Florida Governor Ron DeSantis stopped by Hannity Thursday night to confirm his administration will work in tandem with incoming President Donald Trump to crack down on illegal immigration.
DeSantis also spoke about the policy failures in California that exacerbated the devastating wildfires that caused hundreds of thousands of southern California residents to flee their homes.
Hannity kicked off the interview by playing a highlight of the DeSantis-Newsom debate hosted by Hannity in 2023 — and DeSantis’ now-viral reference to the San Francisco “poop map app”
“You almost have to try to mess California up. That’s what Gavin Newsom has done since he’s been governor,” DeSantis said during the Hannity special on Nov. 30, 2023. “The reality is they have failed because of his leftist ideology.”
Ron DeSantis just held up a poop map of San Francisco to show where people are tagging feces from homeless people on all the public streets. Holy shit. Literally. pic.twitter.com/atGEMZ8o6w
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) December 1, 2023
On Thursday night, DeSantis says he’s seeing more of the same failures.
“Seeing what’s happened in California shows the failures that we were talking about that night unfortunately exacerbated a really horrific situation,” DeSantis told Hannity Thursday night. “They have not managed that well. Water resources or forest management. And it is the ideology that has kept up with that.”
“That’s kind of the past way of thinking. Florida’s the future way of thinking.”
DeSantis quickly pivoted to immigration.
“When Donald Trump takes office, he’s going to be serious about the border and illegal immigration. California is a sanctuary state. LA’s a sanctuary city. They’re going to fight him every step of the way. They’re not going to cooperate. In Florida…we’re not a sanctuary state. We banned sanctuary cities my first year as governor.”
DeSantis vowed his state will “do our duty” to support the Trump agenda, urging other states to “step up” alongside it.
“We’re going to put resources to bear. There’s going to be a lot of things we’re going to be able to do to really make an impact. And I think you’re going to see really serious, positive changes very, very soon,” he said.
“We’ve been talking as Republicans about illegal immigration in the border for decades. Now is the time to put up or shut up. President Trump can’t do it alone. He needs Congress to be supportive, and he needs the states to step up and supplement their efforts.”
Watch the clip above.