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Ron DeSantis: “If you look at all the debt Florida has accumulated over its…”

Featuring: Ron DeSantis, Republican | Governor of Florida

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Published | Video Starts at 23:20

Do you think services, higher education? Of course not. If you look at New York City, 8 million people, their budget is larger than the entire budget of the state of Florida. If you look at all the debt Florida has accumulated over its state history, just since I've been governor, we've paid off 50% of it in seven years. We've obviously cut taxes by 8 billion, 9 billion. I lost count of all that that we've been able to do. So we have a great blueprint. (23:20–23:29)

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Asserts that Florida has paid off 50% of its state debt in seven years under DeSantis's governorship.

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