Fact check: Video shows Ron DeSantis talking immigration, not calling for Biden impeachment

The claim: Video shows Gov. Ron DeSantis calling for President Joe Biden to be impeached

USA TODAY has debunked a series of videos that feature attention-grabbing captions but actually show completely unrelated footage. One recent example purportedly shows Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis calling for President Joe Biden to be impeached.

"'Biden Should Be Impeached': Congress ERUPTS As DeSantis HUMILIATES Hunter Biden to his Face," reads the video's caption in an Oct. 2 Facebook post.

The video was viewed nearly 100,000 times in less than two weeks.

But the claim is false. The video shows the Republican governor criticizing the Biden administration's immigration policies, not calling for the president to be impeached.

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The Facebook user who shared the video could not be reached for comment.

Video shows DeSantis talking about immigration policy

The video in the social media post is composed of two clips.

The first shows DeSantis criticizing Joe Biden's immigration policies and discussing his plans to continue relocating migrants to "sanctuary cities" during a Sept. 16 press conference.

That month, DeSantis took responsibility for relocating roughly 50 migrants from Texas to Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. Some of the migrants said they had been falsely told that free housing and jobs awaited them on the island.

In the clip, DeSantis also discusses the space exploration industry.

The second clip shows Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., discussing the August FBI search of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate during an Aug. 10 appearance on the Fox News show "Fox & Friends."

Neither clip shows DeSantis calling for Joe Biden to be impeached or confronting Hunter Biden, the president's son, as the video's caption claims.

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The video was also debunked by Check Your Fact and Reuters.

Our rating: False

Based on our research, we rate FALSE the claim that a video shows DeSantis calling for Joe Biden to be impeached. The video shows DeSantis talking about immigration. At no point does it show him calling for the president to be impeached.

Our fact-check sources:

• Reuters, Oct. 12, Fact Check-Long, unrelated video provides no evidence Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said Biden should be impeached

• Check Your Fact, Oct. 10, Fact check: Did Ron DeSantis call for Joe Biden to be impeached?

• USA TODAY, Sept. 19, Fact check: Video shows Sen. John Kennedy questioning Stacey Abrams, not exposing Hunter Biden

• USA TODAY, Sept. 16, Fact check: Video shows Cruz blaming Biden for gas prices, not swearing at Adam Schiff

• USA TODAY, Aug. 8, What's happening at Trump's Mar-a-Lago home? Was the FBI there? Answers to your questions

• USA TODAY, Sept. 17, 'I simply feel misled': Migrants flown to Martha's Vineyard speak out; DeSantis vows to keep relocating migrants

• WPTV News - FL Palm Beaches and Treasure Coast via YouTube, Sept. 16, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks about migrants in Martha's Vineyard (YouTube)

• Fox News, Aug. 10, Rand Paul: FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago is an ‘attack on the rule of law'

• USA TODAY, Sept. 16, Migrants were promised jobs, free housing before being taken to Martha's Vineyard

• The Texas Tribune, Sept. 20, Three Venezuelan migrants flown from Texas to Massachusetts sue Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis

• Reuters, Sept. 16, DeSantis defends Martha's Vineyard migrant flights, suggests more to come

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This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Fact check: DeSantis talking migrants, not Biden impeachment in video