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Ron DeSantis: “We had massive numbers of Canadians coming in.”

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Published August 26, 2025 | Video Starts at 48:26

I can tell you in Florida, we just had, in the most recent quarter, we had the best quarter ever that we've had for the second quarter of any year. We had massive numbers of Canadians coming in. Remember they said that Canadians aren't coming in. No, they're coming in. You know, as a kid that grew up in Dunedin, I just remember in February and March I'd … (48:26–48:30)

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Asserts that there was a significant increase in Canadian visitors to Florida recently.

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“By the end of this fiscal year, all of Florida's history up until the time I became governor of will have paid off about 50% of the state's…”
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“There are more would-be home buyers that are over the age of 70 in the United States than under the age of 30.”
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“It [i275 expansion] will help moving goods around the Tampa Bay area.”
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“It [i275 expansion] will of course, reduce travel delays, some say up to 85% reduction in travel delays.”
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“This [i275 expansion] will relieve congestion in Pinellas county.”
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“We've also been ranked number one in economy by U.S. News and World Report.”
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“We launched an initiative called Moving Florida Forward, which took billions and billions of dollars from our state surplus and plowed it…”
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“At least 20 major interstate and roadway projects across the state have been expedited through this initiative.”
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“Our total investment in infrastructure for the next five years is almost $70 billion in projects.”
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“The Howard Franklin Bridge is the largest infrastructure project ever delivered in the Tampa Bay area.”
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“We will end up delivering a modern bridge that will increase capacity by 50%.”
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“We are breaking ground on the i275 expansion, which is one of the largest moving Florida forward projects in the region.”
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“You now have universal disaster preparedness supplies, tax free, regardless of time period.”
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“Both the Howard Franklin Bridge as well as the i275 expansion in Pinellas county are really, really significant.”
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“275, that was not even on the radar to be done had we not done moving Florida forward.”
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“The Florida legislature passed the law that was very clear that I signed into law. We're not doing the commandeering of the roads to put up…”
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“Local governments are required to mimic the state standard.”
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“We have remedies in the law to be able to make sure that people are following what their elected representatives have enacted.”
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“It wasn't obvious to the troopers at the time that there was a criminal offense that had been committed.”
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“You're not allowed to issue a CDL to somebody who is not in this country legally.”
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