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Ron DeSantis

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Ron DeSantis is an American politician currently serving as the Governor of Florida. A member of the Republican Party, he has been in office since January 2019. DeSantis previously served as a U.S. Representative for Florida's 6th congressional district from 2013 to 2018. His tenure as governor has been marked by a focus on conservative policies, including education reform, environmental issues, and responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. DeSantis has gained national attention for his stances on various issues, including his support for the Trump Presidential Library in Miami and his administration's initiatives on wildlife management.

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Dec 5, 2023

I have delivered results, that's what we need for this country.

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Dec 5, 2023

Joe Biden will say they support Israel and then they do nothing but try to kneecap them every step of the way.

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Dec 5, 2023

We need to build a wall across the southern border. I'll get it done.

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Dec 5, 2023

I did a bill in Florida to stop the gender mutilation of minors, it's child abuse and it's wrong.

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Dec 2, 2023

We need to have a healthcare plan that works. Obamacare hasn't worked. We are going to replace and supersede with a better – better plan.

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Dec 2, 2023

If he's running for personal retribution, that is not going to lead to what we need as a country.

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Dec 2, 2023

What I think they're going to need to do is have a plan that will supersede Obamacare, that will lower prices for people so that they can afford healthcare.

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Dec 2, 2023

I think every state has a responsibility to have some limit into how they're doing it.

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Dec 2, 2023

I am going to end that weaponization. But that's not because I'm doing it for me; it's because I'm doing it for the people that have been under the thumb of these agencies.

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Dec 2, 2023

I think this year's a little bit different. I think the field has narrowed quicker. I think it's going to narrow even more.

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Dec 2, 2023

Doing all 99 counties is a tradition here. It's something that Governor Reynolds advised that I do. And it's a way to, one, show that you're earning people's support. Two, it's a way to hear from real people, outside of kind of the media…

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Dec 2, 2023

This country must choose freedom over failure.

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Dec 2, 2023

What people in Iowa and even in the other early states, they do not want the media choosing the Republican nominee. They do not want narrative to trump over their decisions.

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Dec 2, 2023

I think it would make the election a referendum on him and a lot of the issues that he's dealing with, or me, and that will be a referendum on Biden's failures.

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Dec 2, 2023

I think that the Biden family, the amount of money that's flowed into that family, to me, is corrupt.

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Nov 25, 2023

Everybody's attacking me. That should show you who they care about.

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Nov 14, 2023

They do not fear Biden. They realize he's weak. His whole approach to China has been flawed.

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Nov 11, 2023

Yes, I think of all the stuff that's happened to the pro-life cause, they have been caught flat-footed on these referenda.

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Nov 4, 2023

I’m pretty confident we're going to be the guy that people ultimately are going to want to settle on.

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Oct 31, 2023

And what Donald Trump does now, he is wedded to the teleprompter. He can't get off that teleprompter. This is a different Donald Trump than 2015 and '16, lost the zip on his fastball, has a sense of entitlement.

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Oct 28, 2023

I want to have a country where we're protected from that stuff.

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Oct 28, 2023

Of course we condemn that. I mean, that’s – you just look at everything that we've done in terms of our policies –

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Oct 28, 2023

I think that that gave the former president more support. I think people felt that he was being treated unfairly, which he was, in that circumstance.

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Oct 28, 2023

I would focus on those individuals who've actually gone and either been involuntary committed, been adjudicated to be mentally ill.

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Oct 28, 2023

I think that's been the law in pretty much every state and federally for quite some time. And, you know, I believe in strong, strong constitutional rights.

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