evidence: Among the many claims made at the second Republican presidential primary debate was that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis had banned fracking in his home state when he first came to office in 2019. [...] While DeSantis pledged in his 2018 gubernatorial campaign to ban offshore fracking and drilling in Florida, and directed the state's Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to seek an end to all fracking, it was voters who outlawed the practice of drilling. As a GOP presidential candidate, he has come out in favor of fracking and drilling. [...] A Haley campaign spokesperson told Newsweek that DeSantis "came out against fracking and drilling as a gubernatorial candidate—BEFORE voters voted on the constitutional amendment," that the amendment passed "only covered drilling" and "did not cover fracking."