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Ron DeSantis: “The interest on the debt has escalated. I mean, it used to…”

Featuring: Ron DeSantis, Republican | Governor of Florida

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Governor DeSantis Podcast Ep 2

Published | Video Starts at 39:20

Look, I'm not Democrats. I'm more worried about Republicans who don't stand up in what we believe in, which will be the downfall of this country. Yeah, I mean, I think The interest on the debt has escalated. I mean, it used to be, I mean, I think even like seven, eight years ago, it was like 200 billion a year. Now it's a billion. I think it's even probably more than a billion. But as you service more debt, you're going to service it at higher rates and that's going to continue to go up and it kind of creates a vicious cycle. (39:20–39:29)

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Asserts that interest on the debt has escalated from $200 billion a year to over $1 billion.

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