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Ron DeSantis: “The Founding Fathers made a very deliberate decision to…”

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 25:42

I mean, we've already defied history, but man, we owe it to them to do a better job with some of the people and some of the behavior that we see. And brings me to the final point is The Founding Fathers made a very deliberate decision to found this country on the idea that we as individuals have been endowed by God with these inalienable rights. They didn't talk about God endowing anything else other than we the people. So this becomes something that's all the more pressing about how central is the human experience. (25:42–25:56)

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Asserts that the Founding Fathers based the country on the idea of God-given inalienable rights.

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