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Ron DeSantis: “We've retired half of [Florida's debt] on my watch.”

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Governor DeSantis Delivers Keynote Address at Yale University Buckley Institute Annual Conference

Published | Video Starts at 11:12

And yet, major, major initiatives for infrastructure acceleration, environmental restoration, education, you name it, we've done it. Debt. Take all the debt that Florida's had for 180 years just since I've been governor. We've retired half of [Florida's debt] on my watch. And we now have the lowest per capita debt of any place in the United States. Triple a credit rating, all that. Of course, you know, that's what we have. (11:12–11:16)

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Asserts that half of Florida's debt has been retired during Ron DeSantis's tenure as governor.

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