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Ron DeSantis: “We took a stand against the orthodoxy and kept the state…”

Featuring: Ron DeSantis, Republican | Governor of Florida

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Full Ron DeSantis Interview: 'I am what I am'

Published | Video Starts at 02:10

I mean, even as governor, people didn't give me a chance to get elected governor in the first place. Then when Covid and We took a stand against the orthodoxy and kept the state [Florida] free [during Covid]. I was pilloried. People said that my career was over. First of all, I don't even. That's not How I think, I think about leadership, even my reelection. (02:10–02:14)

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Asserts that Florida remained free during Covid by opposing the prevailing orthodoxy.

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