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Ron DeSantis: “We were the first state to beat a marijuana initiative, and…”

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Governor Ron DeSantis and First Lady Casey DeSantis Accept William F. Buckley Jr. Prize

Published | Video Starts at 24:12

Because I'm thinking to myself, what, what good is it to go through this, win elections, do the policy, and if they can just do Soros agenda through the back door with these initiatives. So We were the first state to beat a marijuana initiative, and we were the first state to beat an abortion till birth initiative. In 24. We beat the left at that. Very important. So what's the result of all this? (24:12–24:19)

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Asserts that Florida was the first state to defeat initiatives on marijuana and abortion till birth.

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