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Ron DeSantis: “The founders did obviously support prayer.”

Featuring: Ron DeSantis, Republican | Governor of Florida

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Governor DeSantis Speaks at Danbury Institute's "Revive This Nation" Conference in Orlando

Published | Video Starts at 03:56

And so he called, called for a prayer. Now, a lot of people will look back and say, well, gee, yeah, I mean, The founders did obviously support prayer. Now others will say, Franklin being a very flamboyant guy, he had a lot of activity in France when he was over there as the ambassador and he was a well known deist. (03:56–04:00)

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Asserts that the founding fathers supported prayer during the Constitutional Convention.

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