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A doctored image of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ high school yearbook recently made rounds on social media, attributing a fake quote to the GOP official.

The Details: The quote photoshopped under DeSantis’ photo read, “My Mount Rushmore is Jesus, Sir-Mixes-a-Lot, and Nintendo 64.” The tweeted photo, captioned “takes a lot of balls to run for president when you have a skeleton like this in your closet," drew charged reactions in the replies. The quote erroneously spelled the name of 1990s rapper Sir Mix-a-Lot.

For Context: The unaltered yearbook photo from DeSantis’ senior year, 1997, originally surfaced on Reddit in April. The photo previously circulated less widely with the caption “voted ‘most likely to have his feelings hurt by a cartoon mouse.’”

Key Quote: Sean Clark, a spokesperson for Pinellas County Schools, said in an email, “This is a photo from the Dunedin High School yearbook; however, there is no quote within the yearbook photo beneath Governor DeSantis’ photo nor any other student within the yearbook.”

How The Media Covered It: The story was not widely covered, but fact-checkers covered it similarly. At the time of writing, AllSides did not find a fact check from a Right-rated source.

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CLAIM: The quote below Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ high school yearbook photo reads: “My Mount Rushmore is Jesus, Sir-Mixes-a-Lot, and Nintendo 64.”

AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. An image of DeSantis’ entry in his yearbook was edited to add the quote. A spokesperson for the school district that oversees DeSantis’ alma mater confirmed to The Associated Press that the yearbook photo is authentic, but that there is no quote beneath it.

Earlier this year, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ high school yearbook photo was posted to Reddit by a person claiming to be a former schoolmate. But Instagram posts show an altered version of the yearbook entry that includes a fake quote from DeSantis referencing rapper Sir Mix-a-Lot and Nintendo 64.

In April, a Reddit user who said he attended Dunedin High School with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis posted the 2024 Republican presidential candidate’s yearbook photo online. DeSantis graduated from the school — which is in Dunedin, Florida — in 1997.

DeSantis recently stated he would refuse to be former President Donald Trump’s running mate if given the opportunity to join him on the ticket, according to NBC News. DeSantis, who has struggled to compete with Trump in primary polling, stated that he’s not “a number two guy,” Fox News reported.

A Twitter photo purports to show DeSantis’ high school yearbook quote. The image shows the Florida governor in a black and white headshot wearing a collared shirt.

“My Mount Rushmore is Jesus, Sir-Mixes-a-Lot, and Nintendo 64,” the quote allegedly reads.