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Ron DeSantis: “Number one in higher education.”

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Published August 2, 2025 | Video Starts at 18:51

Well, just look at the tape. We're number one economy in the country three years in a row by cnbc, no less. Who they probably don't want to rank Florida, number one, Number one in higher education. Number one in education freedom. Usually number one, two or three in overall education. Number one in new business formations. Number one in entrepreneurship, number one in talent development. (18:51–18:53)

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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.”
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“Biden let in 10 million.”
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“Your government in Florida has the lowest number of government workers per capita in the entire United States of America.”
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“Our budget is less than half the size of New York State's budget.”
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“We now have the lowest per capita debt in the entire United States of America.”
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“28 states have done balanced budget amendment. I think it's 12 that's done term limits.”
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“They [the founding fathers] gave us a great constitution.”
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“When I became governor, one of my first orders of business was to work with the legislature to finally, after all these years, ban sanctuary…”
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“We've enacted the strongest illegal immigration legislation in the country.”
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“Not only did we ban sanctuary cities, but we've enacted the strongest legislation anywhere in the country to combat illegal immigration…”
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“When Biden opened the border to help out Texas and even flying illegal aliens to beautiful Martha's Vineyard, now, they didn't like it when…”
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“The minute you had 50 show up, all hell broke loose. They declared a state of emergency. They called out the National Guard, they got those…”
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“I called a special session of the Florida legislature at the beginning of the year, and I said, as soon as the president takes office, we…”
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“We now have all local and state agencies have to do this.”
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“Florida has more of these agreements than any other state.”
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“DHS was telling us is you guys are arresting illegals faster than we can process them.”
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“Flights are now leaving there you have hundreds and hundreds of people already.”
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“We ban local governments from defunding the police.”
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“We have also blocked all jailbreak legislation, California style crime policies.”
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“I remain the only governor in the country who has removed Soros Das from their position.”
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“We are the first state to eliminate DEI from our public university system.”
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“We were the first to eliminate DEI [in higher education].”
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“We were the state responsible for nuking ESG in the pensions and in the businesses.”
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“We eliminated critical race theory first in the country to do that in our K through 12 education.”
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“We stopped the brutal practice of doing sex change operations on kids.”
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“We did that years ago in Florida. I mean, like five years ago, we took care of [women's sports].”
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“I required that all schools remain open [during Covid].”
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“We also did universal school choice, so every single parent in Florida can go to the school of their choice.”
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“No automatic deduction of school union dues are allowed [in Florida].”
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“All tenured professors must undergo review every five years and can be terminated for poor performance [in Florida].”
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“We're number one economy in the country three years in a row by CNBC.”
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“Number one in education freedom.”
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“Number one in new business formations.”
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“Number one in entrepreneurship.”
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“Number one in talent development.”
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“We have a crime rate that's at a 50 year low.”
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“We've more than tripled the state's rainy day fund.”
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“We will have paid off almost half of that debt for the 180 year period [of Florida's history].”
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“We have no income tax in Florida, you know, which means you don't have to file a tax return.”
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“We are working on doing that [putting the question of property tax relief on the ballot].”
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“Broward, they've had no population increase in the last four or five years, but they've had a massive budget increase because they have all…”
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“The legislature, I think, has done a good job of passing proposed amendments to the federal constitution under Article 5 of the…”
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“We have almost a 3 to 1 majority in the Florida House.”
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“We have, you know, almost now, maybe, maybe almost 2/3 majority, more than 2/3 in the Florida Senate.”
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“We've got 20 Republicans in our congressional delegation.”
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“I think we won 62 of 67 counties, including Palm Beach, Miami Dade.”
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“If you want your kids indoctrinated in gender ideology, you're voting Democrat.”
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“If you believe that being tough on crime and law and order is important to you, you're voting for us, you are not voting for them.”
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“If you believe in education, freedom, you're voting for us, you're not voting for them.”
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“The reason we've grown the party is because people know you stand for something.”
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“I want Florida to be ruby red.”
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“Our founding fathers understood that small r Republican government is fragile.”
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“I'm proud of what Florida has been able to achieve.”
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“I'm proud that so many other states have been able to emulate us.”
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“Let's make sure that this state remains the free state of Florida.”
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