal immigrants to every state. Our red one too. @GovRonDeSantis Want to answer this?
Why are there only buses? Send them to Sanctuary City. I didn’t vote for this. pic.twitter.com/I2FPkI1F0z
— Sassafras84 (@Sassafras_84) March 3, 2024
Verdict: False
The group and the Florida Governor’s Office say the video likely shows people taking buses to Skyway 10K.
Fact check:
Social media users shared a video of the bus, claiming it shows “illegal immigrants” being bussed into Florida on March 3.
“I knew it. Under cover of darkness, they are sending illegal aliens into every state. Even our red ones. @GovRonDeSantis Want to answer this? Why are there only buses? Send them to Sanctuary City. I didn’t vote for this,” one user wrote.
However, this claim is false. Through a keyword search, Check Your Fact discovered that the video may show people being bused to the Skywalk 10K race. The purpose of the race is support military family. According to reports, the race took place on March 3rd. WTSP.
race logistics page School buses will be shown at the Skywalk 10K race, which states that “the northbound span of the bridge will be closed Sunday morning at 3:30 a.m. ET and will reopen at exactly 11 a.m. ET.” Masu. It also states that participants will be transported by bus from Tropicana Field to the “Manatee County starting line.”
Brian Griffin, communications director for Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, refuted this claim in a March 4 post. (Related: Fact-checking Biden’s recent claims about wage increases and inflation)
These buses were transporting runners to the Sunshine Skyway 10K race. They were not transporting illegal immigrants in Florida.
Buses started at 5:30 a.m. Sunday morning to transport runners in waves to the start line.https://t.co/g2NErMuYH6… https://t.co/rdZ4vdjn5y
— Brian Griffin (@BryanDGriffin) March 4, 2024
“These buses were transporting runners to the Sunshine Skyway 10K race. They were not transporting illegal immigrants in Florida. They started at 5:30 a.m. Sunday morning and waved runners to the starting line. There were buses running to take people to the area,” Griffin said.
Justin Clements, founder of Clementine Communications, who handles media inquiries about the race, told Check Your Facts that while he can’t “confirm exactly where these buses are coming from,” they are “from Pasco. “I can confirm that there were 50 buses,” he said in an email. county…”
We were able to confirm that 50 buses from Pasco County were at the Skyway 10K for bus runners to take from Tropicana Field to the start line and from the finish line back to Tropicana Field. These buses arrived at Tropicana Field around 3:30 a.m. This would match the route and timing of that video,” Clements said.
