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Ron DeSantis: “Pine Island bridge, same thing. They thought it was going to…”

Featuring: Ron DeSantis, Republican | Governor of Florida

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Florida Gov. DeSantis Delivers Remarks At The American Property Casualty Insurance Association Event

Published | Video Starts at 28:35

I think it was a local county bridge. And we're like, yeah, yeah, we'll do it. So two weeks later, we reopened the Sanibel Causeway. They thought it was going to take six months. Pine Island bridge, same thing. They thought it was going to take six months. We did that in three days. People are back on the island. They're able to do things to recover. So that that matters. And that's why I think we have the best bounce back of any state with respect to all of this. (28:35–28:41)

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Asserts that the Pine Island bridge was repaired in three days, contrary to the six-month expectation.

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