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Ron DeSantis: “We were projecting 200,000 people in the caucus. There were…”

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Published | Video Starts at 1:24:55

The question is, could I come in a strong second and then maybe have the coalescing? And when it was more of a weak second, it just is what it is. I mean, you know, We were projecting 200,000 people in the caucus. There were 100,000 that showed out. So half of the turnout showed out. And I think it was because some of the people that maybe would have been open to us, they just thought it was a fait accompli. (1:24:55–1:25:00)

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Asserts that the turnout for the caucus was half of the projected 200,000 people.

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