Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis chartered four flights to bring roughly 1,500 Jewish-Americans who evacuated from Israel back home to America.
The Americans on a 10-day Birthright Israel trip took an Israeli cruise vessel to Larnaca, Cyprus, while protected by the Israeli Navy. DeSantis chartered four wide-bodied jetliners to <a href="https://x.com/AviKaner/status/1934999128120942953">bring them</a> from Cyprus back to Tampa, Florida, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel <a href="https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/06/17/u-s-jews-fleeing-israel-iran-hostilities-to-fly-home-in-florida-backed-airlift/">reported</a>.
“The remainder of the 2,800 international participants who were in Israel when war broke out on Friday have chosen to depart via other means or have chosen to stay in Israel with family,” the <a href="https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-858061">Jerusalem Post</a> reported.
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Thank you to Florida governor Ron DeSantis <a href="https://twitter.com/RonDeSantis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RonDeSantis</a> for helping repatriate 1,500 young Americans from their birthright trips in Israel. <a href="https://t.co/VlTqquSGgA">pic.twitter.com/VlTqquSGgA</a>
— Avi Kaner ابراهيم אבי (@AviKaner) <a href="https://twitter.com/AviKaner/status/1934999128120942953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2025</a></blockquote>
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“We have been working with the Israeli consulate, which has been in touch with the governor’s office,” Joy Prevor, vice president of projects for the Broward Jewish Federation, stated. “We are hopeful anyone who needs to get out will get out, but it is being done in a staged fashion. I just saw a video of the boat to Cyprus. It’s difficult because they were in such a stressful situation.”
“Thank God for the Iron Dome and thank God for Israel having a very developed text alert system,” she continued.
In October 2023, two weeks after the Hamas massacre of more than 1200 people in Israel, among whom were at least 30 Americans, DeSantis ordered an emergency airlift that brought home another 200 Americans. He also sent two large planes containing 85 pallets of donated supplies.
The donated Medical supplies included 735 Ace bandages, approximately 5,000 hospital gowns, 84 IV kits, 30,000+ needles, 30,000+ syringes, 57 ventilators, and 10,000+ boxes of surgical gloves. In addition to medical supplies, Florida also donated: 1,000+ children’s toys, 300+ sleeping bags, 1,000+ hygiene products, and 2,000+ articles of clothing.
DeSantis ripped the Biden administration at the time, saying, “With the lack of leadership in Washington, we are stepping up to help our allies in Israel who are in need of supplies and our support. As we continue to bring back Americans who were stranded in Israel when the war began, we will also keep sending the necessary health care supplies for Israel to care for those who have been injured.”

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Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey gave a dire warning to any would-be rioters on Thursday, threatening to “kill” anyone who attacks law enforcement.
Ivey outlined expectations for potential protests during a news conference on Thursday, explaining a host of illegal actions and what their likely consequences could be.
“If you resist lawful orders, you are going to jail. Let me be very clear about that. If you block an intersection or a roadway in Brevard County, you are going to jail. If you flee arrest, you&#8217;re going to go to jail tired because we&#8217;re going to run you down and put you in jail,” the sheriff said. “If you try to mob rule a car in Brevard County — gathering around it, refusing to let the driver leave — in our county, you&#8217;re most likely going to get run over and dragged across the street.”
“If you spit on us, you&#8217;re going to the hospital, and in jail. If you hit one of us, you&#8217;re going to the hospital, and jail, and most likely get bitten by one of our big, beautiful dogs that we have here,” he continued. “If you throw a brick, a firebomb, or point a gun at one of our deputies, we will be notifying your family where to collect your remains at because we will kill you graveyard dead.”
Days of anti-immigration enforcement riots have rocked the Los Angeles area. Rioters have burned vehicles, attacked law enforcement, and defaced buildings. Looters have ransacked businesses. Many demonstrators have carried foreign flags or worn Palestinian keffiyehs.
The sheriff appeared to have the chaos in Los Angeles in mind when he issued his warnings about protests.
