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DeSantis says founders rejected the left’s ideas at Mount Rushmore

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis spent July 4 at Mount Rushmore, where he joined the holiday atmosphere around Trump’s speech and the fireworks show. During a conversation with Sean Hannity on FOX News, DeSantis focused on the country’s founding and said the American system has lasted far beyond what history usually expects.

He said the Founding Fathers understood how fragile republics can be. In his view, they built something designed to stand the test of time. He argued that the core American idea still matters now, especially when modern politics keeps pushing bigger government and softer limits on power.

DeSantis put it plainly:

• “250 years — if you think about it, republics are not supposed to last that long.”
• “When the founding fathers set forth these important principles, they knew that all these republics in history had failed and they were trying to confound history.”
• “And what they laid down were enduring truths.”
• “Our rights either come from God or the government.”
• “If they come from God that’s it, there is no more debate about it.”
• “Government’s either got to be limited or not. If it is, then we always have to have limited government.”

He then turned to the modern left and singled out Zohran Mamdani as part of what he sees as a larger trend.

“And when I see the Mamdani’s of the world, they’re basically offering these ideas, they claim they are progressive, they’re really regressive.”

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