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Ron DeSantis: “Miami became really populated after Castro took over and…”

Featuring: Ron DeSantis, Republican | Governor of Florida

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Governor DeSantis Podcast Ep 5

Published | Video Starts at 37:33

So we've been having this debate because, you know, we were, we were in town after your thing, stopped at one of the, one of the delis. And you know, Tampa is the original place that had people come from Cuba. Miami became really populated after Castro took over and people fled communism. And so you have kind of, you know, different competing cultures in a certain respect. And one of the, the ways they compete is Tampa has Cuban sandwiches and a lot of them will put salami on the Cuban sandwich. (37:33–37:39)

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Asserts that Miami's population increased significantly after Castro's rise to power due to people fleeing communism.

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