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Ron DeSantis: “Since I've been governor, we've retired half of [Florida's…”

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Governor DeSantis Awards $311 Million for Infrastructure Repair in 37 Florida Communities

Published | Video Starts at 00:52

So if you look at the state of Florida's debt that we've had over our entire 180 year history just Since I've been governor, we've retired half of [Florida's debt] in a six year, six plus year period. And we did a few years ago we put in a program to do accelerated debt repayment. So we were able to put money up front and these guys would like buy the bonds at a discount. (00:52–00:58)

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Asserts that Florida has retired half of its debt during Ron DeSantis's tenure as governor.

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