Ron DeSantis: “The budget that I'll sign will be somewhere in the $117…”

“We've got 23 and a half million residents in the state of Florida, and yet their budget is over twice the size of our budget. In fact, well over twice. Because The budget that I'll sign will be somewhere in the $117 billion range. All in, I think New York State's budget's over $260 billion and they're serving obviously far fewer people.” (05:41–05:46)

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