… a discount on the open market, retire them, or do other things to work that out early. And we had just hit this year, take all Florida's debt in history. 50% of the debt's been paid off just during my tenure as governor. Now with the additional money, we have to continue that by the end of next fiscal year. We have done over 52% of the state's total debt over 180 plus years. (03:55–04:00)
CLAIM
Asserts that 50% of Florida's debt has been paid off during DeSantis's tenure.
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