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Ron DeSantis: “If we get [an extra seat], that's not only an extra seat in…”

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 02:09

So the Attorney General has written a letter to the Census Bureau, the Commerce Department, copying the White House, saying, you know, please fix this remuneration and award Florida what we're entitled to, an extra seat in Congress. And If we get [an extra seat], that's not only an extra seat in the House of Representatives, we have 28. Now, that would also mean an additional vote in the Electoral College. when it comes to presidential elections. And so we should have had that in 20, 24 and 22 for Congress, 24 for both Congress and the Electoral College. (02:09–02:18)

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Asserts that an additional congressional seat would increase Florida's Electoral College votes.

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