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Ron DeSantis: “DHS didn't have capacity. We stepped in. It's obviously been…”

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But should be fun over these next couple of weeks to watch some of these teams play. Okay. Do we have any questions? Yes. Yeah. So look, we DHS didn't have capacity. We stepped in. It's obviously been a force multiplier. They've been able to do a lot more as a result of what we've done. But, you know, if they expand their own capacity, then that's going to be the first place they're going to turn to. (57:39–57:44)

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Asserts that the Department of Homeland Security lacked capacity, and Florida's intervention has been a force multiplier.

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