Ron DeSantis: “We've paid off 50% of our state's historical debt.”

“You know, I'll talk about some of the things we've done in Florida over my tenure and I'll brag about, oh, we're number one in education freedom, new business formations. We have the lowest spending per capita. We've paid off 50% of our state's historical debt. And then I used to say, and we have more economic growth since I've been governor than in any state in the country.” (00:18–00:22)

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