1 00:00:02,800 --> 00:00:05,760 Speaker 1: Well, good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Sean Anity has taken 2 00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:09,320 Speaker 1: a major career risk today by turning over the program 3 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:11,960 Speaker 1: to his home state governor. Now he's no longer a 4 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:13,920 Speaker 1: citizen of New York, and I know he would never 5 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:16,479 Speaker 1: do that when he was, but he is a resident 6 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:19,239 Speaker 1: of Florida, and I'm the governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, 7 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:21,680 Speaker 1: and I'm happy to be with you all today. You know, 8 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:26,200 Speaker 1: I nag Sean for years, Sean, why are you putting 9 00:00:26,280 --> 00:00:29,040 Speaker 1: up with this nonsense in New York. He'd have me 10 00:00:29,080 --> 00:00:33,000 Speaker 1: on various of his programs showing the stupidity of New York. 11 00:00:33,320 --> 00:00:35,800 Speaker 1: And now Florida was doing it right, I said, Sean, 12 00:00:36,159 --> 00:00:37,760 Speaker 1: everyone else is pulling the trigger. 13 00:00:37,920 --> 00:00:38,440 Speaker 2: Just do it. 14 00:00:38,840 --> 00:00:41,320 Speaker 1: I got a call from him in January of this year. 15 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:45,559 Speaker 1: He said, Governor, I just got my Florida driver's license. 16 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:47,800 Speaker 1: And so he's been here since the beginning of twenty 17 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:51,279 Speaker 1: twenty four. He loves it, he's glad he did it. 18 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:53,240 Speaker 1: And in fact, he told me he's going to be 19 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:57,640 Speaker 1: attending the New York Rangers Florida Panthers hockey game, and 20 00:00:57,680 --> 00:01:01,120 Speaker 1: he's going to be wearing a Florida Panthers. Now, usually 21 00:01:01,160 --> 00:01:03,920 Speaker 1: people don't switch teams that quickly, but that shows you 22 00:01:04,600 --> 00:01:06,880 Speaker 1: that he's a committed a Floridian. So it's great to 23 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:09,960 Speaker 1: be with you. We're down in sunny South Florida here 24 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:14,120 Speaker 1: on the program. And it got me thinking Sean moving 25 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:16,760 Speaker 1: down and now having the Southern Command. Who was the 26 00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:20,120 Speaker 1: first one to really start this And you have to 27 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:22,600 Speaker 1: actually go back a couple decades and the guy that 28 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:25,600 Speaker 1: started it all, both in terms of the talk radio 29 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:29,520 Speaker 1: putting conservative ideas out there, and then also moving down 30 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:31,560 Speaker 1: to Floridas. Somebody that I know was a mentor to 31 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:34,200 Speaker 1: Sean and somebody that was a friend to me, and 32 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:38,240 Speaker 1: that's Rush Limbaugh. Rush really paved the way for so 33 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:41,600 Speaker 1: much of what people like Sean had been able to do. Hell, 34 00:01:41,680 --> 00:01:44,080 Speaker 1: he paved the way for things like me and like 35 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:48,400 Speaker 1: me being in office and pursuing a conservative agenda. And 36 00:01:48,520 --> 00:01:51,480 Speaker 1: Rush was great at his craft. He was strong on 37 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:54,320 Speaker 1: conservative principles and he did it so well, and he 38 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:58,160 Speaker 1: was such a humble and decent guy. And I got 39 00:01:58,160 --> 00:02:00,080 Speaker 1: to know him as a friend. And you know, I 40 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:01,640 Speaker 1: got a chance to play golf with them a bunch 41 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 1: of times, and Rush loved golf. I think those of 42 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:06,520 Speaker 1: you who listened to his program, he would talk about it, 43 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:08,839 Speaker 1: and sometimes the audience like, Rush, we want the red meat. 44 00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:11,400 Speaker 1: You keep talking about golf. But he did, and he 45 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:13,760 Speaker 1: was actually profiled on the Golf Channel. They did a 46 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:16,840 Speaker 1: whole season where he was getting golf instruction, and this 47 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:19,200 Speaker 1: was probably about ten years ago now, and I remember 48 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:22,560 Speaker 1: asking Rush, how did that go? He said, nothing screwed 49 00:02:22,639 --> 00:02:25,399 Speaker 1: up my swing more than doing that Golf Channel thing. 50 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:28,920 Speaker 1: But by the time we were playing more as I 51 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:31,760 Speaker 1: got to know him better. I remember being out with 52 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:34,440 Speaker 1: him one time and Rush is just lighting it up. 53 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:37,240 Speaker 1: I mean, one shot after another. So we get about 54 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:40,120 Speaker 1: halfway through the round, I said, Rush, let's just improve 55 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:42,560 Speaker 1: the pace of play. Don't even drive the ball anymore. 56 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:44,320 Speaker 1: I'm gonna walk the ball out to the middle of 57 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:46,600 Speaker 1: the fairway, just drop it down and let you play 58 00:02:46,639 --> 00:02:48,800 Speaker 1: from there. He put his cigar in his mouth and 59 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:52,160 Speaker 1: he just grinned ear to ear. He loved being out there. 60 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:54,799 Speaker 1: He loved doing that. And I remember asking him one 61 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:56,840 Speaker 1: time because he moved to Florida, I think in the 62 00:02:56,919 --> 00:03:00,280 Speaker 1: late nineties, and I said, Rush, how much money did 63 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:03,080 Speaker 1: you save in these I don't know, it's probably twenty 64 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:05,280 Speaker 1: years by the time I asked him this question. I 65 00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:08,679 Speaker 1: was like, it must have been twenty five fifty million dollars. 