“This has got to stop,” said Ivey. “You&#8217;re watching what&#8217;s taking place out there. You&#8217;re seeing police officers that are being attacked, being spit on, being put in harm&#8217;s way just for doing their jobs. You&#8217;re seeing ICE agents that are being targeted for doing their jobs, and you&#8217;re seeing obstructionists that are doing all of this standing in the way of law and order.”
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🚨 &#39;WE WILL K*LL YOU!&#39;: Florida sheriff has a message for would-be leftist rioters. NOT IN FLORIDA.
&quot;If you throw a brick, a firebomb, or point a gun at one of our deputies, we will be notifying your family where to collect your remains at. Because we will K*LL you, graveyard… <a href="https://t.co/rmpqCS9L2F">pic.twitter.com/rmpqCS9L2F</a>
&mdash; Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) <a href="https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/1933227784941236615?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 12, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Ivey’s hard-nosed approach to protests and demonstrations that could take place in Florida over the Trump administration’s deportation policies echoes the stance Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has taken. DeSantis <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/florida-aint-california-desantis-lays-out-official-policy-if-youre-blocked-in-traffic-by-rioters?author=Hank+Berrien&amp;category=undefined&amp;elementPosition=12&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;title=Florida+Ain%E2%80%99t+California%3A+DeSantis+Lays+Out+Official+Policy+If+You%E2%80%99re+Blocked+In+Traffic+By+Rioters">appeared</a> on “The Rubin Report” podcast with host Dave Rubin in an episode that aired on Wednesday.
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“In terms of the unrest, Florida’s policy is very simple: You have every right to exercise your First Amendment rights to protest and demonstrate,” the Florida governor said. “The minute you cross that line, you are going to be met with serious pushback, and you will be held accountable. We do not tolerate rioting; we do not tolerate civil unrest; we do not tolerate looting; we do not tolerate attacks on law enforcement.”

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Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis minced no words when speaking about the rights of citizens if they were surrounded by a mob while in their car.
DeSantis <a href="https://rumble.com/v6uncqd-exposing-the-real-origin-of-gavin-newsoms-ice-riot-problem-ron-desantis.html">spoke</a> to Dave Rubin of the Rubin Report regarding the anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles, California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom, and Florida’s policy regarding civil unrest.
“In terms of the unrest, Florida’s policy is very simple: You have every right to exercise your First Amendment rights to protest and demonstrate,” DeSantis explained. “The minute you cross that line, you are going to be met with serious pushback, and you will be held accountable. We do not tolerate rioting; we do not tolerate civil unrest; we do not tolerate looting; we do not tolerate attacks on law enforcement.”
“And so I know they’re planning stuff for all over the country; they tried to do a little protest in Florida, and they actually just held signs, which is fine, but that’s as far as it goes here,” he continued. “I think the problem in places like California is the authorities at both the local and state level; they’re effectively siding with the people that are causing the unrest. And part of it is because California is the Shangri-La of sanctuary states. They give you drivers’ licenses if you’re an illegal; you get in-state tuition; they pay for your healthcare; they will try to stymie ICE and protect you from having immigration law enforced, And so they’ve been doing this over a number of years and I think have developed a sense of entitlement that somehow, federal laws don’t apply to them because they don’t like them. So you’ve had the mayor, the governor, empower that element, not just now, but for many years &#8230;”
Asked what Florida’s policy was when demonstrators crossed the line, DeSantis replied:
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The Hamas demonstration, when that was in vogue, they tried to do that in the city of Miami and the Miami PD got them off the street in 13 minutes. They tried to do it in central Florida on a state road and our state highway patrol. they were able to dispatch them in 11 minutes. And so, yes, there is zero tolerance. You have no right to commandeer streets. First of all it’s just wrong. Second of all, that has huge impacts on people&#8217;s quality of life. You may have a parent needing to go pick up a child from daycare, from a camp, or from a school. You may have somebody who has a medical issue they need to get, and what, you’re going to clog all the roads?
So we have an absolutely zero tolerance policy for that and we also have a policy that if you&#8217;re driving on one of those streets, and a mob comes and surrounds your vehicle and threatens you, you have a right to flee for your safety. And so if you drive off, and you hit one of these people, that&#8217;s their fault for impinging on you. You don&#8217;t have to sit there and just be a sitting duck and let the mob grab you out of your car and drag you through the streets. You have a right to defend yourself in Florida.
