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Ron DeSantis: “I got more [attacks] during COVID because it was…”

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Governor Ron DeSantis and The Free State of Florida

Published | Video Starts at 25:52

I've been attacked six ways from Sunday. You name it. You total all the incoming I've received in my entire career and compare it to what I got during COVID I got more [attacks] during COVID because it was international. The hysteria was so big. I think a lot of these people eventually realized they screwed up, and they didn't want to have a counterexample like Florida that would lead people to. (25:52–25:56)

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Asserts that he received more attacks during COVID than at any other time in his career due to international attention.

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