Ron DeSantis: “We've paid off 51% of the state's debt, paid it down.”

“And look at what's happened with the state's debt. You take all the state's debt in the history of the state of Florida, from statehood till the present, just since I've been governor, We've paid off 51% of the state's debt, paid it down. It's done. And we now have the lowest per capita debt of any state in the country. Meanwhile, we've done some really big things.” (07:11–07:16)

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