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Ronald Dion "Ron" DeSantis is an American politician who has been the United States Representative for Florida's 6th congressional district since 2013.

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We’re in a situation where we did over 400,000 shots last week Monday through Sunday, this week we probably aren’t going to reach that just simply because we’re not getting enough vaccine. We have places that can do more and we want them to do more if we can get more than 266,000 doses we will be able to do a lot more very quickly.

– Ron DeSantis

Found on FOX News 2 days ago Latest Headlines

I think, Dr. Atlas, we're in agreement on focusing strategies in school on people who are symptomatic.

– Ron DeSantis

Found on CNN 2 months ago Politics

I personally think its dramatically draconian that a student could get potentially expelled for going to a party. Thats what college kids do.

– Ron DeSantis

Found on FOX News 3 months ago Health

But if they were, I would want them playing, and if they bring something back to the house, as much as I wouldn't want that, I would rather take that risk than deprive them of the opportunity to do things like this.

– Ron Desantis

Found on CNN 5 months ago Health News

A 70 mile-an-hour wind will be enough to take down trees and limbs that obviously interact with power lines and so, that will happen, and people should be prepared for that.

– Ron DeSantis

Found on CNN 5 months ago Top News

So I was very concerned about things on that side as well.

– Ron DeSantis

Found on CNN 6 months ago Top News

We need to get these testing results back in a timely fashion.

– Ron DeSantis

Found on CNN 6 months ago Health News

That creates resistance in terms of the ability for the disease to spread.

– Ron DeSantis

Found on CNN 6 months ago Health News

I'm confident if you can do Home Depot, if you can do Walmart, if you can do these things, we absolutely can do the schools, i want our kids to be able to minimize this education gap that I think has developed.

– Ron DeSantis

Found on CNN 6 months ago Politics

Theres no need to be fearful, there have been way more infections than documented cases, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Monday.

– Ron DeSantis

Found on FOX News 6 months ago U.S.

I want our kids to be able to minimize this education gap that I think has developed, in spite of good efforts with the online, its just not the same. So I worry about that gap.

– Ron DeSantis

Found on FOX News 6 months ago U.S.

We spent months saying that there were certain things that were essential -- that included fast food restaurants, it included Walmart, it included Home Depot. If fast food and Walmart and Home Depot -- and look, I do all that, so I'm not looking down on it -- but if all that is essential, then educating our kids is absolutely essential, i have no doubt we can do this safely.

– Ron DeSantis

Found on CNN 6 months ago Politics

I have no doubt we can do this safely.

– Ron DeSantis

Found on CNN 6 months ago Politics

We're not going back, closing things.

– Ron DeSantis

Found on CNN 6 months ago Top News

What have the results been ? everyone in the media was saying Florida would be like New York or Italy and that has not happened. ... We had a tailored and measured approach that not only helped our numbers be way below what anybody predicted, but also did less damage to our state going forward.

– Ron DeSantis

Found on CNN 7 months ago Politics

If Miami Mayor Francis Suarez follow guidelines, everything works out fine.

– Ron DeSantis

Found on CNN 7 months ago Politics

Even with testing increasing or being flat, the number of people testing positive is accelerating faster than that. Lenny Curry know, that's evidence that there's transmission between those communities.

– Ron DeSantis

Found on CNN 7 months ago Top News

So no, we're not shutting down, we're going to go forward, we're going to continue to protect the most vulnerable. We're going to urge, continue to advise, particularly our elderly population to maintain social distancing, avoid crowds.

– Ron DeSantis

Found on CNN 7 months ago Politics

Some of these guys -- they go to work in a school bus, and they are all just like packed there like sardines, going across like Palm Beach County or some of these other places, and( there's) all these opportunities to have transmission.

– Ron DeSantis

Found on CNN 7 months ago Politics

We'll be able to make those decisions about what precautions need to be taken as you get closer, but to just rule out a convention at this stage, I think, is a mistake, so we've said we want to get to' yes' on it, and I think you'll be able to do it.

– Ron DeSantis

Found on CNN 7 months ago Top News

You look at how this disease is transmitted, it's transmitted overwhelmingly when you are in close, sustained contact with people, usually in an indoor environment, going forward, we got to be promoting people to get exercise, do it in a good way, to do it in a safe way.

– Ron DeSantis

Found on CNN 9 months ago Top News

We cannot afford to have people who aren't even Floridians dumped into South Florida using up those valuable resources.

– Ron DeSantis

Found on Reuters 9 months ago US News

The point is we need those folks coming in to self-isolate for 14 days.

– Ron DeSantis

Found on CNN 10 months ago Top News

As soon as we get this stuff here or in Orlando we're getting it out, all of this stuff is in such short supply around the world and around our country, but particularly involving these collection swabs to take the samples. As soon as we get them we push them out. So we'll be pushing out a thousand swabs to Miami-Dade, another thousand swabs to Broward, another thousand swabs to Hillsborough( counties).

