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Ron DeSantis: “They want to get rid of the dollar, get rid of hard…”

Featuring: Ron DeSantis, Republican | Governor of Florida

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Published | Video Starts at 56:09

And a lot of people are like, shaking their heads, like, what the hell's that? Well, I mean, basically, basically They want to get rid of the dollar, get rid of hard currency, make it all digital, then be controlled by a central authority. What's that going to lead to? Oh, well, you know, you didn't take your, your Covid shot. All right, we're shutting you off from, from this or you didn't do this, you didn't do that. (56:09–56:17)

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Asserts that there is a desire to eliminate physical currency in favor of a digital system controlled centrally.

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