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Florida is not playing with its rules on mobs surrounding your car. Take notes, Cali. 
Governor <a href="https://twitter.com/RonDeSantis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RonDeSantis</a> on <a href="https://twitter.com/RubinReport?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RubinReport</a>
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&mdash; The Rubin Report (@RubinReportShow) <a href="https://twitter.com/RubinReportShow/status/1932956095133479018?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 12, 2025</a></blockquote>
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For the first time in history, there are more registered Republicans than Democrats in Florida&#8217;s Miami-Dade County.
Florida’s Voice <a href="https://flvoicenews.com/historic-first-miami-dade-county-flips-red-as-democrats-sink-further/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported </a>464,370 Republicans and 440,790 Democrats are now registered to vote in Miami-Dade County, one of Florida&#8217;s blue strongholds, as of Monday morning. That means a whopping 59 of 67 counties in Florida are now red.
“Miami-Dade County has completed its off-year voter roll maintenance, and this morning, it shed 172,747 voters from its active rolls,” Michael Pruser, Decision Desk HQ’s director of data science, stated. “The change netted Republicans more than 38,000 voters compared to Democrats, and the county has now flipped to Republican by registration. Today marks Republicans’ first-ever lead in voter registration in Miami-Dade.”
Florida’s remarkable change from an evenly divided state to a red one is largely attributed to the success of Florida&#8217;s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis. In 2021, a <a href="https://thecapitolist.com/desantis-posts-strong-approval-in-latest-florida-chamber-poll/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">poll</a> conducted by the Florida Chamber of Commerce showed that the 14.5 million registered voters in Florida were almost exactly split between Republicans and Democrats. According to the <a href="https://dos.myflorida.com/elections/data-statistics/voter-registration-statistics/voter-registration-reportsxlsx/voter-registration-by-county-and-party/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Florida Department of State</a>, there were 5,290,465 registered Democrats, 5,185,744 Republicans, 3,832,070 independents with no party affiliation (NPAs), and 247,108 voters affiliated with another party.
By November 2021, fully one year before the reelection of DeSantis, who had narrowly won the governorship in 2018, <a href="https://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2021/11/04/no-million-dollar-checks-democratic-governors-may-sit-out-florida-1392319">POLITICO</a> reported that the Democratic Governors Association would not give any significant financial aid to any Democrat opposing DeSantis’ re-election in 2022, choosing to focus on races it thought Democrats could win. On October 31, POLITICO <a href="https://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2021/10/31/florida-democrats-anxious-as-desantis-seems-unbeatable-1392147" target="_blank" rel="noopener">admitted</a>, “Gov. Ron DeSantis appears unstoppable.” Indeed, he was, winning virtually 60% of the vote in November 2022 in a landslide.
President Donald Trump, who won the state narrowly in both 2016 and 2020, ran away with it in 2024, ultimately winning by double-digits. The Associated Press said it was comfortable calling the race when it saw that Trump was on track to win Miami-Dade County. Trump built on the success of DeSantis, who two years earlier became for first Republican to carry Miami-Dade in a statewide contest in two decades.
Last week, the Florida Department of State <a href="https://dos.fl.gov/elections/data-statistics/voter-registration-statistics/voter-registration-reports/voter-registration-by-party-affiliation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that there were now 5,578,457 registered GOP voters in Florida and 4,329,271 registered Democrats. That means that the GOP went from 50.5% of registered voters in 2021 to 56.3%, a massive 5.8 point shift in less than four years, with virtually all the time being during a Democratic presidential tenure.
In his tenure as governor, DeSantis has governed as a staunch conservative; he took massive heat for keeping the state open during the COVID pandemic, signed legislation requiring government employers and contractors to use E-Verify, terminated cooperation with a program to relocate illegal immigrants, advocated for more school choice, banned the teaching of Critical Race Theory in schools, banned China from buying land in the state, handled disasters such as Hurricanes Ian and Nicole with aplomb, for which he was widely praised, banned men from competing in women’s sports as far back as 2021, and introduced a $5,000 signing bonus for those wanting to be Florida police officers.

