Ron DeSantis: “Under no circumstances can the American taxpayer ever bail…”

“And so as they don't monetize to the extent that they were hoping all the stuff that was mentioned, that's bad, they are going to then go to that to try to save themselves. Now, I think it's important that we say very clearly, Under no circumstances can the American taxpayer ever bail out any of these big tech companies for their investment decisions with respect to AI. I think that would be. You've heard some companies talk about needing a federal backstop. This, that basically, I think what they're trying to do is they're trying to hardwire an environment where we can.” (42:43–42:54)

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