Who is Ron DeSantis?
The Chuck ToddCast
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🗓️ 8 March 2023
⏱️ 32 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, there I'm Chuck Todd and this is the Chuck Todd cast. |
| 0:08.4 | You ain't seen nothing yet. |
| 0:10.4 | That was what Republican governor Ron DeSantis, a possible 2024 hopeful, told his constituents |
| 0:15.9 | in his state of the state address Tuesday of this week. |
| 0:19.2 | So before we get into what to expect next, here's a quick rundown of what we've already |
| 0:23.0 | seen from DeSantis. |
| 0:24.3 | And what we'll basically perhaps start to look like his agenda or whatever you want to |
| 0:29.1 | call it in his legislative agenda here in Florida. |
| 0:32.5 | It's a very ambitious and he's got a super majority Republican legislature. |
| 0:36.1 | So the first thing that is going to get a lot of headlines is abortion. |
| 0:39.0 | Florida Republicans have proposed an abortion ban that would start up through six weeks. |
| 0:43.2 | There would be a number of exceptions, but six weeks is the headline number, meaning |
| 0:49.9 | they would prohibit abortion before many women even know their pregnant. |
| 0:54.2 | There's gun rights and while the governor's signal support that he would be supportive of |
| 0:58.7 | open carry, it might not be something that gets to his desk. |
| 1:02.1 | We'll get to that. |
| 1:03.4 | Perhaps he would like to expand his migrant relocation program and mandate companies to check |
| 1:08.7 | employee immigration status. |
| 1:10.8 | That looks like a presidential campaign type of piece of his agenda. |
| 1:14.6 | And then there's his war on woke, which he wants to continue in education. |
| 1:19.3 | All of it seems to be what his state of the state was, which was pitching himself as the |
| 1:25.5 | heir apparent to the Trump base, if you will. So today I'm joined by two Florida bureau |
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