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Florida GOP Governor Ron DeSantis made Florida the second state to <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/florida-becomes-second-state-ban-fluoride-public-water-rcna205127">ban fluoride</a> in public water, following Utah, which banned it earlier this month.
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed <a href="https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/700/?Tab=BillHistory">SB 700</a>, which prohibits “the use of certain additives in a water system which do not meet specified requirements.” The law goes into effect July 1.
“There&#8217;s risks associated for pregnant women, for young people, for kids,” DeSantis <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM_PLtZJ08I">said</a> as he signed the bill. “Yes, use fluoride for your teeth, that&#8217;s fine, but forcing it into the water supply is basically forced medication on people. They don&#8217;t have a choice; you&#8217;re taking that away from them.”
“It raises a larger issue,” he continued. “I think we saw a lot of this with COVID, that we had to fight back against. They had certain views: you should wear a mask when you&#8217;re outside in 95-degree temperatures, (no, thank you) but that&#8217;s what they were saying, that kids should get a COVID mRNA shot even though we still don&#8217;t have data to this day to justify doing that.”
“They tried to push a lot of policies on people,” he recalled. “I think some of these people think that they know better for you than you do for yourself. They think because they have medical training or they have this that they should just be able to decree how we live our lives. That proved disastrous during COVID. A lot of the things they were advocating not only didn&#8217;t work, they caused a lot of harm.  &#8230; When we made sure that the schools were open, I got sued by the teachers’ union, saying ‘close the schools’ &#8230; Fauci was saying, ‘This is irresponsible.’ &#8230; They had these kids locked out for a year to a year-and-a-half &#8230; so we fought back against it.”
“I think fluoride is a good example because what they&#8217;re basically saying is that they&#8217;re ignoring any studies that have shown that there could be issues,” he contended. “They say. ‘Well, it&#8217;s good for your teeth so we should just force it.’”
“And you shouldn&#8217;t have a choice in that?” he asked incredulously. “We certainly now in our society in 2025 have the ability to deliver fluoride through toothpaste and all these other things. You don&#8217;t get to force it and take away people&#8217;s choices. The whole crux of the issue is you should be able to make decisions on the basis of informed consent.”
A previous version of this article incorrectly stated that Utah banned fluoride in public water in 2023. Utah banned it in May of 2025.

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Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced on Thursday morning that his office will charge Ryan Routh, who allegedly attempted to assassinate then-GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump on September 15, 2024, at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, with attempted murder and terrorism.
Uthmeier also asserted that the Biden administration had stonewalled the investigation into the matter, and that former President Joe Biden and former Attorney General Merrick Garland had “sought to frustrate our efforts and block our investigation.”
Trump was playing a round of golf on September 15 when Routh allegedly hid in a bush on the outside of the golf course with a semi-automatic rifle. The suspect was spotted by a Secret Service agent as Trump neared the would-be assassin’s hideout.
“On September 15, 2024, Ryan Routh attempted to assassinate then-presidential candidate Donald J. Trump at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach,” Uthmeier declared. “Shortly after the assassination attempt, Governor DeSantis signed an executive order directing the Office of Attorney General to work with our law enforcement partners and investigate Mr. Routh.”
“After 206 days of stonewalling by the federal government that stemmed from days of the Biden administration, I’m able to now announce that my office is charging Mr. Routh for the attempted first-degree murder of President Trump as well as a charge for terrorism,” he stated. “My office, as well as our law-enforcement partners, were met with major roadblocks in prosecuting this case during Biden‘s term. Biden and his attorney general sought to frustrate our efforts and block our investigation into the man who crossed into this state and attempted to commit political violence against a Florida resident.”
“Thank God he was unsuccessful, and thank God we have Donald Trump as president again,” he stated, continuing, “The leadership of Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel was instrumental in preserving Florida’s sovereign authority to do what is right and bring justice where it is due. We now have a federal government willing to work together to pursue justice.”
“Attempting to take the life of a former president and a leading presidential candidate isn’t just an attack on one man,” he said. “This was a political attack against our republican form of government and our shared American values. We cannot allow justice to be delayed or denied, and thanks to the president, our U.S. Attorney General, and the FBI director, we are moving forward in our pursuit.”
