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Ron DeSantis: “We've doubled the national debt in like seven or eight…”

Featuring: Ron DeSantis, Republican | Governor of Florida

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Governor DeSantis Holds a Fireside Chat with the Coolidge Foundation in Polk County

Published | Video Starts at 36:11

What about the discussion about whether government should be spending this money in the first place? What about the discussion about why We've doubled the national debt in like seven or eight years. What about that? That this never happens. Right. What about, you know, you hear different things about the bureaucracy, which we've all seen. That's been frustrating. (36:11–36:15)

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Asserts that the national debt has doubled in the past seven or eight years.

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