66 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:11,360 Speaker 1: And Rush just looked at me, smiled, and he just 67 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:13,919 Speaker 1: did two thumbs up and he said higher, high, or higher, 68 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:15,440 Speaker 1: And I was like, that's all I need to know. 69 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:18,760 Speaker 1: So he was somebody. You know, he had the Limbaugh 70 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:22,520 Speaker 1: Institute for Advanced Conservative Studies, and he said, you know, 71 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:24,639 Speaker 1: we don't do degrees. So I used to always bug Rush. 72 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:26,960 Speaker 1: I was like, Rush, you need to start doing some 73 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:30,080 Speaker 1: degrees for people, people that earned it. And so he 74 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:34,639 Speaker 1: said that if he did give degrees, that I would 75 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:36,720 Speaker 1: be somebody that he would give it to first. And 76 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:38,320 Speaker 1: so that was something that I always thought was a 77 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:40,760 Speaker 1: great honor. You know, I had a chance to introduce 78 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:44,680 Speaker 1: Rush at an award ceremony, probably a couple of years 79 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:47,480 Speaker 1: before he passed away, where he was being honored. I 80 00:03:47,480 --> 00:03:50,200 Speaker 1: think it was by the National Review. And he was 81 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:52,560 Speaker 1: a big fan of William F. Buckley that got him 82 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:55,480 Speaker 1: involved in conservative thought. And I made the point, I 83 00:03:55,480 --> 00:03:57,560 Speaker 1: think this is true. If you go from World War 84 00:03:57,600 --> 00:04:02,840 Speaker 1: Two until our time, who've been the five most influential conservatives? 85 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:05,520 Speaker 1: And you can put William F. Buckley there, I of 86 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:08,440 Speaker 1: course would put Ronald Reagan, and then I think Antonin 87 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:12,000 Speaker 1: Scalia and Clarence Thomas as justices on the US Supreme Court, 88 00:04:12,040 --> 00:04:14,480 Speaker 1: and then I would put Rush. And I said that, 89 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:17,640 Speaker 1: and Rush really really appreciated it. So when Rush passed away, 90 00:04:18,520 --> 00:04:21,839 Speaker 1: being a Florida resident, I ordered that the flags be 91 00:04:21,920 --> 00:04:24,240 Speaker 1: put at half staff. And the way it works in 92 00:04:24,279 --> 00:04:28,359 Speaker 1: Florida is the state Capitol what we have. All state 93 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:31,920 Speaker 1: buildings go to half staff. The person that's being honored, 94 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:36,479 Speaker 1: their home city and county are supposed to also lower 95 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:39,320 Speaker 1: to half staff. Now, the town of Palm Beach did that. 96 00:04:40,040 --> 00:04:44,440 Speaker 1: The liberal majority on the Palm Beach County Commission rejected that, 97 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:48,520 Speaker 1: and they actually refused to lower the flags to half 98 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:51,840 Speaker 1: staff for Rush. And I always thought that that was very, 99 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:54,479 Speaker 1: very disrespectful, because even if you disagree with him, the 100 00:04:54,480 --> 00:04:57,080 Speaker 1: guy was a pioneer at the craft and he was 101 00:04:57,120 --> 00:05:00,400 Speaker 1: a longtime Florida resident. You should be happy. But Beach 102 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:04,760 Speaker 1: has been like a long time liberal bastion. Well, so 103 00:05:04,839 --> 00:05:07,200 Speaker 1: this is in February of twenty twenty one when he 104 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:10,800 Speaker 1: passed away. Fast forward to the next election after that 105 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:14,279 Speaker 1: November of twenty twenty two. In the aftermath, we took 106 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:17,880 Speaker 1: a county that had been blue for decades I wanted 107 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:21,520 Speaker 1: in the governor's race. But maybe more importantly, we now 108 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:25,839 Speaker 1: have a majority of Republicans on the Palm Beach County Commission. 109 00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:29,680 Speaker 1: Nobody thought that was possible. I think that's Limbaugh's revenge 110 00:05:29,720 --> 00:05:32,159 Speaker 1: over that that county Commission. I know he would be 111 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:36,640 Speaker 1: smiling thinking that his home county went red. And then 112 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:41,799 Speaker 1: I was also able to sign legislation making US forty 113 00:05:41,839 --> 00:05:44,920 Speaker 1: one and State Road fifty in Hernando County in Florida 114 00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:49,800 Speaker 1: the Rush Hudson Limbaugh Way. So we have a street, 115 00:05:49,960 --> 00:05:52,560 Speaker 1: a highway named after Rush here in the state of Florida, 116 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:54,719 Speaker 1: and we're proud of that. But you know what Rush, 117 00:05:54,760 --> 00:05:59,320 Speaker 1: I think understood. He understood what made America great. But 118 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:02,760 Speaker 1: he also wants understood the mortal threat that the left 119 00:06:02,880 --> 00:06:06,320 Speaker 1: poses to all that we hold dear about America. And 120 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:10,000 Speaker 1: so he policed the left, and he really liked people 121 00:06:10,279 --> 00:06:13,040 Speaker 1: who were willing to stand up and fight back on 122 00:06:13,080 --> 00:06:16,200 Speaker 1: our behalf against the left. And if you think about it, 123 00:06:16,279 --> 00:06:20,400 Speaker 1: the left has increased their influence dramatically over the last 124 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:24,400 Speaker 1: twenty years. They control the universities, they control the federal 125 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:28,920 Speaker 1: bureaucracy and administrative state. They control big tech, and we've 126 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:31,640 Speaker 1: seen that with the censorship, and Rush talked about that 127 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:35,400 Speaker 1: when he was still doing his thing. They've taken over 128 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:38,000 Speaker 1: much of corporate America with a lot of the nonsense 129 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:41,279 Speaker 1: we see, and even things like pro sports. You have 130 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:44,160 Speaker 1: a lot of woke ideology that go out there. And 131 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:47,479 Speaker 1: so I think Rush understood you needed to take on 132 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:50,479 Speaker 1: the left, and that's really what we do in Florida. 