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Ron DeSantis: “Then the COVID spending started, a lot of the acceleration…”

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And so he showed up and demanded a vote, and, man, the weight of the world came down on him. But he stood strong. And if you think about it, he was right. Then the COVID spending started, a lot of the acceleration of the debt and such, because you've seen that's when they locked in the $2 trillion deficits. And so, so I think that was something that, you know, I've always had respect for him for doing that he was right to stand up against the COVID insanity. (14:49–15:00)

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Asserts that COVID spending led to $2 trillion deficits.

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