“Our state-wide prosecutors will work to hold this evil man accountable and keep Florida safe, strong, and free,” he concluded.
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Today, my office is officially charging Ryan Routh for attempting to assassinate then-presidential candidate Donald J. Trump.
Thanks to the leadership of <a href="https://twitter.com/AGPamBondi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AGPamBondi</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/FBIDirectorKash?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FBIDirectorKash</a>, we now have a federal government willing to work with the states to pursue justice. <a href="https://t.co/HFuI2W4tdx">pic.twitter.com/HFuI2W4tdx</a>
&mdash; Attorney General James Uthmeier (@AGJamesUthmeier) <a href="https://twitter.com/AGJamesUthmeier/status/1910305585658024207?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) said this week that the state was returning nearly $900 million to the federal government, something it tried to do repeatedly during the Biden administration.
&#8220;For years, Florida has been trying to return federal funds to the federal government due to the ideological strings attached by the Biden Administration—but they couldn&#8217;t even figure out how to accept it,&#8221; DeSantis said in a post on X.
The governor said that he met with Elon Musk on Friday and the rest of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team and was able to return the money.
&#8220;We got this done in the same day,&#8221; DeSantis said. &#8220;Other states should follow Florida in supporting DOGE&#8217;s efforts!&#8221;
The governor posted the letter that he sent to the U.S. Treasury Department alerting them that the state was formally returning $878,112,000.00 in taxpayer dollars to the federal government &#8220;as part of DOGE&#8217;s efforts.&#8221;
&#8220;We will also continue to identify other unused or surplus federal funding granted to Florida and determine if further refunds can be made,&#8221; the governor added in the letter.
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For years, Florida has been trying to return federal funds to the federal government due to the ideological strings attached by the Biden Administration—but they couldn&#8217;t even figure out how to accept it. Today, I met with <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@elonmusk</a> and the DOGE team, and we got this done in the… <a href="https://t.co/uWyloPAhBU">pic.twitter.com/uWyloPAhBU</a>
— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) <a href="https://twitter.com/GovRonDeSantis/status/1903225068571738347?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 21, 2025</a></blockquote>
Musk highlighted DeSantis&#8217; effort on X, writing: &#8220;Almost a billion dollars of your taxpayer money saved.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/casey-desantis-weighs-in-on-launching-bid-for-florida-governor">Casey DeSantis Weighs In On Launching Bid For Florida Governor</a>

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Florida first lady Casey DeSantis indicated on Friday that she is considering launching a bid to replace her husband as the state&#8217;s next governor in 2026 when Governor Ron DeSantis will finish his final term in office.
Casey DeSantis made the remarks during National Review Institute’s Ideas Summit following weeks of speculation that she may run.
“Well, first of all, I mean, this guy’s the GOAT [Greatest Of All-Time],&#8221; she said, referring to her husband. &#8220;Like, honestly, everything that he says he’s gonna do, he does. And I’m just sitting here listening to him, and he makes it sound really easy. ‘Like, I did this, and I did this, and we did this, and now our voter registration is 1.2 million Republicans more than Democrats, and we did this, and we turned the vote,’ and all of this stuff.&#8221;
&#8220;Florida’s the free state of Florida because you’ve got the GOAT in the governor’s office because of one key thing: Having a backbone,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;And when you have the opportunity to stand up for what’s right, you’re courageous and you put yourself into the arena, and you fight like heck. And I’ll tell you what, I’ve been around politics, and I’ve seen a lot of people. Not a lot of people have a backbone like him.&#8221;
She said that the people she has seen get into political office often do so because &#8220;they wanna be somebody.&#8221;
&#8220;They don’t wanna do good things, they don’t wanna get criticized,&#8221; she said. &#8220;They like the cocktail parties. You know, they think about what’s next on the next political rung in their career. Like the Founders never thought that politics should ever have been a career, right? You were supposed to go up and serve, and you come home, and you live under the laws that you pass.&#8221;
She warned that many of the victories that DeSantis scored for the conservative movement could be easily ruined if the wrong person were to wind up getting elected to be the state&#8217;s next governor.