133 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:52,880 Speaker 1: We're known as the Free State of Florida, and yes, 134 00:06:52,960 --> 00:06:56,680 Speaker 1: we have no income tax. We have the smallest government 135 00:06:56,720 --> 00:06:59,640 Speaker 1: per capita in all the United States, so we have 136 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:02,560 Speaker 1: the low per capita debt of any state in the 137 00:07:02,640 --> 00:07:04,839 Speaker 1: United States. And there's a lot of things that we 138 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:08,919 Speaker 1: do that shows that we actually believe in freedom. But 139 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:12,480 Speaker 1: we work very hard to protect our citizens from the 140 00:07:12,520 --> 00:07:15,200 Speaker 1: pathologies of the left, whether that's in the halls of 141 00:07:15,240 --> 00:07:17,880 Speaker 1: the legislature, whether that's what they try to do in 142 00:07:17,960 --> 00:07:20,720 Speaker 1: K twelve schools, whether it's at the universities, whether it's 143 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:23,920 Speaker 1: in corporate America. We fight the left in order to 144 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:28,920 Speaker 1: protect our people. And why isn't this done more well? 145 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:31,560 Speaker 1: I think Rush would would point out, and I would 146 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:34,960 Speaker 1: point out too, when you stand up against the left, 147 00:07:35,320 --> 00:07:37,520 Speaker 1: when you go after some of their hobby horses, and 148 00:07:37,560 --> 00:07:39,640 Speaker 1: we're going to talk about how we've actually done this 149 00:07:39,680 --> 00:07:43,680 Speaker 1: in Florida successfully throughout the balance of the program. They 150 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:47,960 Speaker 1: come after you, they attack you, they lie about you, 151 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:50,200 Speaker 1: they smear you. In Look, a lot of people don't 152 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:52,760 Speaker 1: necessarily want to go through that. You have a lot 153 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:55,360 Speaker 1: of these Republicans they want to be liked by the 154 00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:58,160 Speaker 1: corporate media, they want to be liked by the left, 155 00:07:58,480 --> 00:08:00,880 Speaker 1: and they know, you know, if you're there's somebody running 156 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:03,320 Speaker 1: for office as a Republican, you're going to get in 157 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:05,960 Speaker 1: cut taxes for corporations and not fight out of these 158 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:08,120 Speaker 1: other fights. You know, a lot of times the left 159 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:11,000 Speaker 1: will leave you alone. That's something that they're not necessarily 160 00:08:11,040 --> 00:08:13,280 Speaker 1: going to feel threatened by. But when you go after 161 00:08:13,400 --> 00:08:16,880 Speaker 1: their grip on power, they lash out and they fight 162 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:19,800 Speaker 1: back hard. And that's what they've done to us here 163 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:23,480 Speaker 1: in Florida. But you know, I remember talking with Rush 164 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:26,600 Speaker 1: you know, probably within the last year of his life, 165 00:08:26,680 --> 00:08:29,160 Speaker 1: and he just looked at me and he's like, you know, 166 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:33,199 Speaker 1: he's like, Governor Florida is winning. You guys are winning 167 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:35,160 Speaker 1: and what you're doing, And here are the proofs in 168 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:38,160 Speaker 1: the pudding. When I got elected governor, there were three 169 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:42,520 Speaker 1: hundred thousand more registered Democrats than Republicans in the state 170 00:08:42,520 --> 00:08:45,920 Speaker 1: of Florida, and this state had never had more registered 171 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:50,120 Speaker 1: Republicans and Democrats in our history. Today, as we talk 172 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:53,320 Speaker 1: to you from Sunny South Florida, we have over nine 173 00:08:53,440 --> 00:08:58,120 Speaker 1: hundred thousand more registered Republicans than Democrats. So you're talking 174 00:08:58,160 --> 00:09:02,600 Speaker 1: about a one point two million voter shift in five 175 00:09:02,640 --> 00:09:06,920 Speaker 1: and a half years. That is simply unprecedented in the 176 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:12,120 Speaker 1: modern Republican Party. And it was really driven by success 177 00:09:12,120 --> 00:09:15,840 Speaker 1: in delivering for people and protecting them against this militant 178 00:09:15,920 --> 00:09:18,679 Speaker 1: left which threatens the United States as we know it 179 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:21,920 Speaker 1: and threatens our freedom. And it's the point, like you, 180 00:09:21,960 --> 00:09:24,760 Speaker 1: guys will hear things about this this upcoming election, let 181 00:09:24,840 --> 00:09:29,240 Speaker 1: me tell you, there is no election in Florida between 182 00:09:29,240 --> 00:09:33,600 Speaker 1: Trump and Biden. Trump has Florida, it's a done deal. 183 00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:37,840 Speaker 1: Biden has no chance in this state. I'm sure there's 184 00:09:37,880 --> 00:09:40,040 Speaker 1: some other states that are going to be competitive, this 185 00:09:40,120 --> 00:09:42,920 Speaker 1: is not one of them. And I think, like the media, 186 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:45,679 Speaker 1: they just don't want to accept the fact that Florida's 187 00:09:45,679 --> 00:09:48,560 Speaker 1: a red state because we had twenty years, twenty five 188 00:09:48,640 --> 00:09:51,640 Speaker 1: years where Florida was decided by a point or two 189 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:55,480 Speaker 1: in almost every presidential election. You guys remember Bush versus 190 00:09:55,520 --> 00:09:58,520 Speaker 1: Gore where it was five hundred and thirty seven votes. 191 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:02,959 Speaker 1: That was that this is this time. And now Florida 192 00:10:03,080 --> 00:10:06,080 Speaker 1: is a red state. And part of that is because 193 00:10:06,559 --> 00:10:09,439 Speaker 1: we've put up really, really big victories and people know 194 00:10:09,920 --> 00:10:12,120 Speaker 1: that Florida is a refuge. I mean, if you're living 195 00:10:12,160 --> 00:10:14,640 Speaker 1: in a big city and you have a Soros prosecutor 196 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:17,480 Speaker 1: letting criminals run wild, you know you can come to Florida. 197 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:19,920 Speaker 1: We have rule of law. Your parents, and you have 198 00:10:20,040 --> 00:10:22,920 Speaker 1: your kids and you're worried about them getting indoctrinated in school, 199 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:25,040 Speaker 1: you know you can come to Florida. We're not going 200 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:27,160 Speaker 1: to let that happen. If you want to send your 201 00:10:27,240 --> 00:10:31,240 Speaker 1: kid to university, we actually have universities that are focusing 202 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:34,000 Speaker 1: on the classical mission of universities instead of being in 203 00:10:34,040 --> 00:10:38,280 Speaker 1: doctrination camps. So on and on down the line. We're 204 00:10:38,320 --> 00:10:41,680 Speaker 1: standing up for people. We're not only fighting the left, 205 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:45,240 Speaker 1: we're beating the left. And so as I'm sitting here, 206 00:10:45,679 --> 00:10:48,280 Speaker 1: this is not my normal day job. I'm honored Sean 207 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:51,119 Speaker 1: allowed me to do it. I do think back to Rush, 208 00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:53,960 Speaker 1: I think about the influence he had, I think about 209 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:57,840 Speaker 1: how he understood the danger posed by the left, and 210 00:10:57,920 --> 00:11:00,120 Speaker 1: I'm just glad that we're here in the same to 211 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:02,520 Speaker 1: Florida or able to do something about it. So we've 212 00:11:02,520 --> 00:11:04,520 Speaker 1: got some good stuff coming up for you. We're going 213 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:06,760 Speaker 1: to talk about a number of the issues that are 214 00:11:06,760 --> 00:11:10,679 Speaker 1: really threatening freedom in this country. But I think what 215 00:11:10,760 --> 00:11:13,160 Speaker 1: you'll be able to see is we can win all 216 00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:15,920 Speaker 1: these fights. I know sometimes it seems like that's not 217 00:11:16,040 --> 00:11:18,800 Speaker 1: the case, but we not only have done it in Florida, 218 00:11:19,400 --> 00:11:23,600 Speaker 1: we've developed huge momentum where we keep stacking up the victories. 