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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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Aug 21, 2023

Andrew's a failed mayor, he's presided over a crime ridden city.

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Aug 19, 2023

A movement can't be about the personality of one individual. The movement has got to be about what are you trying to achieve on behalf of the American people. And that's got to be based in principle. Because if you're not rooted in…

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Aug 19, 2023

You could be the most conservative person since sliced bread. Unless you’re kissing his rear end, they will somehow call you a RINO.

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Aug 17, 2023

I'm excited about doing it because most of what you do in this process is filtered through media and seldom do you get the opportunity to speak directly to this many people.

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Aug 16, 2023

defend Donald Trump and absentia in response to a Chris Christie attack.

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Aug 12, 2023

If he was a Republican he would be in jail a long time ago.

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Aug 9, 2023

We had a prosecutor in Orlando. She wouldn't prosecute cases. She's putting people out back on the street. And this one guy shot two police officers because he should have been in jail, and he's out there. So I removed her from her post…

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Aug 5, 2023

You will also hear more from DeSantis about this. Not because DeSantis wants to be talking about it, but because their new strategy now, as part of this post-campaign reset, is to get DeSantis out talking more, doing more media, doing more…

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Aug 3, 2023

I've said for many weeks now, I don't think it's in the best interest of the country to have a former president that's almost 80 years old go to prison. And just like Nixon -- or Ford pardoned Nixon, you know, sometimes you've got to put…

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Jul 31, 2023

While I've seen reports, I have not read the indictment. I do, though, believe we need to enact reform so that Americans have the right to remove cases from Washington, D.C. to their home districts.

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Jul 30, 2023

When he hits me with the juvenile insults, I think that helps me. I don't think voters like that. I don't think it's effective. So I actually don't mind it at all. I think it's just a reminder why there are so many millions of voters who…

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Jul 27, 2023

If the election becomes a referendum on what document was left by the toilet at Mar-a-Lago, we are not going to win.

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Jul 25, 2023

What is wokeness? To say that black people have a right to be free, and not be shot down by police or any other people -- that's what woke means?

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Jul 25, 2023

These standards really were born out of that and these are very thorough standards done by African-American history scholars. There is no agenda here, it is just the truth and they talk in gory detail a lot of the bad in American history…

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Jul 23, 2023

That they're probably going to show some of the folks that eventually parlayed being a blacksmith into -- into doing things later in life.

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Jul 13, 2023

I will be a pro-life president. So, I mean, of course I want to sign pro-life legislation. We need to develop a culture of life in this country.

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Jul 13, 2023

I will be somebody who will use the bully pulpit to support governors like Kim Reynolds is a critical issue, and it's one I'm happy to have done.

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Jul 9, 2023

It's pretty clear that the media does not want me to be the candidate.

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Jul 9, 2023

I think that's very, very clear. Why? Because they know I'll beat Biden.

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Jul 8, 2023

Well, I think if you look at the people like the corporate media, who are they going after? Who do they not want to be the nominee? They're going after me.

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Jul 8, 2023

Bidenomics means you pay more for everything in life.

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