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Ron DeSantis: “Most rank and file teachers wanted to get in the classroom…”

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Governor Ron DeSantis Announces Permanent Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday in Florida

Published July 28, 2025 | Video Starts at 44:49

And I was like, no. And we won. But that's what they did. And they did this whole song and dance about it, and they complained. Now, look, Most rank and file teachers wanted to get in the classroom. They understood that their students were. Would suffer if we didn't do that. particularly special needs students. Was horrible to try to do something on Zoom. So they did that. And these folks fought us every step of the way. (44:49–44:57)

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“By the end of this fiscal year, we can say that Florida's entire state history, debt that's been racked up, we've retired about 50% of it…”
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“We were the only state in the country that taxed commercial rent.”
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“You've had millions and millions and millions, maybe 10 million under Biden, maybe more, but certainly at least 7 or 8 million come in…”
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“They actually passed in the US House of Representatives, they passed a measure that said no state can do anything affecting artificial…”
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“We're going to talk about our new permanent back to school sales tax holiday that I signed into law recently.”
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“What state has been ranked number one in economy for three years in a row? The state of Florida.”
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“What state has been ranked 1 in education freedom year after year? The state of Florida.”
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“What state is ranked number one for talent development? State of Florida.”
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“What about entrepreneurship? State of Florida.”
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“Higher education? State of Florida.”
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“New business creations. State of Florida, number one.”
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“Large state. Economic growth. Yes, you guessed it, the state of Florida, number one.”
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“We have no income tax in Florida.”
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“We also have one of the lowest tax burdens per capita state tax burdens per capita in the entire United States.”
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“Since I've been governor, we've signed into law almost $10 billion in tax relief over these years.”
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“This year is the second time where we've exceeded $2 billion annual tax relief.”
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“Our state debt, if you take the entire debt over a 180 year period, we've paid off over 40% of it just since I've been governor.”
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“We actually eliminated that tax.”
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“We also provide 450 million in savings through a number of different tax holidays.”
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“We've made our disaster preparedness tax holiday permanent.”
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“From September 8 to December 31, all firearms, munitions, accoutrements as well as things like bow and arrows are tax free.”
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“The back to school sales tax holiday is in law. It doesn't expire.”
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“Starting August 1st and going all the way till the end of August this year, Floridians can save money on important school supplies.”
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“Most school supplies under $50 tax free. Clothing, footwear and other apparel, $100 or less tax free.”
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“Learning aids for $30 or less, tax free. Personal computers and certain accessories, $1,500 or less when purchased for non commercial use…”
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“You're going to have Georgians and people from Alabama, they're going to be flooding into Florida to be able to partake in [the Second…”
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“Hundreds of illegal aliens have been flown out of [Florida] for deport.”
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“There are 750,000 to 800,000 nationally that are in [illegal immigration] status.”
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“In Florida, we think it's 50 to 75,000 illegals that have these orders [of removal].”
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“We're the only state that requires cooperation with DHS, with all our state and local law enforcement agencies.”
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“I called a special session of the Florida legislature at the beginning of the year because I said we have a mandate.”
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“I vetoed that legislation.”
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“We're the only state of 50 that's actually done what we've done [on immigration].”
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“We don't run those [immigration] flights, DHS runs them.”
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“The American people have asked for [immigration policies] for so many years.”
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“Particularly under the Joe Biden presidency [the border situation and immigration system] spiral out of control.”
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“Education focused electronics up to $1,500 is tax free.”
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“I just signed legislation a couple months ago [to protect against misuse of images in pornographic videos].”
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“We have enhanced computer science curriculum in the schools.”
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“I'm going to be rolling out an approach on [artificial intelligence] within the next few months.”
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“When Biden opened [the border in 2021], I'd send, we sent highway patrol, we sent a bunch of, we were the first state to do it.”
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“Under Biden they were ordered to give a notice to appear for the illegal, like three years into the future.”
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“ICE doesn't have enough resources to be able to handle this level.”
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“We had another increase in teacher pay in the budget I signed. So we've now done, I think it's about 1.35 billion for the year.”
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“We send it under our teacher pay part. So like they school districts can't use it for anything other than teacher salaries.”
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“We've never done this much in a given year, so let's get that done.”
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“The National Education Association, which is the biggest teacher [union], look at what they're promoting. It's leftist ideology in politics.”
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“We have done things like paycheck protection so that they can't do automatic deduction, you know, for the dues for the school unions.”
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“They sued me because we had open schools. They wanted courts to order our schools closed. And I was like, no. And we won.”
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“They would bring coffins to our Department of Education building saying, all the kids. I mean, it's just like, it was ridiculous.”
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“They will deny that they took that position. They will deny it when we all knew. I know whose name's on that lawsuit.”
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“The second, I think, biggest low that I've seen just since I've been governor is trying to mothball or delay salary increases for their own…”
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