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Ron DeSantis: “I remain the only governor in the country who has removed…”

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'That Is What The Democratic Party Stands For Today': DeSantis Unleashes On Dems In Fiery Speech

Published August 2, 2025 | Video Starts at 12:53

And as governor, I was really the bulwark to stop that, and I'll continue to do that. And then we saw the scourge of Soros Das, and I remain the only governor in the country who has removed Soros Das from their position. We have also successfully waged a war and defeated the woke mind virus in the state of Florida. We are the first state to eliminate DEI from our public university system. (12:53–13:00)

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Asserts that Ron DeSantis is the only governor to have removed district attorneys associated with George Soros.

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Ron DeSantis

“We were 300,000 in the hole in 2018 in terms of voter registration. Now we're like 1.3 million more Republicans than Democrats.”
'That Is What The Democratic Party Stands For Today': DeSantis Unleashes On Dems In Fiery Speech | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 00:37-00:48
“Biden let in 10 million.”
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“Your government in Florida has the lowest number of government workers per capita in the entire United States of America.”
'That Is What The Democratic Party Stands For Today': DeSantis Unleashes On Dems In Fiery Speech | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 19:29-19:37
“Our budget is less than half the size of New York State's budget.”
'That Is What The Democratic Party Stands For Today': DeSantis Unleashes On Dems In Fiery Speech | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 19:44-19:50
“We now have the lowest per capita debt in the entire United States of America.”
'That Is What The Democratic Party Stands For Today': DeSantis Unleashes On Dems In Fiery Speech | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 20:31-20:36
“28 states have done balanced budget amendment. I think it's 12 that's done term limits.”
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“They [the founding fathers] gave us a great constitution.”
'That Is What The Democratic Party Stands For Today': DeSantis Unleashes On Dems In Fiery Speech | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 01:14-31:19
“When I became governor, one of my first orders of business was to work with the legislature to finally, after all these years, ban sanctuary…”
'That Is What The Democratic Party Stands For Today': DeSantis Unleashes On Dems In Fiery Speech | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 04:14-04:25
“We've enacted the strongest illegal immigration legislation in the country.”
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“Not only did we ban sanctuary cities, but we've enacted the strongest legislation anywhere in the country to combat illegal immigration…”
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“When Biden opened the border to help out Texas and even flying illegal aliens to beautiful Martha's Vineyard, now, they didn't like it when…”
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“The minute you had 50 show up, all hell broke loose. They declared a state of emergency. They called out the National Guard, they got those…”
'That Is What The Democratic Party Stands For Today': DeSantis Unleashes On Dems In Fiery Speech | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 05:45-05:57
“I called a special session of the Florida legislature at the beginning of the year, and I said, as soon as the president takes office, we…”
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“We now have all local and state agencies have to do this.”
'That Is What The Democratic Party Stands For Today': DeSantis Unleashes On Dems In Fiery Speech | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 09:16-09:21
“Florida has more of these agreements than any other state.”
'That Is What The Democratic Party Stands For Today': DeSantis Unleashes On Dems In Fiery Speech | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 09:36-09:40
“DHS was telling us is you guys are arresting illegals faster than we can process them.”
'That Is What The Democratic Party Stands For Today': DeSantis Unleashes On Dems In Fiery Speech | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 09:42-09:48
“Flights are now leaving there you have hundreds and hundreds of people already.”
'That Is What The Democratic Party Stands For Today': DeSantis Unleashes On Dems In Fiery Speech | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 11:22-11:27
“We ban local governments from defunding the police.”
'That Is What The Democratic Party Stands For Today': DeSantis Unleashes On Dems In Fiery Speech | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 12:06-12:11
“We have also blocked all jailbreak legislation, California style crime policies.”
'That Is What The Democratic Party Stands For Today': DeSantis Unleashes On Dems In Fiery Speech | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 12:27-12:40
“We are the first state to eliminate DEI from our public university system.”
'That Is What The Democratic Party Stands For Today': DeSantis Unleashes On Dems In Fiery Speech | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 13:12-13:19
“We were the first to eliminate DEI [in higher education].”
'That Is What The Democratic Party Stands For Today': DeSantis Unleashes On Dems In Fiery Speech | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 13:12-13:19
“We were the state responsible for nuking ESG in the pensions and in the businesses.”
'That Is What The Democratic Party Stands For Today': DeSantis Unleashes On Dems In Fiery Speech | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 13:20-13:27
“We eliminated critical race theory first in the country to do that in our K through 12 education.”
