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Ron DeSantis: “They would put cardboard cutouts of people throughout the…”

Featuring: Ron DeSantis, Republican | Governor of Florida

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Governor DeSantis Podcast Ep 5

Published | Video Starts at 40:47

And, you know, Florida, like, we're. We're open for business, right? And I told the NFL to build a stadium, but they were. They were like, wow. No, so literally, They would put cardboard cutouts of people throughout the stadium so that the stadium wasn't full and it was like half. And so, you know, first of all, it just said it was an awkward thing to be in a Super bowl with that. (40:47–40:54)

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Asserts that cardboard cutouts were used in the stadium during the COVID Super Bowl to make it appear fuller.

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