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Welcome everybody. Great to be here. Look, I was in Florida and it was amazing. It really

was. It was like an advertisement for what can happen when your state is not run by people

who are completely beholden the Democrat Party. When your state is not overtaken by those

who either seek to control you or too terrified, too anxious to make reasonable decisions, to

come to fair-minded conclusions about the kind of trade-offs involved in dealing with

a pandemic like we're seeing right now. I was in Florida for a week and what did I see?

All going about their lives, going to businesses, going to restaurants. I went out to eat

night after night. Restaurants open. Businesses stores. Imagine this. I realized that I needed

something. I had to go buy something and I didn't even have to call ahead and say, hey,

are you out? No. I went to a bookstore in Florida. It was almost like a time warp and you

might say, well, hold on a second, Buck, they must be engaged in an experiment at human

sacrifice. There must be a tremendous amount of loss as a result of their reckless policies

in the sunshine state. It turns out that's not true at all. In fact, Florida is by the numbers,

by fatalities, by hospitalizations, better off has been throughout the course of the

pandemic and continues to be better off than its two nearest states for comparison, New

York and California. Florida is better off. Now, let's understand this. I've seen all

these objections that will be raised. I've seen all the people that say, oh, no, look

at the number of cases and they pick some arbitrary. Look at the cases in Florida

from December 18th to December 21st. See, it's not better off. It's pathetic. It's desperate.

We can all tell what's going on here. Let's understand this. For lockdowns to be even

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