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DeSantis signs $100B Florida budget after vetoing $1.5B
BRENDAN FARRINGTON, Associated Press
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a $100 billion budget Wednesday after vetoing $1.5 billion, including $1 billion in federal money for an emergency response fund he said had strings attached that made it unusable.
DeSantis held a bill signing ceremony at a New Smyrna Beach restaurant and used the event to boast about his response to the coronavirus pandemic, saying fully opening Florida to business early helped the economy rebound faster and stronger than expected.
“A lot of people were trying to tell me to close restaurants like this last summer. We didn t do it. We kept business open, we got kids in school,” DeSantis said. The result was our economy really started to rebound.
obviously we have a number of debates in the future. i think he has prominent supporters out in the states. b. florida not as well organized but more organized than we think it is. karen, ari, stick around. trivia. a heck of a stumping. we asked, president bill clinton was succeeded by the son of a man he defeated in running for office. the answer, it s ronald reagan. in 1966 ronald reagan defeated pat brown to become governor of california. 45 years ago today, in fact. reagan bass later succeeded ins that office by jerry brown. a hat tip to my man steve weisman at the peterson institute for that one. we ll be right back. you re watching t the daily rundown only on msnbc.