219 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:26,640 Speaker 1: And so we'll be back in a minute again. I 220 00:11:26,679 --> 00:11:29,400 Speaker 1: am Governor Ron DeSantis, and I am sitting in for 221 00:11:29,640 --> 00:11:35,880 Speaker 1: my friend and my constituent, Sean Hannity. You know, I 222 00:11:35,920 --> 00:11:37,480 Speaker 1: have so many people that have come up to me 223 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:40,440 Speaker 1: over the years and said, Governor desanis, I'm so worried 224 00:11:40,440 --> 00:11:44,120 Speaker 1: about universities. You work eighteen years to raise your kids, 225 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:48,199 Speaker 1: you send them off and they become indoctrinated and leftist ideology. 226 00:11:48,280 --> 00:11:50,319 Speaker 1: How is that good? And of course it's not good 227 00:11:50,720 --> 00:11:53,400 Speaker 1: in Florida. We've decided to do something about that. And 228 00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:55,640 Speaker 1: so we've done a lot of things that I think 229 00:11:55,679 --> 00:11:58,679 Speaker 1: a lot of states should follow suit on. In Florida, 230 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:02,199 Speaker 1: we now put ten you professors under review and they 231 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:05,240 Speaker 1: can be terminated in the state of Florida for poor performance. 232 00:12:05,840 --> 00:12:12,000 Speaker 1: We also eliminated so called DEI discrimination, exclusion, and indoctrination programs. 233 00:12:12,480 --> 00:12:15,600 Speaker 1: And we allow the university presidents and our board of trustees, 234 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:19,360 Speaker 1: who appointed by me as governor, to recruit faculty because 235 00:12:19,360 --> 00:12:22,520 Speaker 1: a lot of the current faculty will put an ideological 236 00:12:22,559 --> 00:12:24,840 Speaker 1: litmus test if they control it. So we've done a lot, 237 00:12:24,880 --> 00:12:27,720 Speaker 1: but we have one great example in Florida of what 238 00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:31,120 Speaker 1: we've done. There's a small liberal arts college in Sarasota 239 00:12:31,160 --> 00:12:34,680 Speaker 1: called New College. Now I became governor, this thing was 240 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:38,160 Speaker 1: like a Marxist commune, left of the left, and I'm 241 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:40,640 Speaker 1: just like, why are we spending tax dollars on this? 242 00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:43,000 Speaker 1: We either need to shut it down or we need 243 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:46,040 Speaker 1: to get it to serve the state's mission. And so 244 00:12:46,240 --> 00:12:50,040 Speaker 1: we decided to change direction on it. And our goal 245 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:53,600 Speaker 1: is is to have a classical liberal arts college in 246 00:12:53,640 --> 00:12:57,760 Speaker 1: Florida like Hillsdale College in Michigan, and so joining me 247 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:01,480 Speaker 1: is the president of New College. He was the Commissioner 248 00:13:01,520 --> 00:13:04,800 Speaker 1: of Education during my first four years as governor. He 249 00:13:05,520 --> 00:13:09,439 Speaker 1: led school choice, led against gender ideology in school when 250 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:11,839 Speaker 1: we fought and beat Disney on and on down the line. 251 00:13:11,960 --> 00:13:15,440 Speaker 1: Richard Corkran is joining us. So you're the president of 252 00:13:15,520 --> 00:13:19,360 Speaker 1: New College. You have a national audience. There's probably a 253 00:13:19,400 --> 00:13:21,439 Speaker 1: lot of parents that are interested in where their kids 254 00:13:21,480 --> 00:13:24,679 Speaker 1: are going to school. Give them thirty seconds about what 255 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:27,640 Speaker 1: New College stands for under your leadership and why someone 256 00:13:27,720 --> 00:13:31,080 Speaker 1: should entrust their kids college education with you. 257 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:35,439 Speaker 3: Well, the short version is it's going to be, and 258 00:13:35,520 --> 00:13:38,199 Speaker 3: has been, an elite university. But we're teaching kids how 259 00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:41,400 Speaker 3: to think with the greatest professors, the greatest curriculum in 260 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:43,880 Speaker 3: the country. I believe in it's so much I have 261 00:13:43,960 --> 00:13:46,800 Speaker 3: my own children coming here because it's that great of 262 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:49,360 Speaker 3: an education. Not only will they get and Russell with 263 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:52,520 Speaker 3: the great questions of time, why am I here? What 264 00:13:52,640 --> 00:13:54,600 Speaker 3: is a good life? What is a just society? But 265 00:13:54,640 --> 00:13:57,040 Speaker 3: they'll also be trained to go out there and immediately 266 00:13:57,080 --> 00:14:00,200 Speaker 3: impact whatever area they are. And when you give as 267 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:02,600 Speaker 3: a student that kind of an education, if they're humble 268 00:14:02,600 --> 00:14:04,679 Speaker 3: and they're willing to work hard, they're always going to 269 00:14:04,720 --> 00:14:07,040 Speaker 3: be wonderfully and gainfully employed. And that's what we can 270 00:14:07,440 --> 00:14:12,240 Speaker 3: guarantee in addition to having this broad perspective, civil discourse, 271 00:14:12,360 --> 00:14:15,520 Speaker 3: the great debates, exposure to all of that is what 272 00:14:15,559 --> 00:14:17,880 Speaker 3: we're doing at New College, and we're doing it at 273 00:14:17,880 --> 00:14:19,040 Speaker 3: at an excellent level. 274 00:14:19,560 --> 00:14:22,760 Speaker 1: And you guys have done things like abolished gender studies, 275 00:14:22,880 --> 00:14:25,240 Speaker 1: abolished DEE and I correct. 276 00:14:26,520 --> 00:14:30,240 Speaker 3: I think, Governor, we were the first, certainly public but 277 00:14:30,280 --> 00:14:33,880 Speaker 3: maybe any university that eliminated DEI on our own accord, 278 00:14:34,240 --> 00:14:36,520 Speaker 3: we were the first university that I'm aware of, public 279 00:14:36,640 --> 00:14:39,320 Speaker 3: or private, that eliminated gender studies on its own accord. 