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Ron DeSantis: “Our economy was about 1.1 trillion, which was pretty big…”

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Governor DeSantis Speaks at National Mining Association Board Meeting

Published | Video Starts at 02:12

… what happens politically where you can actually benefit by doing the right thing and kind of taking the long view. So when I became governor, until from then until now, Our economy was about 1.1 trillion, which was pretty big, but now it's 1.85 trillion. So in seven years, you've gone up 70% in our gross domestic product. If you look at the folks who have moved in since I became governor, we've had more … (02:12–02:17)

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Asserts that Florida's economy grew from $1.1 trillion to $1.85 trillion.

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