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Ron DeSantis: “The kneecapping of ESG in our investments and within our…”

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Governor Ron DeSantis Delivers 2026 State of the State Address

Published January 13, 2026 | Video Starts at 20:57

The largest golf red snapper season on record, and we're now working to expand that to the Atlantic. The most sweeping election integrity measures in the country. The kneecapping of ESG in our investments and within our electric grid. and working with President Ben Albritton, the most investment in rural Florida in history, not to mention four Stanley Cups, a Super Bowl, a college basketball national championship, and on … (20:57–21:02)

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Asserts that Florida has reduced the influence of ESG in investments and the electric grid.

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“In the past seven years, we've retired almost half of all of Florida's taxpayer-supported debt.”
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“The number of state government workers per capita are less than half the national average and the lowest in all of these United States.”
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“Since 2020, [Florida's] economy has accounted for more than 14% of all new jobs produced throughout America.”
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“Seven years ago, Florida's economy was roughly $1 trillion. Today it is approaching 1.8 trillion.”
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“Florida has attracted more income than any other state has ever attracted over a similar period of time in the entire history of the United…”
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“We have seen a historic 47% reduction in the number of children entering our child welfare system.”
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“We have by far the lowest resident tuition in the nation.”
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“We even rebuilt a bridge that had been destroyed in just a matter of three days.”
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“Florida is the only state in the country that requires state and local cooperation with federal interior enforcement efforts.”
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“In the past nine months alone, Florida is responsible for the apprehension of nearly 20,000 illegal aliens.”
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“Florida might have the lowest taxes at the state level in the nation.”
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“Seven years ago, local governments throughout Florida took in about $32 billion in property tax revenue. Last year, that number rose to a…”
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“AI chat bots have already been linked to teen suicides.”
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“We have more than tripled our rainy day fund and more than doubled our budget reserves.”
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“We've saved more than a billion dollars on principal and interest costs.”
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“Florida spent conservatively. We have one of, if not the lowest levels of spending per capita in the entire nation.”
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“Florida's economy has been ranked number one in the nation by CNBC for the past three years.”
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“Over the past seven years we have delivered a record of almost $10 billion in tax relief.”
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“We do not and will never have an income tax in the Sunshine State.”
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“Today we have universal school choice and rank as the number one state in the union for parental empowerment and education freedom.”
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“The high school graduation rate for the 2425 school year was 92.2%. That is the highest graduation rate in Florida history.”
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“Florida now has the highest average minimum teacher salary in the southeast region.”
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“Florida has the number one ranked public higher education system in America.”
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“We have programs like the Adam Smith center for Economic Freedom at Florida International University.”
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“We promised reform and we delivered the most far reaching higher education reforms in the entire nation.”
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“We have more than quadrupled the funding for Everglades restoration and water quality.”
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“We've completed a record number of projects, tripled the water storage capacity throughout the Glades.”
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“We've advanced the completion of the EAA reservoir by five years.”
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“This has been the largest environmental restoration in the entire country.”
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“We've now gone through four major hurricanes in the last four years and each storm has witnessed the most robust response on record.”
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“We have made Florida the top law and order state in the nation.”
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“We've enacted the death penalty for pedophiles.”
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“Record support for congestion relief and accelerated transportation projects.”
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“The most sweeping election integrity measures in the country.”
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“The most investment in rural Florida in history.”
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“States that have followed Florida's approach have seen population and business growth and have maintained healthy fiscal and budget…”
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“States that have pursued a different course have hemorrhaged population, income and businesses, and many of them are in the midst of dire…”
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“The legislature, for example, has done very difficult but important work to enact reforms to stabilize Florida's insurance markets.”
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“The results have been positive, as witnessed by the recent announcement of historic rate decreases for citizens homeowners insurance and the…”
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“Florida's recent successes would not have been possible without taking a firm stand against the medical authoritarianism that swept the…”
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“We refused to allow Florida to descend into a fauchian dystopia where our freedoms were curtailed and livelihoods were destroyed.”
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“The use of coercion regarding medical treatments has been philosophically wrong and tactically counterproductive.”
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“Legislators have proposed eliminating DEI in local governments, further disincentivizing illegal immigration, expanding second amendment…”
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