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Ron DeSantis: “The deadliest [hurricane] was in the 1920s. Okeechobee…”

Featuring: Ron DeSantis, Republican | Governor of Florida

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Governor DeSantis Speaks at Palm Beach Atlantic University

Published | Video Starts at 31:45

And, you know, the media would all be like, oh, this is just climate change. The most significant hurricane in our history happened in the 1930s. The Labor Day hurricane, most powerful that's ever hit Florida. The deadliest [hurricane] was in the 1920s. Okeechobee Hurricane. There is nothing new under the sun with this stuff. We have always had a risk of these major hurricanes. We can deal with it so much better now than they could then. (31:45–31:50)

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Asserts that the Okeechobee Hurricane in the 1920s was the deadliest in Florida's history.

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