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  • 7/14/2025
At a Turning Point USA Event in Tampa, Florida on Saturday, Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) praised Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL).

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00:00I'll be honest. When I said I'm in and I was going to back the president,
00:05I backed him because I knew he could step in day one and turn this country around. I knew it.
00:10In part because, yes, he had been there. And he knew all the stuff from Trump 1.
00:17And coming into Trump 2, it was going to be very, very different.
00:20And they are moving at light speed. But I'll be honest with you,
00:23I didn't even think it would be moving this fast. It shocked me.
00:28But that is because the president has surrounded himself with like-minded individuals
00:34who are committed to the agenda, and they're committed to you, the American people.
00:45But it didn't matter where we went. We were on a bus tour for two weeks in Pennsylvania.
00:49It didn't matter. If we were in Pennsylvania working hard, it had to be people in the crowd
00:54who were going to be there standing with us.
00:56To you young people at the Student Action Summit, let me tell you this.
01:00We might be winning today.
01:04Florida is red today.
01:06But the way we continue to win, the way we continue to keep Florida red,
01:16the way we keep Texas and Tennessee red, the way we bring Georgia back from the brink,
01:21don't know what's going on there for a little bit, we're going to bring it back.
01:25If we're ever going to have a shot of getting the job done consistently in Nevada
01:30and in Arizona and Wisconsin is with you.
01:42You're talking to a guy who 15 years ago nobody ever heard of.
01:47I walked into a Tea Party meeting, and they were like,
01:51who's this guy, but at least he wants to learn about the Constitution.
01:54I went to my first Republican executive committee 14 years ago,
01:58and they were like, we heard about him from the Tea Party movement.
02:01Nice to meet you, son.
02:02Because, you know, I was younger then.
02:04Not smaller, same size, just younger.
02:06Right?
02:07And they were like, nice to meet you, sonny.
02:10Just a guy.
02:12But I was passionate.
02:13The passion you bring to our politics is what will keep us at the head of the table.
02:21The work you bring into this endeavor is what will keep the Democrats
02:25as the current laughingstock that they are.
02:34I mean, has anybody seen, like, the Democrat approval rating lately?
02:39It's, like, 20%.
02:42I mean, that's bad.
02:47It's good for us, sir.
02:48You're right.
02:49It's good for us.
02:50Bad for them.
02:51But when you have bad policies, what do you expect?
02:55When you have bad policies and run worse people, this is what you get.
03:00But it's in our hands.
03:02We can't give up now.
03:03And I know you'll probably be like, Byron, man, 24 was a lot.
03:07Do you know how hard we worked?
03:09Trust me.
03:10I know how hard you worked.
03:14But constitutionalism, representative democracy,
03:20does not function without an active and motivated people.
03:26I'm going to paraphrase, but an old saying goes like this.
03:38Those who do not pay attention to their politics will be ruled by their inferiors.
03:45And in America, for far too long, we have let our inferiors rule over this country.
03:54For far too long, we have let people who, quite frankly, are not smart,
03:59make decisions as if they are the only people with intellect in the country.
04:04And a large reason why that was even able to occur is because we were just living our lives.
04:13Raising kids, going to work, in Florida, heading to the beach.
04:20And she's ready to go back to the beach.
04:22She's like, I got to hit Clearwater.
04:23She's like, after this is over, I'm hitting Clearwater.
04:25That's what we're doing.
04:28But we can't live like that anymore.
04:30We have to be engaged at all times.
04:35In this campaign for governor, I'm talking about the future of our state.
04:40We are the best state in the country here in Florida.
04:43The best.
04:47If you come from another state, I get it.
04:51But trust me, we're the best state in the country.
04:57Just here to tell you the truth.
04:58If you're a Texas person, I love you.
05:00That's great.
05:01You're number two.
05:02Anyway.
05:03Anyway.
05:04Anyway.
05:05Oklahoma's like seven.
05:06That's all right.
05:07I know some guys in Oklahoma.
05:09But let me tell you this.
05:10But let me tell you this.
05:11Let me tell you this.
05:13We've gotten here because of consistent leadership over decades.
05:19Governor DeSantis has done a tremendous job leading this state.
05:24A tremendous job.
05:26Before him, Rick Scott did a tremendous job leading this state.
05:35And so what we're talking about now is now that in Florida, the Democrats have been defeated
05:40because we've had great policy and great leadership in our state.
05:44Now it's time to look to the future.
05:47Diversifying our economy.
05:48Making sure that the best jobs that exist anywhere in America exist here.
05:52Making Florida the financial capital of the world.
05:55Making our roads more efficient and better.
05:58Cleaning up our insurance markets because we got to do that.
06:00You young people, you haven't gotten there yet.
06:01But I'm telling you, baby.
06:03Woo!
06:03Insurance.
06:05Woo!
06:05It's tough.
06:06But we have the luxury of doing that stuff in Florida.
06:12Because if you go around this state like I have, our activists in Florida are committed to keeping Florida the free state of Florida.
06:23They're committed.
06:29I know so many of them from my time in the grassroots.
06:34They are locked in and not going anywhere.
06:37So young people, students, activists, I'm telling you, I'm telling you the truth.
06:43There is no movement, there is no party that can stop young people active for the right principles, the principles of liberty and freedom for the future of America.
07:00I'm looking at you now in this room and I'm a little scared of y'all.
07:10Because when you are mobile, agile, active, when you never quit, you never give up, don't mind the sweat, don't mind the rain.
07:19Yes, you'll be in a suit or in a button-up in 90-degree weather.
07:22But you got to go see Miss Jane because Miss Jane's got to get to the polls, baby.
07:26We got to get you there to vote.
07:28Thank you there.
07:30I appreciate you.
07:31I appreciate you.
07:33We hiring her.
07:34She's too active.
07:36When that's the energy you bring to this movement of ours, we, and I say we, are unstoppable.
07:48God bless you.
07:49Turn the point.
07:52I love you guys.
07:54Stay in the fight.
07:55Stay with us.

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