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Ron DeSantis: “I honestly believe that once people saw four to six weeks of…”

Featuring: Ron DeSantis, Republican | Governor of Florida

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Governor DeSantis Speaks at Palm Beach Atlantic University

Published | Video Starts at 08:56

And then a week went by, two weeks went by, three, the sky didn't fall, four weeks went by. I. And I knew that that's what was going to happen because I had studied the data. But I honestly believe that once people saw four to six weeks of Florida, that California would have to open schools. that everything would just open like that. And that didn't happen. And they were not following the data or the lived experience. (08:56–09:03)

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Asserts belief that Florida's school openings would influence California to open schools.

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