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Ron DeSantis: “Our economy's $1.2 trillion plus our debt's $20 billion.”

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Published | Video Starts at 21:32

What would you do if you were president? I mean, entitlements are bankrupting us. So I think that Florida's instructive because we have the second lowest debt per capita in the country. So Our economy's $1.2 trillion plus our debt's $20 billion. I mean, so compared to the federal government, the debt is bigger than the entire national economy. And it's gotten very, very bad. (21:32–21:38)

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Asserts that Florida's economy is valued at $1.2 trillion with a debt of $20 billion.

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