“It’s rare that states do that because they’re usually like ‘gimme, gimme, gimme,’ but the reality is we all have a role in trying to change the fiscal trajectory of this country,” DeSantis said.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he returned nearly $500 million to the U.S. Treasury because the money had “too many strings attached.”
The two-term Republican governor mentioned he’d recently met with Elon Musk and the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency about $330 million that was allocated for Florida projects. He also said the grant would have required the state to check tailpipe emissions, something that DeSantis said he would never do.
