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Ron DeSantis: “We had to get approval from Mount Vernon and from the…”

Featuring: Ron DeSantis, Republican | Governor of Florida

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Governor DeSantis Unveils George Washington Statue in Chipley

Published | Video Starts at 11:16

We did Monroe down in the Florida Keys, Jefferson, Jefferson County. But we had already done the Washington State Capitol. But we wanted to do something. So what we were able to do, and We had to get approval from Mount Vernon and from the Governor of Virginia to have a replica made of that Mount Vernon statue. which is what you see here. So this is not something that we just got off the street. This is not something you're going to find in some pawn shop. (11:16–11:27)

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Asserts that approval was needed from Mount Vernon and the Governor of Virginia to make a replica of the statue.

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