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Ron DeSantis: “We repealed that [provision of Florida law allowing forcible…”

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Gov. Ron DeSantis & Casey DeSantis Tout Work Of The Florida Cancer Innovation Fund

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I mean, for example, there had been a provision of Florida law that authorized the surgeon General to forcibly inject people, like literally pull you off the street and start injecting you. That was in Florida law. We repealed that [provision of Florida law allowing forcible injections]. He wouldn't have done that anyways. He would have resigned. I mean, I wouldn't tell him to do it, but he would not have done that. But that was in Florida law. (54:45–54:47)

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Asserts that the provision allowing forcible injections was repealed in Florida.

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