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Ron DeSantis: “New York City, 8 million people. Their budget is bigger than…”

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But I know that we now have millions of more people than New York state does, and yet their budget is over twice the size of the budget of the state of Florida. New York City, 8 million people. Their budget is bigger than the budget of the state of Florida with 23 and a half million people. And wait till you see what happens when this mayor takes over the grocery stores. That's going to cause costs to go up even more. So we'll so. (00:37–00:48)

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Asserts that New York City's budget is larger than Florida's state budget despite having fewer people.

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