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Ron DeSantis: “We have millions more people than New York now. And yet…”

Featuring: Ron DeSantis, Republican | Governor of Florida

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Governor DeSantis Highlights Florida's Economic Growth

Published | Video Starts at 07:45

So, and then New York state, that's the closest state to us in population. Texas I think is 29 million. We're 23 something, New York's 19 something. So We have millions more people than New York now. And yet their budget is over twice the size of the budget of the state of Florida. The budget that we are currently in spends less than the budget the year before, and that budget spends less than the year before. (07:45–07:55)

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Asserts that Florida has more people than New York, but New York's budget is more than twice Florida's.

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