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Ron DeSantis: “We would have people go down there from, like, these…”

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Gov. Ron DeSantis: Trump, controversy, loss and what comes next

Published | Video Starts at 33:00

That was being used. They wanted to use it against Bush, use it against the war, all that stuff. I get the politics of it, but We would have people go down there from, like, these European countries, and these guys would tell us...this is not what we've been told that it is. It's a very secure environment. Would you want them in the mainland of the United States? No. For a variety of reasons. So you were able to do it. (33:00–33:09)

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Asserts that European visitors found Guantanamo Bay different from media portrayals.

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