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Ron DeSantis: “We were the first state not just to defeat an abortion, but…”

Featuring: Ron DeSantis, Republican | Governor of Florida

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Governor DeSantis Addresses the Pennsylvania Family Institute

Published | Video Starts at 19:09

You know, I know I was against them, but what am I doing that's not right? So we dug in. We barnstormed the state. We made the case to the American, to the people of Florida, and We were the first state not just to defeat an abortion, but also to marijuana. And we did it in the same year, in the same election, against $280 million. And that is not easy to do. (19:09–19:15)

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Asserts that Florida was the first state to defeat both an abortion and a marijuana initiative in the same year.

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