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When we asked DeSantis about his claim, his press secretary referenced an article from the Poynter Institute (which owns PolitiFact). The article cited the Brookings Institution, which said, "56% of the outstanding student debt is owed by households that hold graduate degrees." — PolitiTweet.org

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During a press conference, Gov. Ron DeSantis said that “the student debt that is out there, almost 60% of it is graduate school debt.” We found that is Mostly False: https://t.co/LLMOBSvJpL — PolitiTweet.org

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The difference between the statistic used in that article and what DeSantis said is that the figure didn't distinguish between student loans borrowed for undergraduate or graduate school. — PolitiTweet.org

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