Eric Trump, the son of former President Donald Trump, claimed on Friday that Florida doesn't have a homeless inhabitants regardless of the southern state having the third-highest variety of homeless folks in all 50 states.

Trump was a featured speaker on the ReAwaken America Tour, which many have dubbed a "QAnon" occasion, which was held at Awaken Church in San Marcos, California. The previous president's son additionally accepted a big portray of his father with a distinguished "Q" hovering above him as a present throughout the occasion, Occasions of San Diego reported.

In his speech, Trump trashed California by saying, "You have got the very best taxes on the planet, crime, homeless in all of the cities. And now you need to transfer to lovely, excellent Florida that has no homelessness, that has no crime, that has the bottom tax within the nation..."

California, the state with the very best inhabitants, additionally has the most important homeless inhabitants within the nation. Nonetheless, Florida, which has the nation's third largest state inhabitants, additionally has the third highest variety of homeless people within the nation.

California, with a inhabitants of about 40 million, has a homeless inhabitants totaling 161,548, in response to the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness. Florida, with a complete inhabitants of about 22 million, has a homeless inhabitants of 27,487.

Notably, Florida additionally doesn't have the bottom taxes within the nation, though it's among the many lowest within the nation. Florida had an efficient state and native tax price on a median U.S. family of about 8.23 %, in response to a March 2022 evaluation by WalletHub. That was the sixth lowest within the nation, after Alaska, Delaware, Montana, Nevada and Wyoming respectively. California's tax price truly ranks among the many lowest as effectively, standing at about 8.96 %—or the eleventh lowest nationally.

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Eric Trump claimed incorrectly that Florida doesn't have a homeless inhabitants throughout a Friday occasion in California. Above, Eric Trump and Lara Trump exit Air Pressure One on the Palm Seaside Worldwide Airport on the way in which to Mar-a-Lago Membership on January 20, 2020 in West Palm Seaside, Florida.Noam Galai/Getty Pictures for HISTORY

Trump allies retired lieutenant normal Michael Flynn and right-wing political strategist Roger Stone additionally spoke on the Friday rally. Flynn served briefly as White Home nationwide safety adviser within the Trump administration in 2017 and later pleaded responsible to mendacity to the FBI in reference to the investigation into Russian interference within the 2016 election. Stone equally was convicted of mendacity to Congress as a part of that probe.

The previous president pardoned each earlier than he left workplace. Since then, Stone and Flynn have often traveled the nation to rally Trump supporters and unfold misinformation concerning the 2020 election. They, together with the previous president, declare that the final presidential election was "rigged" or "stolen" in favor of President Joe Biden. No proof has emerged corroborating the declare, and main cybersecurity and election consultants have discredited the allegations.

Newsweek reached out to the Trump Group, of which the previous president's son serves as an govt vp, for remark, however didn't instantly obtain a response.