DeSantis: Florida Had No “State Pride” Until I Was Gov

Florida Politics reports:

Gov. Ron DeSantis dissed Florida’s history during his latest out-of-state political junket. In the Granite State addressing the New Hampshire GOP at the Amos Tuck Dinner, the Governor suggested Floridians were not proud of the state before he arrived on the political scene.

“I was born and raised in Florida, and it’s only been recently that we’ve developed a sense of state pride ourselves,” DeSantis said. “We’re proud to have stood up for freedom in the last few years when it wasn’t easy. We did it our own way and I’m proud of that.”

This was the second speech in two days where DeSantis seemed to dis the Sunshine State, where he was born and raised, in an introduction.

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