280 00:14:39,920 --> 00:14:43,040 Speaker 3: Those have no business being in academia. And as soon 281 00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:46,920 Speaker 3: as we did, as you say, discrimination, exclusion and indoctrination, 282 00:14:46,960 --> 00:14:48,920 Speaker 3: as soon as we got rid of it, our African 283 00:14:48,960 --> 00:14:51,680 Speaker 3: American students went up three hundred percent, our Hispanic students 284 00:14:51,680 --> 00:14:54,360 Speaker 3: went up one hundred percent. We actually had real diversity, 285 00:14:54,400 --> 00:14:56,000 Speaker 3: We actually had real inclusion. 286 00:14:56,560 --> 00:14:59,320 Speaker 1: That's what I'll imagine that people actually believe that they 287 00:14:59,320 --> 00:15:02,800 Speaker 1: should be treated based on their work, their performance, and 288 00:15:02,840 --> 00:15:05,480 Speaker 1: their ability and not trying to be divvied up in groups. 289 00:15:05,520 --> 00:15:08,720 Speaker 1: So is it safe to say that if parents look 290 00:15:08,760 --> 00:15:11,640 Speaker 1: around the country they see a place like a Hillsdale, 291 00:15:12,080 --> 00:15:14,920 Speaker 1: that what you're doing at New College has some similarities 292 00:15:14,920 --> 00:15:16,080 Speaker 1: to a place like Hillsdale. 293 00:15:17,680 --> 00:15:18,200 Speaker 2: Are Yeah. 294 00:15:18,280 --> 00:15:22,760 Speaker 3: Our founding of the actual university was by a religious organization, 295 00:15:22,840 --> 00:15:25,240 Speaker 3: a religious group, and they wanted it to be quote 296 00:15:25,320 --> 00:15:28,600 Speaker 3: unquote a classical liberal arts school. It obviously lost its 297 00:15:28,600 --> 00:15:31,120 Speaker 3: way along the course of its history. 298 00:15:31,160 --> 00:15:34,120 Speaker 1: But well, we appreciate what you're doing. We're coming up 299 00:15:34,400 --> 00:15:37,760 Speaker 1: against the hard break. But New College in Sarasota check 300 00:15:37,760 --> 00:15:40,920 Speaker 1: it out. Richard Corkran's done a fantastic job. I appreciate 301 00:15:40,960 --> 00:15:43,800 Speaker 1: that all you've done. This is the way forward for 302 00:15:43,880 --> 00:15:49,760 Speaker 1: higher education will be. So, we had a couple of 303 00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:53,120 Speaker 1: weeks ago we had and I'm the governor of Florida, 304 00:15:53,200 --> 00:15:55,320 Speaker 1: Ron de Santistone and for Sean So we had down 305 00:15:55,360 --> 00:15:59,600 Speaker 1: in Miami some of these pro Hamas demonstrators that they 306 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:02,400 Speaker 1: thought was okay to go take over a road or 307 00:16:02,440 --> 00:16:05,080 Speaker 1: attempt to do it. And I know that that flies 308 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:07,600 Speaker 1: in San Francisco. I know that they can get away 309 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:11,000 Speaker 1: with that in Chicago and New York City. Well, in Florida, 310 00:16:11,560 --> 00:16:16,680 Speaker 1: MIAMIPD took them about fifteen minutes to drag those Hamas 311 00:16:16,760 --> 00:16:20,520 Speaker 1: people off the road and deposit them off on the 312 00:16:20,560 --> 00:16:23,200 Speaker 1: other side of the street. Then we had them try 313 00:16:23,240 --> 00:16:26,080 Speaker 1: to do something similar to block the entrance into Disney 314 00:16:26,080 --> 00:16:28,560 Speaker 1: World about a week or two later, and the Florida 315 00:16:28,640 --> 00:16:31,720 Speaker 1: Highway Patrol they were able to get them off in 316 00:16:31,840 --> 00:16:34,880 Speaker 1: eleven minutes. So I think that's the world record of 317 00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:37,920 Speaker 1: dealing with the SAMAS protesters eleven minutes. You know, we 318 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:42,040 Speaker 1: had attempts in our public universities to set up these 319 00:16:42,160 --> 00:16:47,040 Speaker 1: encampments and those lasted about fifteen minutes. Our universities turned 320 00:16:47,040 --> 00:16:50,360 Speaker 1: the sprinklers on, we got the security out there to 321 00:16:50,400 --> 00:16:53,360 Speaker 1: get them away. But I think it points to a 322 00:16:53,440 --> 00:16:56,160 Speaker 1: larger issue. Why are people fleeing some of these blue 323 00:16:56,200 --> 00:16:58,840 Speaker 1: states and certainly coming to Florida on other places, And 324 00:16:58,840 --> 00:17:00,640 Speaker 1: it's because we don't let the end mates run the 325 00:17:00,680 --> 00:17:04,760 Speaker 1: asylum here. We stand up for law abiding citizens and 326 00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:07,159 Speaker 1: ensure that you have a right to live your life 327 00:17:07,400 --> 00:17:10,240 Speaker 1: in peace and harmony, and we're not going to allow 328 00:17:10,320 --> 00:17:14,400 Speaker 1: We've had two Soros backed prosecutors in Florida that I've 329 00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:18,000 Speaker 1: removed from office because they were putting they were violating 330 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:20,320 Speaker 1: their oath of office, and they were putting the safety 331 00:17:20,320 --> 00:17:22,680 Speaker 1: and security of their people at risk. And so as 332 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:26,560 Speaker 1: you see these things that happen in these blue jurisdictions, 333 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:30,400 Speaker 1: just know that Florida we're doing the opposite. And one 334 00:17:30,440 --> 00:17:33,600 Speaker 1: of the best examples of that is our next guest. 335 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:38,280 Speaker 1: So we talk about different stuff aspect to law and order. 336 00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:41,919 Speaker 1: A lot of people credit me for taking certain strong stands, 337 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:44,840 Speaker 1: and I've done that, but I'll tell you you've got 338 00:17:44,880 --> 00:17:48,879 Speaker 1: to have people at the local level who are willing 339 00:17:48,920 --> 00:17:52,120 Speaker 1: to share the vision. And nobody does that better than 340 00:17:52,240 --> 00:17:56,080 Speaker 1: shareff Grady Judd from Polk County. Grady, are you there? 341 00:17:56,119 --> 00:17:56,760 Speaker 1: And how you doing? 342 00:17:56,800 --> 00:18:00,399 Speaker 2: My man, Governor, I'm doing great. How are you doing today? 343 00:18:00,920 --> 00:18:03,879 Speaker 1: I'm doing really really good. And so can you just 344 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:07,960 Speaker 1: tell the folks out there you know how it works 345 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:10,000 Speaker 1: in Polk County. You see some of the stuff that 346 00:18:10,080 --> 00:18:13,280 Speaker 1: goes on throughout the rest of the country. And oh, 347 00:18:13,320 --> 00:18:14,880 Speaker 1: by the way, you know, there was a time when 348 00:18:14,920 --> 00:18:17,360 Speaker 1: people viewed Paulk County as being a little bit more rural. 349 00:18:17,359 --> 00:18:19,800 Speaker 1: There's over eight hundred thousand people in Polk County now, 350 00:18:19,840 --> 00:18:22,679 Speaker 1: so this is like a big deal in terms of 351 00:18:22,760 --> 00:18:25,760 Speaker 1: keeping people safe. So how do you handle these people 352 00:18:26,240 --> 00:18:27,320 Speaker 1: in your neck of the woods. 353 00:18:28,680 --> 00:18:30,760 Speaker 2: Well, Governor, thank you very much. And one reason we 354 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:33,600 Speaker 2: have over eight hundred thousand people is because over one 355 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:37,119 Speaker 2: hundred thousand have moved here in the last four years, 356 00:18:37,160 --> 00:18:40,439 Speaker 2: most of them since you become the governor. Because this 357 00:18:40,680 --> 00:18:44,320 Speaker 2: is the free state of Florida because of leadership. You 358 00:18:44,680 --> 00:18:47,080 Speaker 2: are the leader that sets the tone for the state 359 00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:50,240 Speaker 2: and it allows the sheriffs of the various states and 360 00:18:50,280 --> 00:18:53,520 Speaker 2: the law enforcement officers to do what's right. And that's 361 00:18:53,560 --> 00:18:55,600 Speaker 2: what we do. We stand in the gap between good 362 00:18:55,640 --> 00:18:59,800 Speaker 2: and evil. But it's really very simple. We look out 363 00:19:00,119 --> 00:19:04,480 Speaker 2: for the best interests of the honest, law abiding citizens. 