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Ron DeSantis: “I did Frederick Douglass in St. Augustine.”

Featuring: Ron DeSantis, Republican | Governor of Florida

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Governor DeSantis Speaks at National Mining Association Board Meeting

Published | Video Starts at 14:44

We've also done Jefferson County, Hamilton County, Monroe, down in the Florida Keys. And we've got James Madison coming up. We've also commissioned statues of great Americans who exemplified those values. I did Frederick Douglass in St. Augustine. He did a big speech there in 1889. I did President Reagan at Florida International University. And we've got a whole bunch of others in the hopper. (14:44–14:47)

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Asserts that a statue of Frederick Douglass was installed in St. Augustine, Florida.

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