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Ron DeSantis: “The estimates are from like 1.5 trillion to like 1.8…”

Featuring: Ron DeSantis, Republican | Governor of Florida

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Governor DeSantis Speaks at the 2026 Chamber of Commerce Legislative Fly-In

Published | Video Starts at 11:29

And Mark mentioned the gdp. I mean we've had a massive increase in our, the state size of our economy just in the last seven years to be able to, I mean The estimates are from like 1.5 trillion to like 1.8 trillion depending on how you do it. But if it's 1.5, that's a 50% increase in the size of your economy from where we had been the whole history of the state to just seven years. (11:29–11:38)

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Asserts that Florida's economy is estimated to be between $1.5 trillion and $1.8 trillion.

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