364 00:19:05,119 --> 00:19:08,440 Speaker 2: And if you're a troublemaker, if you're a criminal, if 365 00:19:08,440 --> 00:19:11,879 Speaker 2: you're trying to hurt our citizens, we lock you up 366 00:19:11,960 --> 00:19:15,040 Speaker 2: in jail. That's what jail is for. And what I've 367 00:19:15,119 --> 00:19:18,080 Speaker 2: experienced is when you have a criminal locked up in jail, 368 00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:22,320 Speaker 2: they're not breaking into your home, stealing your car, or 369 00:19:22,359 --> 00:19:25,000 Speaker 2: trying to rob you when you go down to the ATM. 370 00:19:25,520 --> 00:19:30,040 Speaker 2: That's why Florida has a low crime rate. And quite frankly, Governor, 371 00:19:30,520 --> 00:19:33,000 Speaker 2: I have people tell me all the time when I 372 00:19:33,160 --> 00:19:36,959 Speaker 2: visit these different communities, do you know why I'm in 373 00:19:36,960 --> 00:19:41,840 Speaker 2: Polk County and I go Why because Governor DeSantis is 374 00:19:41,840 --> 00:19:47,040 Speaker 2: the governor and Grady Judd, you are the sheriff. Reason 375 00:19:47,080 --> 00:19:50,120 Speaker 2: people are coming here is because of you, Governor. Because 376 00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:54,040 Speaker 2: it's safe. People are safe and they feel safe. Our 377 00:19:54,119 --> 00:19:56,800 Speaker 2: crime in this county is that at fifty year low, 378 00:19:57,359 --> 00:20:00,439 Speaker 2: and it's because we're able to do what's right to 379 00:20:00,560 --> 00:20:06,040 Speaker 2: protect the people. Governor, it all amounts to this. Look 380 00:20:06,080 --> 00:20:09,840 Speaker 2: at California, you get what you elect, and if you 381 00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:13,440 Speaker 2: elect people that allow crime to flourish, you don't hold 382 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:20,840 Speaker 2: people accountable, then crime flourishes. Good people are victimized. In Florida, 383 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:23,159 Speaker 2: you set the pace and the tone for just the 384 00:20:23,160 --> 00:20:26,040 Speaker 2: opposite of that. Our goal is to make this a 385 00:20:26,119 --> 00:20:30,520 Speaker 2: safe place to visit, to vacation, to live, to start 386 00:20:30,560 --> 00:20:34,000 Speaker 2: your business, to move your business, and our children can 387 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:38,840 Speaker 2: play in their yards without fear of gunshots. So that's 388 00:20:38,960 --> 00:20:43,680 Speaker 2: different than these metro areas in other parts of the nation. 389 00:20:44,320 --> 00:20:47,440 Speaker 1: You know, another thing that we started seeing in California 390 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:51,680 Speaker 1: and New York is this idea of squatting, that you'd 391 00:20:51,680 --> 00:20:55,320 Speaker 1: have a home and sometimes people are seasonal residence. In Florida, 392 00:20:55,359 --> 00:20:57,040 Speaker 1: we've got a lot of seasonal residence. I mean, we 393 00:20:57,080 --> 00:20:59,879 Speaker 1: have retired folks that maybe go somewhere else over the summer. 394 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:03,840 Speaker 1: And so you have situation where people would be moving 395 00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:08,000 Speaker 1: into other people's homes in New York, California and then 396 00:21:08,040 --> 00:21:12,159 Speaker 1: asserting that they had squatters' rights. So then you'd have 397 00:21:12,240 --> 00:21:14,800 Speaker 1: the person that actually owned the property try to go 398 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:18,040 Speaker 1: and it's like a nine month or a year process 399 00:21:18,240 --> 00:21:22,479 Speaker 1: just to remove people who were not even legally in 400 00:21:22,520 --> 00:21:24,960 Speaker 1: your home to begin with. And so we saw that 401 00:21:25,080 --> 00:21:28,439 Speaker 1: happening across the country hadn't really been happening in Florida, 402 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:29,840 Speaker 1: but we said, you know what, we're not even going 403 00:21:29,880 --> 00:21:32,159 Speaker 1: to mess with this. So a few months ago, I 404 00:21:32,280 --> 00:21:36,639 Speaker 1: signed legislation that ends the squatters scam in this state 405 00:21:37,080 --> 00:21:40,520 Speaker 1: once and for all. So can you just let people know, Grady, 406 00:21:40,760 --> 00:21:45,480 Speaker 1: if somebody under our new legislation decides they want to 407 00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:49,200 Speaker 1: squad in somebody else's home and you get the phone call, 408 00:21:49,240 --> 00:21:50,359 Speaker 1: what's the result going to be? 409 00:21:51,920 --> 00:21:55,399 Speaker 2: Governor. It's interesting that you tightened up the law to 410 00:21:55,440 --> 00:22:00,320 Speaker 2: make sure everybody clearly understood in our Florida legislature that 411 00:22:00,640 --> 00:22:03,359 Speaker 2: through the process for you to sign, and we're appreciative, 412 00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:06,760 Speaker 2: but in Polk County. When they initially asked me about that, 413 00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:08,840 Speaker 2: I said, we don't have that problem, and they said 414 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:12,320 Speaker 2: you don't. We said no, when people go in someone's 415 00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:17,040 Speaker 2: house and squat, then my deputies arrive and pick them 416 00:22:17,119 --> 00:22:20,360 Speaker 2: up and let them squat in the county jail got 417 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:23,600 Speaker 2: a place for squatters and that's where we lock them up. 418 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:27,159 Speaker 2: And as a result of that, people don't have the 419 00:22:27,280 --> 00:22:31,040 Speaker 2: right to come into your home and stay there. And 420 00:22:31,080 --> 00:22:33,040 Speaker 2: then some states say, well, you've got to go to 421 00:22:33,119 --> 00:22:36,000 Speaker 2: civil court to get them out. Well, that's like saying 422 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:39,080 Speaker 2: you leave your car unlocked at a convenience store while 423 00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:42,080 Speaker 2: you go into buy a soda and when you come back, 424 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:45,360 Speaker 2: someone is in your car and they go, no, I'm 425 00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:48,119 Speaker 2: squatting in your car. Go get a civil writ to 426 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:51,960 Speaker 2: get me out of it. Well, you know, Governor in Florida, 427 00:22:52,040 --> 00:22:55,159 Speaker 2: that you've given us even more tools to deal with 428 00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:58,440 Speaker 2: the squatters. And some of these charges can be up 429 00:22:58,480 --> 00:23:03,120 Speaker 2: to a first degree year felony. That's how serious we 430 00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:06,800 Speaker 2: are in Florida about protecting the victims from the squatters. 