&#8220;So it’s the long-winded answer of saying, you know, we’ll see,&#8221; she said on the matter of whether she will run for office. &#8220;We’ll see.&#8221;
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/CaseyDeSantis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CaseyDeSantis</a>: &quot;We&#39;ll See.&quot;
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Governor Tim Walz (D-MN) is suddenly silent in the wake of a direct challenge from WWE wrestling champion-turned-Republican-politician Glenn Jacobs, who is currently serving as Mayor of Knox County, Tennessee.
Walz had boasted just days earlier — while on a podcast with fellow Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) — that conservatives who had criticized his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tim-walz-baffled-americans-dont-think-hes-masculine-i-could-kick-most-of-their-a" target="_blank" rel="noopener">masculinity</a> during the 2024 election had only done so because he intimidated them: &#8220;I think I could kick most of their a**.&#8221;
A number quickly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/republicans-have-field-day-after-tim-walz-claims-he-can-kick-most-of-their-a" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pushed back</a>, including Jacobs — who had great success as &#8220;Kane&#8221; in the WWE before transitioning to a life of public service in Tennessee — who initially just laughed off Walz&#8217;s comments.
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This morning I ran into <a href="https://twitter.com/GlennJacobsTN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GlennJacobsTN</a>, aka Kane, and asked him about Tim Walz saying he’d kick any MAGA voter’s ass. 
Here’s what he has to say: <a href="https://t.co/DsT8b7b8SN">pic.twitter.com/DsT8b7b8SN</a>
&mdash; Brent Scher (@BrentScher) <a href="https://twitter.com/BrentScher/status/1902756309507658037?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 20, 2025</a></blockquote>
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But a short time later, after some consideration, Jacobs dropped a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-wrestler-calls-walzs-bluff-challenges-him-to-charity-match" target="_blank" rel="noopener">serious challenge</a> on the Minnesota Governor.
&#8220;All joking aside, @GovTimWalz, let&#8217;s put our money where our mouth is&#8230;in a charity wrestling match. We&#8217;ll split the gate 50/50 between our chosen organizations. I&#8217;ll kick things off myself with a $10,000 donation. What do you say #TennesseeWalz #LetsDance.&#8221;
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All joking aside, <a href="https://twitter.com/GovTimWalz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GovTimWalz</a>, let&#39;s put our money where our mouth is&#8230;in a charity wrestling match. We&#39;ll split the gate 50/50 between our chosen organizations. I&#39;ll kick things off myself with a $10,000 donation. What do you say? <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TennesseeWalz?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TennesseeWalz</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LetsDance?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LetsDance</a> <a href="https://t.co/2VV6j4RYs2">pic.twitter.com/2VV6j4RYs2</a>
&mdash; Glenn Jacobs (@GlennJacobsTN) <a href="https://twitter.com/GlennJacobsTN/status/1902846106679079132?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 20, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Walz did not respond to Jacobs&#8217; challenge, however, opting instead to post a number of complaints about tariffs, Elon Musk, and about President Donald Trump fulfilling his campaign promise to end the Department of Education.
Meanwhile, others joined Jacobs in offering to put up the funding for a potential charity bout: &#8220;Yes! We already have close to $50k in pledges and a corporate title sponsor! C&#8217;mon, @GovTimWalz, let&#8217;s raise some money for a good cause!&#8221;
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Yes! We already have close to $50K in pledges and a corporate title sponsor! C&#39;mon, <a href="https://twitter.com/GovTimWalz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GovTimWalz</a>, let&#39;s raise some money for a good cause! <a href="https://t.co/60jeDeWnKg">https://t.co/60jeDeWnKg</a>
&mdash; Glenn Jacobs (@GlennJacobsTN) <a href="https://twitter.com/GlennJacobsTN/status/1903071847605813717?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 21, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) joined in as well, offering to host the match in Florida because it would be &#8220;neutral.&#8221;
&#8220;Florida can serve as the neutral site host. We’ve got a lot of great spots and a lot of wrestling fans &#8230;&#8221; DeSantis said.
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Florida can serve as the neutral site host. 
