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Ron DeSantis: “When I became governor, they were pushing to repeal…”

Featuring: Ron DeSantis, Republican | Governor of Florida

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JUST IN: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Holds Press Briefing To Promote Results Of Anti-Fentanyl Program

Published | Video Starts at 19:34

And it's not just the SAFE program. I mean, we also have very strong laws in place. You know, in Florida, you know, When I became governor, they were pushing to repeal Florida's truth in sentencing law so that people would have let out a lot of felons, and they wanted to be more lenient on things like fentanyl crimes. I put the kibosh on that. And so we now have really stringent penalties. And what Sheriff Lima and others will do is appropriately, is, you know, if you're dealing fentanyl and you sell it to … (19:34–19:49)

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Asserts that efforts to repeal Florida's truth in sentencing law and be lenient on fentanyl crimes were stopped.

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