431 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:09,719 Speaker 1: Yeah, I said, when we signed the legislation, I was like, 432 00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:11,480 Speaker 1: you know, I don't think people are going to try 433 00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:14,440 Speaker 1: to squad in Polk County. I think that there's I 434 00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:16,080 Speaker 1: don't think they're going to try it in Florida at 435 00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:18,800 Speaker 1: this point, but certainly not with you at the helm. 436 00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:21,439 Speaker 1: And so they will be much more likely to go 437 00:23:21,520 --> 00:23:23,520 Speaker 1: to a New York or a California. In fact, I 438 00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:27,439 Speaker 1: mean there was some of these illegal alien gangs were asked, 439 00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:31,000 Speaker 1: why are you committing all these crimes in New York? 440 00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:33,760 Speaker 1: And then you spy things in Florida, but you don't 441 00:23:33,840 --> 00:23:36,640 Speaker 1: you don't do your thefts and stuff there, And they said, 442 00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:38,760 Speaker 1: because in Florida you go to jail. And that's been 443 00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:40,800 Speaker 1: another thing that we've cracked down. I know you've been 444 00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:43,760 Speaker 1: very strong on, but you look at what these other 445 00:23:43,840 --> 00:23:47,800 Speaker 1: states have done. They've legalized shoplifting. People can go into 446 00:23:48,520 --> 00:23:51,920 Speaker 1: a pharmacy and take five hundred dollars worth of stuff 447 00:23:51,960 --> 00:23:55,320 Speaker 1: and nobody does anything. You go into a CBS and 448 00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:58,760 Speaker 1: San Francisco to the extent they have any left, and 449 00:23:58,800 --> 00:24:01,080 Speaker 1: it's like to be able to get deodor it, you 450 00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:04,639 Speaker 1: got to get someone to unlock a glass case because 451 00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:08,320 Speaker 1: they're so used to people doing it. So we've enacted 452 00:24:08,359 --> 00:24:12,080 Speaker 1: even stronger penalties in Florida than we already had, but 453 00:24:12,160 --> 00:24:14,760 Speaker 1: our retail theft had been going down over the last 454 00:24:14,760 --> 00:24:18,600 Speaker 1: four years. And I know in Polk when you see 455 00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:21,040 Speaker 1: these guys try to do it, you probably don't see 456 00:24:21,080 --> 00:24:23,359 Speaker 1: it as much as other parts of the country, but 457 00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:26,000 Speaker 1: I know that you guys throw the book at those folks. 458 00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:29,560 Speaker 1: And that's the thing. If there's consequences, then people will 459 00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:33,080 Speaker 1: behave better. When you let the inmates run the asylum, 460 00:24:33,119 --> 00:24:35,920 Speaker 1: they're going to take advantage of that. So I'll give 461 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:39,280 Speaker 1: you an opportunity to If anyone is thinking about bringing 462 00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:42,840 Speaker 1: any retail theft rings to Florida, particularly to Polk County, 463 00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:44,960 Speaker 1: what's your message for them? 464 00:24:45,320 --> 00:24:48,960 Speaker 2: Well, Governor, we haven't organized retail theft team. But in 465 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:52,560 Speaker 2: addition to that, our patrol understands if someone's caught in 466 00:24:52,560 --> 00:24:57,920 Speaker 2: the store shoplifting anything, then they are to arrest them 467 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:01,720 Speaker 2: and take them to the county jail. Okay, relax, everybody. 468 00:25:01,960 --> 00:25:04,359 Speaker 2: We're not talking about the eight year old taking a 469 00:25:04,359 --> 00:25:07,800 Speaker 2: piece of bubblegum. Okay, We're talking about the person that 470 00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:11,520 Speaker 2: goes in and steals out of a store. And that's 471 00:25:11,560 --> 00:25:14,280 Speaker 2: what we do. We don't give them a citation, we 472 00:25:14,320 --> 00:25:16,840 Speaker 2: don't give them a ticket. We put them in handcuffs 473 00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:20,320 Speaker 2: and we take them to jail, and the store owners 474 00:25:20,760 --> 00:25:24,480 Speaker 2: know that that's the way it should be. In fact, 475 00:25:24,560 --> 00:25:26,800 Speaker 2: the other day I was telling about how we arrested 476 00:25:26,840 --> 00:25:31,600 Speaker 2: a shoplifter that, despite being given three warnings by the 477 00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:34,320 Speaker 2: store owner to either pay for it or put it down, 478 00:25:34,480 --> 00:25:38,639 Speaker 2: left anyway. I had a lady raise her hand. She says, 479 00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:42,600 Speaker 2: I'm visiting here from Los Angeles, and in Los Angeles 480 00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:47,840 Speaker 2: they lock up the underwear and the toothbrushes in Walmart. 481 00:25:48,600 --> 00:25:52,400 Speaker 2: Now there's a bad problem when Walmart has to lock 482 00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:56,040 Speaker 2: up toothbrushes and underwear. I mean, it's not high end 483 00:25:56,040 --> 00:25:57,960 Speaker 2: stuff there. It's whitey tidies. You know. 484 00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:04,240 Speaker 1: Before we go, I remember there was an incident where 485 00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:07,919 Speaker 1: you had some deputies that were fired upon by a 486 00:26:07,920 --> 00:26:11,639 Speaker 1: criminal suspect. They then returned fire, and I think the 487 00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:14,560 Speaker 1: media was upset and they came to you and they said, 488 00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:20,000 Speaker 1: you know these deputies, you know they did thirty seven rounds. 489 00:26:20,040 --> 00:26:22,320 Speaker 1: You know why did they do thirty seven rounds or 490 00:26:22,359 --> 00:26:24,480 Speaker 1: something to that effect, And what was your response to. 491 00:26:24,440 --> 00:26:29,200 Speaker 2: That, Governor? They shot my deputy, They shot my CA nine, 492 00:26:29,240 --> 00:26:32,880 Speaker 2: They shot in the back deputy. And I told them, well, 493 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:36,240 Speaker 2: the reason we shot and it was sixty eight times. Well, 494 00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:38,680 Speaker 2: the reason we show only shot sixty eight times is 495 00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:42,240 Speaker 2: we must have run out of ammunition exactly. 