Ron DeSantis: “One of the things we did in Florida was, say, no automatic…”

“Because it's not something that the teachers unions want to be successful. Why would that matter? Because they're the ones that really call a lot of the shots, unfortunately, in some of these states. And One of the things we did in Florida was, say, no automatic deduction for teacher union dues. They can't be forcing you to do this. They can't even have an expectation it's just going to happen, and all of a sudden you'll see it on your paycheck.” (15:19–15:25)

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