@GovRonDeSantis Florida ranks 3rd in the country in human trafficking cases reported & second for labor trafficking cases reported, according to National Human Trafficking Hotline.
Florida’s health system is among the worst in the nation: spending only $19 a person on public health, or 51% of
@GovRonDeSantis the national average, and has more children without a “medical home” than any other state.
Florida ranks dead last in the nation for long-term care services and supports.
Florida ranks 45th out of all the states in terms of spending on its kindergarten-through-high school
@GovRonDeSantis system, according to Education Week, a national, nonpartisan publication.
Florida ranks 41st overall in terms quality of their residents’ health and access to quality and affordable health care.
Florida ranked as the 3rd worst state for “road safety,” and 2nd worst among states
@GovRonDeSantis with a high uninsured population.
A recent study from Business.org found Florida ranks as one of the worst states in the nation for salaries.
An overall score of 46.4 ranked Florida as the 12th worst state in the nation to raise a family in terms of health, safety,
@GovRonDeSantis education, child care, affordability, socioeconomics. wallethub.com/edu/best-state….
Florida ranks in the Top 10 of the worst states for Covid cases and deaths per capita for the entire pandemic.
Nearly 55% of Florida’s four million children are either living in or near poverty,
@GovRonDeSantis or in households that are one missed paycheck or lost job away from not being able to meet basic needs. With 20% of Florida children actually living in poverty, Florida ranks in the bottom 15 states.
Florida has the 3rd worst drinking water in the nation: In 2018, the state
@GovRonDeSantis delayed informing residents of substantial drinking water contamination with PFOS and PFOA near the Florida State Fire College for nearly four months. And as of 2019, 1,650 of Florida’s public water systems violated the EPA’s water quality standards & 101 were serious violators.
@GovRonDeSantis I can go on. Perhaps you should pause your imaginary presidential campaign and focus on that which occurs within your own state's borders. #RemoveRon

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