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Ron DeSantis: “We eliminated DEI. We're the first to do that a few years…”

Featuring: Ron DeSantis, Republican | Governor of Florida

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks on First Lady Casey DeSantis' run for governor

Published | Video Starts at 05:30

I mean, the education bureaucracies are big, the universities are even. We've held the line on tuition admirably. But the reality is, you know, these things grow. Now We eliminated DEI. We're the first to do that a few years ago. And I think, like, on the surface, they comply, but then some of them do it and they rename and they put it down. They do all this stuff. (05:30–05:34)

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Asserts that Florida was the first state to eliminate DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) initiatives.

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