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Ron DeSantis: “We have 28 states, we have a couple more that I think will…”

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Governor DeSantis Unveils Statue of James Madison in Madison County

Published | Video Starts at 04:47

And the reality is, just think if you would have had term limits, Nancy Pelosi would have been retired in the 1980s. I mean, like, how amazing would that have been? The other thing we've been doing is, and We have 28 states, we have a couple more that I think will probably do it soon. And that's requiring the federal government to balance its budget, just like Florida is required to balance our budget. And the reason is, is, you know, we, I remember the turn of the century, we had $5.6 trillion in debt for all of American history from 1789 until 2000, 5.6 trillion. (04:47–04:59)

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