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DeSantis doles out millions but fails to mention it mostly comes from Uncle Sam
Ron DeSantis answers questions during a press conference on Jan. 4, 2021 in Longwood, Florida. - Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/TNS

DeSantis doles out millions but fails to mention it mostly comes from Uncle Sam

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis has been on a spending spree for months, taking credit for millions of dollars in federal stimulus money he’s handing out to mostly rural Republican counties while at the same time bashing President Joe Biden’s big government spending. Federal bucks have bolstered the state budget for two years in a row, shoring up the state’s reserves, and funding such things as the governor’s job growth program, climate “resiliency” against rising waters, road projects, broadband expansion, college training programs and tax cuts. “I think it’s hypocritical,” said Ben Wil...

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