496 00:26:42,280 --> 00:26:44,880 Speaker 1: I mean, I think the media. You guys, your deputies 497 00:26:44,920 --> 00:26:48,400 Speaker 1: are putting their life on the line. If somebody engages them. 498 00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:52,120 Speaker 1: They not only have a right, they have a responsibility 499 00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:56,080 Speaker 1: to defend themselves and to defend the other people in 500 00:26:56,359 --> 00:26:59,439 Speaker 1: the department. So well, look, my man, you've done a 501 00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:03,840 Speaker 1: great job. People love you because they know that they 502 00:27:03,840 --> 00:27:06,199 Speaker 1: can count on you to do what's right, and so 503 00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:08,040 Speaker 1: I've enjoyed working with you. I know we've got a 504 00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:09,440 Speaker 1: lot of more work we're going to do in the 505 00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:12,320 Speaker 1: years ahead. But I hope you have a good Memorial 506 00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:14,200 Speaker 1: Day weekend and keep up the great work. 507 00:27:15,359 --> 00:27:18,719 Speaker 2: Thanks, Governor, and we appreciate everything that you do for us. 508 00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:20,560 Speaker 2: Be safe soon. 509 00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:23,520 Speaker 1: Okay, Well, we'll see you guys on the other half 510 00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:25,320 Speaker 1: of the break. Other side of the break, This is 511 00:27:25,359 --> 00:27:27,480 Speaker 1: Governor Ron de Santa is filling in for the Great 512 00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:30,800 Speaker 1: Sean Hannity. Well we're back. This is Governor Ron de 513 00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:34,800 Speaker 1: Santa is filling in for my constituent Sean Hannity on 514 00:27:34,840 --> 00:27:39,200 Speaker 1: his program. I hope everybody has an enjoyable Memorial Day weekend. 515 00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:42,600 Speaker 1: As somebody who is a veteran and served in the 516 00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:48,200 Speaker 1: Iraq campaign, I'm mindful of we lost thousands of service 517 00:27:48,240 --> 00:27:51,240 Speaker 1: members in Iraq and Afghanistan, and of course have lost 518 00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:55,439 Speaker 1: many many more throughout the years, and Memorial Days of 519 00:27:55,520 --> 00:27:57,919 Speaker 1: time to reflect on those that not only wore the 520 00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:01,160 Speaker 1: uniform but made the ultimate sacrifice. I used to fly 521 00:28:01,320 --> 00:28:04,760 Speaker 1: in to Washington, DC back in the day when I 522 00:28:04,800 --> 00:28:08,880 Speaker 1: was a US Congressman, and you would go into Reagan Airport, 523 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:12,280 Speaker 1: sometimes with a very good view of the National Mall. 524 00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:15,760 Speaker 1: You'd be parallel to the Mall, very low flying, and 525 00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:17,680 Speaker 1: then turn into Reagan. So if you looked out the 526 00:28:17,760 --> 00:28:20,679 Speaker 1: left side of the plane, you could see the Lincoln Memorial, 527 00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:24,720 Speaker 1: the Washington Monument, the Reflecting Pool, all these great monuments, 528 00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:27,760 Speaker 1: and even the US Capitol building perched up there on 529 00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:29,679 Speaker 1: the hill. And you look at that and you kind 530 00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:32,119 Speaker 1: of feel a sense of pride as an American because 531 00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:35,440 Speaker 1: those represent a lot of the ideals that our country 532 00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:38,880 Speaker 1: was founded upon. But having done that trip a few times, 533 00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:43,040 Speaker 1: I figured out that the best monuments to what this 534 00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:45,840 Speaker 1: country's all about was not seen out the left side 535 00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:48,160 Speaker 1: of the plane. Even though that was the big show, 536 00:28:48,320 --> 00:28:50,920 Speaker 1: even though that's what all the tourists got at, because 537 00:28:50,920 --> 00:28:52,760 Speaker 1: if you looked out the right side of the plane, 538 00:28:53,240 --> 00:28:57,240 Speaker 1: you saw a series of small, nondescript monuments located over 539 00:28:57,280 --> 00:29:00,880 Speaker 1: the Potomac River and the rolling hills of northern Virginia 540 00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:04,360 Speaker 1: at a place called Darlington National Cemetery. And it occurred 541 00:29:04,360 --> 00:29:06,640 Speaker 1: to me then, and I believe now. You can have 542 00:29:06,720 --> 00:29:08,960 Speaker 1: the best constitution in the world, you can have the 543 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:12,280 Speaker 1: best declaration of independence in the world. These things do 544 00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:17,120 Speaker 1: not run on autopilot. They require every generation of Americans 545 00:29:17,520 --> 00:29:20,720 Speaker 1: to step up and fight for freedom when it's threatened. 546 00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:24,000 Speaker 1: And yes, sometimes that means not only putting on a uniform, 547 00:29:24,720 --> 00:29:28,280 Speaker 1: it means not only risking your life. But unfortunately, it 548 00:29:28,320 --> 00:29:31,120 Speaker 1: does mean that people are called upon to give their 549 00:29:31,160 --> 00:29:34,560 Speaker 1: lives so that we can be free. And we've had 550 00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:37,400 Speaker 1: people throughout our history who've been willing to do that. 551 00:29:38,400 --> 00:29:41,239 Speaker 1: Don't take this country for granted. I mean, we've got 552 00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:43,280 Speaker 1: a lot of battles of course that we're fighting. I 553 00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:45,920 Speaker 1: think our country is in a very perilous time. But 554 00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:48,360 Speaker 1: the fact that we even have an opportunity to fight 555 00:29:48,440 --> 00:29:53,200 Speaker 1: these fights that would not have happened except for all 556 00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:56,640 Speaker 1: these generations of Americans who stood up and answered the call. 557 00:29:57,320 --> 00:29:59,520 Speaker 1: When freedom's on the line, I can tell you when 558 00:29:59,560 --> 00:30:02,640 Speaker 1: I'm doing my job, when I'm fighting these fights. Yes, 559 00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:05,760 Speaker 1: my wife and I we've got a first grader, a kindergartener, 560 00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:08,520 Speaker 1: and a preschooler. So we're thinking about not only what's 561 00:30:08,520 --> 00:30:10,960 Speaker 1: going to happen in the next four years or ten years, 562 00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:13,680 Speaker 1: but the next fifty years, because that's going to affect 563 00:30:13,680 --> 00:30:18,280 Speaker 1: our kids and eventually their kids. But I'm also motivated 564 00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:22,560 Speaker 1: by doing justice to the sacrifices of the people that 565 00:30:22,600 --> 00:30:26,960 Speaker 1: have gone before it. We are not doing justice to 566 00:30:27,080 --> 00:30:32,360 Speaker 1: their sacrifices if we let this country continue going downhill. 567 00:30:32,560 --> 00:30:36,360 Speaker 1: So my motivation for getting in there and taking all 568 00:30:36,400 --> 00:30:38,200 Speaker 1: the arrows, and that's what happens. I mean, when you 569 00:30:38,280 --> 00:30:40,480 Speaker 1: take on the left, they come at you. But my 570 00:30:40,640 --> 00:30:43,960 Speaker 1: motivation is in part to do justice to the people 571 00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:46,960 Speaker 1: that have fought and died for us. We remember them 572 00:30:46,960 --> 00:30:50,480 Speaker 1: this weekend. I hope everyone has fun, but please keep 573 00:30:50,520 --> 00:30:52,920 Speaker 1: them in your thoughts and prayers, because we wouldn't be 574 00:30:52,960 --> 00:31:05,440 Speaker 1: free without them. We'll be back