– Ron DeSantis

Found on CNN 10 months ago Politics

At the same, though, we cannot be bringing people over here who want to do things like this with our country.

– Ron DeSantis

Found on Reuters 1 year ago Top News

There's obviously going to be a lot of questions about this individual being a foreign national, being a part of the Saudi Air Force and then to be here training on our soil, obviously.

– Ron DeSantis

Found on CNN 1 year ago Politics

The government of Saudi Arabia needs to make things better for these victims. They are going to owe a debt here, given that this was one of their individuals.

– Ron DeSantis

Found on Reuters 1 year ago Top News

Get out now while there's time and while you have fuel available.

– Ron DeSantis

Found on Reuters 1 year ago Company News

This storm at this magnitude could really cause massive destruction. Do not put your life in jeopardy by staying behind when you have a chance to get out.

– Ron DeSantis

Found on Reuters 1 year ago Top News

The Bahamas are going to get absolutely leveled by this thing because this things a strong storm. The Bahamas are flat.

– Ron DeSantis

Found on FOX News 1 year ago U.S.

There are going to be site checks, there are going to be phone calls to make sure that they have a plan to deal with folks that are in their care.

– Ron DeSantis

Found on Reuters 1 year ago US News

We, in the emergency declaration, waived service and truck rates for fuel trucks so we can increase capacity for fuel being brought in. We're also going to be starting today implementing Florida Highway Patrol escorts for fuel trucks so we can increase fueling in critical parts of the state.

– Ron DeSantis

Found on CNN 1 year ago Top News

The only reason Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis're paying restitution is because Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis were convicted of a felony.

– Ron DeSantis

Found on CNN 1 year ago Politics

The only reason you're paying restitution is because you were convicted of a felony.

– Ron DeSantis

Found on CNN 1 year ago Politics

The amendment says, if you read it, that you have to complete your sentence. And I think most people understand you can be sentenced to jail, probation, restitution if you harm someone. You can be sentenced with a fine. People that bilk people out of money, sometimes that's an appropriate sentence. That's what the constitutional provision said.

– Ron DeSantis

Found on CNN 1 year ago Politics

They won't tell us which county it was. Are you kidding me ? Why would you not say something immediately ? we're looking for answers.

– Ron DeSantis

Found on CNN 1 year ago Politics

Critics of Common Core, including Tea Party groups, said itwouldtake away local control and dumb downschools. Meanwhile, many parents had trouble understanding some of the teaching methods and found the curriculum confusing, particularly some of the math lessons. One of the things we would constantly hearabouton the campaign trail was a lot of frustration from parents in particular with this idea of Common Core, when you complained... I heard you. I told you Id do something about it. And today we are acting to bring promises to reality.

– Ron DeSantis

Found on FOX News 1 year ago Politics

For seventy years, these four men have had their history wrongly written for crimes they did not commit. As I have said before, while that is a long time to wait, it is never too late to do the right thing, i believe the rule of law is society's sacred bond. When it is trampled, we all suffer. For the Groveland Four, the truth was buried. The Perpetrators celebrated. But justice has cried out from that day until this.

– Ron DeSantis

Found on CNN 2 years ago Top News

I dont know that theres any way you can look at this case and think that those ideals of justice were satisfied. Indeed, they were perverted time and time again, and I think the way this was carried out was a miscarriage of justice.

– Ron DeSantis

Found on FOX News 2 years ago U.S.

I am replacing my words of concession with an uncompromised and unapologetic call that we count every single vote.

– Ron DeSantis

Found on CNN 2 years ago Politics

Casey and I are praying for the families.

– Ron DeSantis

Found on CNN 2 years ago Top News

Every president for 25 years has promised that on the campaign trail, once in office, they didn't do it. Donald Trump promised it, and Donald Trump followed through with it. And so to me, when you give your word, and you follow through with it as an elected official, that is the model that we're supposed to do.

– Ron DeSantis

Found on CNN 2 years ago Politics

I'm confused by the question, the question was whether or not Jake Tapper thinks Donald Trump is a good role model for the children of Florida.

– Ron DeSantis

Found on CNN 2 years ago Politics

We need a governor that is going to work constructively with the President Donald Trump administration to advance Florida's priorities you know Andrew Gillum wants to impeach President President Donald Trump, about what ? I don't know.

– Ron DeSantis

Found on CNN 2 years ago Top News

I'm not always the most popular guy in D.C., but I did have support from someone in Washington, if you walk down Pennsylvania Avenue, he lives in the White House with the pillars in front of it.

– Ron DeSantis

Found on CNN 2 years ago Top News

I am proud to have the endorsement of President Trump in this race.

– Ron DeSantis

Found on FOX News 2 years ago Latest Headlines

The inspector general can [investigate] … I don’t think it’s mutually exclusive, but we in Congress need the information and you also need the special counsel.

– Ron DeSantis

Found on FOX News 2 years ago Latest Headlines

There is no way that the taxpayer should be deprived of knowing where their tax dollars are going.

– Ron DeSantis