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Ron DeSantis: “For the taxpayers to be funding something that was basically…”

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Governor DeSantis Announces Florida Supreme Court Appointment

Published | Video Starts at 31:16

I don't even know how many people even knew about New College, because I'll tell you, I got elected governor. I had never been asked about it. No one had ever mentioned it anything. And it was a really. For the taxpayers to be funding something that was basically like a Marxist commune. They didn't have grades, they had very low enrollment. and all this stuff. And so, you know, it's just like, I'm a fiduciary. It's like, we've got to figure out how are these institutions serving the people of Florida. (31:16–31:25)

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Asserts that New College was previously funded despite being likened to a Marxist commune with no grades and low enrollment.

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