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“We stopped the brutal practice of doing sex change operations on kids.”
'That Is What The Democratic Party Stands For Today': DeSantis Unleashes On Dems In Fiery Speech | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 13:36-13:44
“We did that years ago in Florida. I mean, like five years ago, we took care of [women's sports].”
'That Is What The Democratic Party Stands For Today': DeSantis Unleashes On Dems In Fiery Speech | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 13:54-13:55
“I required that all schools remain open [during Covid].”
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“We also did universal school choice, so every single parent in Florida can go to the school of their choice.”
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“No automatic deduction of school union dues are allowed [in Florida].”
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“All tenured professors must undergo review every five years and can be terminated for poor performance [in Florida].”
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“We're number one economy in the country three years in a row by CNBC.”
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“Number one in higher education.”
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“Number one in education freedom.”
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“Number one in new business formations.”
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“Number one in entrepreneurship.”
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“Number one in talent development.”
'That Is What The Democratic Party Stands For Today': DeSantis Unleashes On Dems In Fiery Speech | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 19:04-19:07
“We have a crime rate that's at a 50 year low.”
'That Is What The Democratic Party Stands For Today': DeSantis Unleashes On Dems In Fiery Speech | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 19:06-19:10
“We've more than tripled the state's rainy day fund.”
'That Is What The Democratic Party Stands For Today': DeSantis Unleashes On Dems In Fiery Speech | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 19:51-19:54
“We will have paid off almost half of that debt for the 180 year period [of Florida's history].”
'That Is What The Democratic Party Stands For Today': DeSantis Unleashes On Dems In Fiery Speech | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 20:15-20:32
“We have no income tax in Florida, you know, which means you don't have to file a tax return.”
'That Is What The Democratic Party Stands For Today': DeSantis Unleashes On Dems In Fiery Speech | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 21:28-21:34
“We are working on doing that [putting the question of property tax relief on the ballot].”
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“Broward, they've had no population increase in the last four or five years, but they've had a massive budget increase because they have all…”
'That Is What The Democratic Party Stands For Today': DeSantis Unleashes On Dems In Fiery Speech | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 22:27-22:36
“The legislature, I think, has done a good job of passing proposed amendments to the federal constitution under Article 5 of the…”
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“We have almost a 3 to 1 majority in the Florida House.”
'That Is What The Democratic Party Stands For Today': DeSantis Unleashes On Dems In Fiery Speech | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 25:54-25:58
“We have, you know, almost now, maybe, maybe almost 2/3 majority, more than 2/3 in the Florida Senate.”
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“We've got 20 Republicans in our congressional delegation.”
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“I think we won 62 of 67 counties, including Palm Beach, Miami Dade.”
'That Is What The Democratic Party Stands For Today': DeSantis Unleashes On Dems In Fiery Speech | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 26:18-26:24
“If you want your kids indoctrinated in gender ideology, you're voting Democrat.”
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“If you believe that being tough on crime and law and order is important to you, you're voting for us, you are not voting for them.”
'That Is What The Democratic Party Stands For Today': DeSantis Unleashes On Dems In Fiery Speech | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 28:24-28:32
“If you believe in education, freedom, you're voting for us, you're not voting for them.”
'That Is What The Democratic Party Stands For Today': DeSantis Unleashes On Dems In Fiery Speech | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 28:32-28:37
“The reason we've grown the party is because people know you stand for something.”
'That Is What The Democratic Party Stands For Today': DeSantis Unleashes On Dems In Fiery Speech | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 28:57-29:02
“I want Florida to be ruby red.”
'That Is What The Democratic Party Stands For Today': DeSantis Unleashes On Dems In Fiery Speech | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 29:44-29:48
“Our founding fathers understood that small r Republican government is fragile.”
'That Is What The Democratic Party Stands For Today': DeSantis Unleashes On Dems In Fiery Speech | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 29:58-30:05
“I'm proud of what Florida has been able to achieve.”
'That Is What The Democratic Party Stands For Today': DeSantis Unleashes On Dems In Fiery Speech | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 32:17-32:21
“I'm proud that so many other states have been able to emulate us.”
'That Is What The Democratic Party Stands For Today': DeSantis Unleashes On Dems In Fiery Speech | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 32:20-32:24
“Let's make sure that this state remains the free state of Florida.”
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