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Ron DeSantis: “Let's make sure that this state remains the free state of…”

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Gov. DeSantis delivers remarks at Florida Freedom Forum in Orlando

Published August 2, 2025 | Video Starts at 33:17

As fast as it got the way it's gotten, it can go that much faster back in the other direction. So let's go forward and fight for the people that sent us here. Let's deliver big results for them and Let's make sure that this state remains the free state of Florida. Thank you all. God bless you. Get some more protesters than that. It's kind of weak. They could have done a lot better. (33:17–33:23)

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Asserts a commitment to maintaining Florida's status as a 'free state.'

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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.”
Gov. DeSantis delivers remarks at Florida Freedom Forum in Orlando | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 01:11-01:21
“Biden let in 10 million.”
Gov. DeSantis delivers remarks at Florida Freedom Forum in Orlando | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 08:46-08:49
“We are the first state to eliminate DEI from our public university system.”
Gov. DeSantis delivers remarks at Florida Freedom Forum in Orlando | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 13:46-13:53
“We're number one economy in the country three years in a row by cnbc.”
Gov. DeSantis delivers remarks at Florida Freedom Forum in Orlando | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 19:15-19:22
“We have a crime rate that's at a 50 year low.”
Gov. DeSantis delivers remarks at Florida Freedom Forum in Orlando | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 19:40-19:43
“The size of government in Florida has the lowest number of government workers per capita in the entire United States of America.”
Gov. DeSantis delivers remarks at Florida Freedom Forum in Orlando | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 19:59-20:11
“Our budget is less than half the size of New York State's budget.”
Gov. DeSantis delivers remarks at Florida Freedom Forum in Orlando | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 20:18-20:23
“We now have the lowest per capita debt in the entire United States of America.”
Gov. DeSantis delivers remarks at Florida Freedom Forum in Orlando | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 21:04-21:10
“28 states have done balanced budget amendment.”
Gov. DeSantis delivers remarks at Florida Freedom Forum in Orlando | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 25:09-25:12
“They [the founding fathers] understood it was fragile.”
Gov. DeSantis delivers remarks at Florida Freedom Forum in Orlando | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 01:48-32:03
“We beat the left on immigration.”
Gov. DeSantis delivers remarks at Florida Freedom Forum in Orlando | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 04:45-04:48
“When I became governor, one of my first orders of business was to work with the legislature to finally, after all these years, banned…”
Gov. DeSantis delivers remarks at Florida Freedom Forum in Orlando | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 04:48-04:59
“We've enacted the strongest illegal immigration legislation in the country.”
Gov. DeSantis delivers remarks at Florida Freedom Forum in Orlando | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 05:00-05:06
“We've enacted the strongest legislation anywhere in the country to combat illegal immigration, including sending people to the border.”
Gov. DeSantis delivers remarks at Florida Freedom Forum in Orlando | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 05:50-06:00
“When Biden opened the border to help out Texas, and even flying illegal aliens to beautiful Martha's Vineyard.”
Gov. DeSantis delivers remarks at Florida Freedom Forum in Orlando | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 05:59-06:08
“They declared a state of emergency. They called out the National Guard, they got those illegals off their vineyard very, very quickly.”
Gov. DeSantis delivers remarks at Florida Freedom Forum in Orlando | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 06:22-06:31
“The president pledged to enact the strongest mass deportation program in American history.”
Gov. DeSantis delivers remarks at Florida Freedom Forum in Orlando | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 07:08-07:15
“In Florida, all state and local law enforcement agencies must work with DHS and we must have deportations of people that are here illegally.”
Gov. DeSantis delivers remarks at Florida Freedom Forum in Orlando | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 07:36-07:49
“Florida has more of these agreements than any other state by a country mile.”
Gov. DeSantis delivers remarks at Florida Freedom Forum in Orlando | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 10:10-10:14
“DHS was telling us you guys are arresting illegals faster than we can process them.”
Gov. DeSantis delivers remarks at Florida Freedom Forum in Orlando | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 10:14-10:21
“We were able to stand up Alligator Alcatraz, down in South Florida.”
Gov. DeSantis delivers remarks at Florida Freedom Forum in Orlando | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 10:32-10:38
“Flights are now leaving there. You have hundreds and hundreds of people already.”
Gov. DeSantis delivers remarks at Florida Freedom Forum in Orlando | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 11:55-12:01
“We ban local governments from defunding the police.”
Gov. DeSantis delivers remarks at Florida Freedom Forum in Orlando | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 12:40-12:45
“We have also blocked all jailbreak legislation, California style crime policies.”
Gov. DeSantis delivers remarks at Florida Freedom Forum in Orlando | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 13:02-13:13
“I remain the only governor in the country who has removed Soros Das from their position.”
Gov. DeSantis delivers remarks at Florida Freedom Forum in Orlando | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 13:26-13:33
“We were the state responsible for nuking ESG in the pensions and in the businesses.”
Gov. DeSantis delivers remarks at Florida Freedom Forum in Orlando | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 13:54-14:01
“We eliminated critical race theory first in the country to do that in our K through 12 education.”
Gov. DeSantis delivers remarks at Florida Freedom Forum in Orlando | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 14:00-14:08
“We stopped the brutal practice of, of doing sex change operations on kids.”