We’ve got a lot of great spots and a lot of wrestling fans… <a href="https://t.co/ZSt4VVLqp4">https://t.co/ZSt4VVLqp4</a>
&mdash; Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantis) <a href="https://twitter.com/RonDeSantis/status/1903119645017505950?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 21, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Just name the venue, Mr. Governor, and we&#8217;ll make it happen!&#8221; Jacobs agreed, but still no response from Walz.
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Just name the venue, Mr. Governor, and we&#39;ll make it happen! <a href="https://t.co/pEGm7WyuAw">https://t.co/pEGm7WyuAw</a>
&mdash; Glenn Jacobs (@GlennJacobsTN) <a href="https://twitter.com/GlennJacobsTN/status/1903130190349213964?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 21, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Walz did respond to Fox News host Jesse Watters, who had mocked the failed vice presidential candidate once for using a straw, over his list of rules for men — which included, among other things, not using straws and never eating soup in public.
&#8220;There’s nothing weird about Jesse Waters secretly enjoying a bowl of soup alone in the dark,&#8221; Walz mocked.
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There’s nothing weird about Jesse Waters secretly enjoying a bowl of soup alone in the dark. <a href="https://t.co/qgNUyTaSgj">pic.twitter.com/qgNUyTaSgj</a>
&mdash; Tim Walz (@Tim_Walz) <a href="https://twitter.com/Tim_Walz/status/1902787553402441800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 20, 2025</a></blockquote>
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He still has not responded to Jacobs&#8217; challenge — but the Tennessee mayor&#8217;s alter ego appears ready to step into the ring.
&#8220;Everyone is always asking me if I have one last match left. I think I have found my final victim, er, I mean opponent,&#8221; the wrestling legend posted.
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Everyone is always asking me if I have one last match left. I think I have found my final victim, er, I mean opponent. <a href="https://t.co/NYOraw0ES6">pic.twitter.com/NYOraw0ES6</a>
&mdash; Kane (@KaneWWE) <a href="https://twitter.com/KaneWWE/status/1902409973063151759?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 19, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Florida has opened a criminal investigation into Andrew Tate and Tristan Tate after the brothers arrived in the state last week. The Tates had left Romania after the country lifted travel restrictions on them following an indictment.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier revealed the investigation during remarks to a reporter on Tuesday afternoon.
&#8220;These guys have themselves publicly admitted to participating in what very much appears to be soliciting, trafficking, preying upon women around the world, many of these victims coming forward, some of them minors,&#8221; he said. &#8220;You know, people can spin or defend however they want, but in Florida, this type of behavior is viewed as atrocious. We&#8217;re not going to accept it.&#8221;
&#8220;They chose to come here and set their feet down in this state, and we&#8217;re going to pursue every tool we have within our legal authority to hold them accountable,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;So we are in the process today, we have secured and executed subpoenas and warrants, and we&#8217;re going to continue to move forward with full force of law.&#8221;
He said that the matter had turned into &#8220;an ongoing criminal investigation&#8221; and that the state was determined to &#8220;use every tool we have to ensure that justice is served.&#8221;
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Florida Attorney General <a href="https://twitter.com/JamesUthmeierFL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JamesUthmeierFL</a> says he&#8217;s opened criminal investigation of Tate brothers, <a href="https://twitter.com/Cobratate?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Cobratate</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/TateTheTalisman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TateTheTalisman</a>:
&#8220;These guys have themselves publicly admitted to participating in what very much appears to be soliciting, trafficking, preying upon women&#8230;&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/FYIfbDKCBu">pic.twitter.com/FYIfbDKCBu</a>
— Forrest Saunders (@FBSaunders) <a href="https://twitter.com/FBSaunders/status/1897042809552822450?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 4, 2025</a></blockquote>
In a subsequent statement posted to social media, Uthmeier said: &#8220;Last week, I directed my office to work with our law enforcement partners to conduct a preliminary inquiry into Andrew and Tristan Tate.&#8221;
&#8220;Based on a thorough review of the evidence, I’ve directed the Office of Statewide Prosecution to execute search warrants and issue subpoenas in the now-active criminal investigation into the Tate brothers,&#8221; he added.
