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Ron DeSantis: “New York has a lot of problems. It's been well documented…”

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Governor DeSantis Signs Legislation to Improve Campus Security

Published May 15, 2026 | Video Starts at 25:58

I think that it could have gone to New York. I would rather it have in Miami. And it's somewhat symbolic of kind of. New York has a lot of problems. It's been well documented. People have moved. Even the more recent news about Ken Griffin doubling down on Miami, it kind of shows like this is where people are looking to for the future. (25:58–26:03)

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“We wanted to do Starlink and Musk was willing to move the satellites but the problem is I needed Biden to help put the receivers on the…”
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“Our state operations and our vessels that we have used to interdict, responsible for the interdiction and the repatriation of 19,000 foreign…”
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“The Biden administration did 10 plus million [immigrants].”
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“Since 2019, we've invested $3.1 billion on student safety.”
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“We created the Office of Safe Schools within the Florida Department of Education.”
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“The program has become a cornerstone of our Florida school safety efforts.”
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“Required every public school in the state to implement a mobile panic alert system.”
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“Created Fortify Florida Mobile Suspicious Activity Reporting Tool.”
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“Designated a school safety specialist for each school district.”
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“Required every public school in the state have an armed safe school officer on campus each day.”
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“It is serving as a deterrent in addition to a quicker response.”
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“The guardian program was established to ensure that highly trained individuals are already on campus.”
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“Expanded the guardian program a few years ago to include private schools.”
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“Implemented harm prevention management model, a first of its kind threat management system.”
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“Removed the sheriff of the county because they didn't respond appropriately to [the Parkland shooting].”
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“We've also invested money in mental health. So we have almost a billion dollars since I took office.”
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“We have new requirements for mental health services and training, including at least 80% of all school personnel complete youth mental…”
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“We've also created the School Environment Safety Incident Reporting System that all schools must use and report the results.”
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“House Bill 757 is such an important piece of legislation to extend those protections that we've enabled for our K12 schools to our colleges…”
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“This bill expands the school guardian program to public post secondary institutions and requires sheriffs to assist in the implementation of…”
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“It's going to require public post secondary institutions without an existing public safety reporting application to implement R4.5 Florida…”
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“The bill also introduces a new criminal offense for discharging a weapon within 1,000ft of campus.”
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“It also ensures best practices related to emergency procedures, youth mental health assistance and active shooter training and are…”
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“This legislation reinforces Florida's unwavering commitment to protecting students, faculty, and the entire educational community.”
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“It also establishes the active response and mitigation of on campus risk Risk act, the Armor act, which adopts an active assailant response…”
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“Finally it conducts an annual security risk assessment at each campus.”
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“Ken Griffin doubling down on Miami shows this is where people are looking to for the future.”
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“Our institutions that taxpayers fund have got to be for Florida residents and U.S. residents.”
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“Raul Castro should be indicted and he should be held accountable.”
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“The only way Cuba is going to get better is to end communism in Cuba, end the Castro dictatorship.”
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“In 2021, when there were serious uprisings in the streets in Cuba, I asked the Biden administration to stand with the people.”
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“We contacted this company that does hot air balloons with Internet... I was willing to do that with our emergency funds.”
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“The company was willing to do it at first, but then they said that they thought Biden would take away their business license if they did it.”
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“Boats, we already are out there doing boats. We stopped the boats.”
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“We had Biden, they didn't have enough Coast Guard vessels. So there were boats landing in the Keys and some of these other places.”
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