Gov. DeSantis delivers remarks at Florida Freedom Forum in Orlando | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 14:10-14:17
“When Covid was going on, I required that all schools remain open and they sued me to try to close the schools.”
Gov. DeSantis delivers remarks at Florida Freedom Forum in Orlando | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 14:48-14:57
“We also did universal school choice so every single parent in Florida can go to the school of their choice, private school, charter school…”
Gov. DeSantis delivers remarks at Florida Freedom Forum in Orlando | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 15:01-15:12
“No automatic deduction of school union dues are allowed. First state in the country to get that right.”
Gov. DeSantis delivers remarks at Florida Freedom Forum in Orlando | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 15:36-15:43
“We have done more than any other state in the country to stand up for the rights of parents when it comes to education.”
Gov. DeSantis delivers remarks at Florida Freedom Forum in Orlando | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 15:46-15:54
“We were the first to eliminate dei.”
Gov. DeSantis delivers remarks at Florida Freedom Forum in Orlando | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 16:44-16:46
“All tenured professors must undergo review every five years and, and can be terminated for poor performance.”
Gov. DeSantis delivers remarks at Florida Freedom Forum in Orlando | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 16:48-16:57
“Number one in higher education.”
Gov. DeSantis delivers remarks at Florida Freedom Forum in Orlando | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 19:25-19:27
“Number one in education freedom.”
Gov. DeSantis delivers remarks at Florida Freedom Forum in Orlando | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 19:26-19:30
“Number one in new business formations, number one in entrepreneurship, number one in talent development.”
Gov. DeSantis delivers remarks at Florida Freedom Forum in Orlando | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 19:34-19:40
“Since I've been governor, we've more than tripled the state's rainy day fund.”
Gov. DeSantis delivers remarks at Florida Freedom Forum in Orlando | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 20:23-20:28
“By the end of this fiscal year we will have paid off almost half of that debt for the 180 year period.”
Gov. DeSantis delivers remarks at Florida Freedom Forum in Orlando | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 20:58-21:05
“We just raised salaries for highway patrol and state law enforcement.”
Gov. DeSantis delivers remarks at Florida Freedom Forum in Orlando | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 21:12-21:17
“We have universal school choice.”
Gov. DeSantis delivers remarks at Florida Freedom Forum in Orlando | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 21:19-21:21
“We're doing Everglades registration.”
Gov. DeSantis delivers remarks at Florida Freedom Forum in Orlando | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 21:23-21:25
“We're doing it within the context of a budget that spends less than it did the year before.”
Gov. DeSantis delivers remarks at Florida Freedom Forum in Orlando | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 21:25-21:31
“We have no income tax in Florida.”
Gov. DeSantis delivers remarks at Florida Freedom Forum in Orlando | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 22:01-22:05
“We are working on formulating [a ballot question about property tax relief].”
Gov. DeSantis delivers remarks at Florida Freedom Forum in Orlando | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 22:09-22:16
“Broward, they've had no population increase in the last four or five years, but they've had a massive budget increase.”
Gov. DeSantis delivers remarks at Florida Freedom Forum in Orlando | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 23:01-23:07
“We have certified those amendments from the state of Florida.”
Gov. DeSantis delivers remarks at Florida Freedom Forum in Orlando | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 25:05-25:10
“I think it's 12 that's done term limits.”
Gov. DeSantis delivers remarks at Florida Freedom Forum in Orlando | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 25:11-25:14
“We have a 1.3 million registration advantage.”
Gov. DeSantis delivers remarks at Florida Freedom Forum in Orlando | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 26:21-26:25
“Every single statewide office has a Republican.”
Gov. DeSantis delivers remarks at Florida Freedom Forum in Orlando | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 26:24-26:28
“We have almost a 3 to 1 majority in the Florida House.”
Gov. DeSantis delivers remarks at Florida Freedom Forum in Orlando | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 26:28-26:32
“We won 62 of 67 counties, including Palm Beach, Miami Dade.”
Gov. DeSantis delivers remarks at Florida Freedom Forum in Orlando | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 26:52-26:58
“If you want your kids indoctrinated in gender ideology, you're voting Democrat, you're not going to vote for us.”
Gov. DeSantis delivers remarks at Florida Freedom Forum in Orlando | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 28:50-28:57
“If you believe that being tough on crime and law and order is important to you, you're voting for us.”
Gov. DeSantis delivers remarks at Florida Freedom Forum in Orlando | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 28:58-29:04
“If you believe in education, freedom, you're voting for us.”
Gov. DeSantis delivers remarks at Florida Freedom Forum in Orlando | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 29:05-29:09
“The reason we've grown the party is because people know you stand for something.”
Gov. DeSantis delivers remarks at Florida Freedom Forum in Orlando | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 29:31-29:36
“Our founding fathers understood that small r Republican government is fragile.”
Gov. DeSantis delivers remarks at Florida Freedom Forum in Orlando | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 30:31-30:38
“We've had a lot of people that have fought for this country over the years in the political realm, but also wearing the uniform.”
Gov. DeSantis delivers remarks at Florida Freedom Forum in Orlando | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 31:52-32:00
“I'm proud of what Florida has been able to achieve.”
Gov. DeSantis delivers remarks at Florida Freedom Forum in Orlando | Uploaded August 2, 2025 | 32:51-32:54
“I'm proud that so many other states have been able to emulate us.”
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