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Ron DeSantis: “We've gotten 33,000 people off means tested welfare.”

Featuring: Ron DeSantis, Republican | Governor of Florida

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

Published | Video Starts at 33:13

If the church is there to lift somebody up, that's not creating a dependency culture, that's creating a culture that's going to lead to independence. That's why We've gotten 33,000 people off means tested welfare. We didn't cut, quote, unquote, any of the programs. We've transcended the need for the programs and done better than the left has ever been able to do. (33:13–33:18)

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Asserts that 33,000 people were removed from means-tested welfare in Florida.

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