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Ron DeSantis: “If they want to shut down businesses. I'm going to stand in the way.”

On the recordDecember 16, 2020
If they want to shut down businesses. I'm going to stand in the way.

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Governor DeSantis expresses his intent to prevent shutdowns of businesses in Florida despite rising COVID-19 cases.

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