Governor Ron DeSantis says the $101 billion state budget he just signed is very military and veteran friendly--
"Our budget that we did has $28 million for Florida military families as well as supporting the military presence in Florida," Governor DeSantis said Friday at the American Legion Palm Valley in Ponte Vedra Beach. "We did $2 million for Florida's defense support task force."
The governor says the budget also includes $11 million to support scholarships for children and spouses of deceased or disabled veterans.
As for Dr. Anthony Fauci, Governor DeSantis said Florida is emerging from the pandemic in better fiscal shape than it was before COVID struck with no help from the top medical advisor to the president.
"That would not have been possible if we followed Fauci- instead we followed freedom and that's why Florida is doing better."
The governor says people were able to work and businesses were able to stay open and some are at the point they're doing better than they've ever done. Thursday Governor DeSantis told Fox News Florida is benefiting because we chose freedom over 'Fauci-ism.'
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