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Ron DeSantis: “I remember telling everybody we were going to get two seats…”

Featuring: Ron DeSantis, Republican | Governor of Florida

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DeSantis All But Accuses Gina Raimondo Of Rigging Post-Census Redistricting Against Red States

Published | Video Starts at 12:43

But I really, this is something that's kind of stuck in my craw for a number of years because I remember telling everybody we were going to get two seats at the last census, and then when they came out with them, we only got one. And I was looking around and I'm like, you know, they told me Rhode island was going to lose a seat and we were going to get two. (12:43–12:53)

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Asserts that Florida was expected to gain two congressional seats in the last census but only gained one.

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