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Ron DeSantis: “I made the pledge and I followed through. True. I'm…”

Featuring: Ron DeSantis, Republican | Governor of Florida

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Governor DeSantis Speaks at Danbury Institute's "Revive This Nation" Conference in Orlando

Published | Video Starts at 23:28

Now I have fully recovered from that experience, mind you. I have very clear thinking, so don't even worry about that. But when I got elected, I made the pledge and I followed through. True. I'm declining the congressional pension, I'm not taking the special health care and I am not going to trade stocks while I am in office. And so since that time until the present, I have not traded a single stock. Do that. Now I'm poorer as a result because I see what some of these guys are doing. (23:28–23:41)

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