Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis criticizes President Donald Trump’s proposal to pay $5,000 dividend checks to every U.S. adult if Republicans win the midterms. DeSantis says the plan would add “more debt and more inflation” and argues that if surplus revenue exists, the government should cut taxes and return money to people.
The outlets describe DeSantis’s comments as part of his broader response to Trump’s check pledge and the debate over how to use federal revenue. Both sources frame the proposal as controversial and focus on DeSantis’s argument that distributing large one-time payments would worsen fiscal pressures rather than provide a sustainable tax benefit. The reporting ties the criticism to DeSantis’s view that tax reductions, rather than dividend-style payments, are the appropriate way to return surplus funds.
No additional details appear across the provided excerpts about funding mechanisms, the legal or legislative path, or public responses from Trump’s campaign beyond DeSantis’s stated critique.