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Last week, I directed my office to work with our law enforcement partners to conduct a preliminary inquiry into Andrew and Tristan Tate.
Based on a thorough review of the evidence, I’ve directed the Office of Statewide Prosecution to execute search warrants and issue subpoenas…
— Attorney General James Uthmeier (@AGJamesUthmeier) <a href="https://twitter.com/AGJamesUthmeier/status/1897057063907516551?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 4, 2025</a></blockquote>

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and first lady Casey DeSantis played golf and had lunch with President Donald Trump on Saturday amid speculation that she is preparing to launch a bid to become the state&#8217;s next governor.
The three spent the time together at Trump International Golf Club West Palm Beach, an administration official told Daily Wire White House Correspondent Mary Margaret Olohan.
When asked by reporters on Friday about running for governor, Casey DeSantis said, “To quote the late and great Yogi Berra: ‘When you come to a fork in the road, take it.’”
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and his wife Casey DeSantis had lunch and golfed with President Donald Trump at Trump International Golf Club today, a White House administration official confirms to <a href="https://twitter.com/realDailyWire?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDailyWire</a>.
“Well, I would say one thing,” Florida’s First Lady told…
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The news comes after Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) announced this week that he was running to become the state&#8217;s next governor, a choice he made after Trump encouraged him to run in a social media post where he said that Donalds had his support.
DeSantis touted Casey as his potential replacement, and poured water on electing Donalds, when asked last week about Trump&#8217;s endorsement.
“We have such a narrow majority that to be trying to campaign other places and missing these votes, I think, is not something that’s advisable at all,” he said. “And so the reality is we’ve achieved victories in Florida. We need to start achieving those victories up there.”
DeSantis said that Donalds “hasn’t been a part of any of the victories that we’ve had here over the Left, over these last years.”
“He’s just not been a part of it,” he said. “He’s been in other states campaigning, doing that, and that’s fine, but okay, well then deliver results up there. You know, that’s what I want to see. I want to see them delivering results for the people of Florida. We deliver it here all the time for the people of Florida, and that’s what we need to be doing.”
He warned that the state could easily revert back to being a swing state if it was not managed effectively, despite the massive surge in Republican registration there in recent years.
“People ask me all the time about our wonderful first lady, who has done a fantastic job as first lady of Florida,” DeSantis later added.
“I will tell you this — you’re talking about somebody like her — I won by the biggest margin that any Republican’s ever won a governor’s race here in Florida, she would do better than me, like there’s no question about that, that would happen,” he said. “And she’s somebody that has, I think, the intestinal fortitude and the dedication to conservative principles that, you know, anything we’ve accomplished, she’d be able to take to the next level.”
DeSantis said that former conservative icon Rush Limbaugh had once told him that the only other person he would rather see run Florida other than him was Casey.
“His eyes are lighting up because Rush would always say the spouses are more liberal, and it pulls the office holder to the left,” he said. “And on this case, he’s saying, like, that is not true. And so at the end of the dinner, he put his finger in my chest. He’s like, the only person I would rather have as my governor than you is her. And he pointed to her, and I was like, that’s a pretty good endorsement there.”
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) says that First Lady Casey DeSantis would win by even larger margins than he did during his 20-point victory in 2022 and that she would be able to take the state to the &#8220;next level.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/7DMKcGbSdd">pic.twitter.com/7DMKcGbSdd</a>
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1894190514192171285?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 25, 2025</a></blockquote>
Mary Margaret Olohan contributed to this report.

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Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis said at a press conference on Thursday that the state is looking into legal options after notorious influencer Andrew Tate — who is accused of sex trafficking, rape, and other criminal activity in Romania — had travel sanctions lifted and traveled to Florida with his brother.
Tate and his brother, Tristan, arrived in Fort Lauderdale on a private jet on Thursday, according to their spokesperson.
&#8220;Our attorney general, James Uthmeier, is looking into what state hooks and jurisdiction we may have to be able to deal with this,&#8221; DeSantis said at a press conference. &#8220;But the reality is no, Florida is not a place where you&#8217;re welcome with that type of conduct.&#8221;
&#8220;I don&#8217;t know how it came to this,&#8221; he added. &#8220;We were not involved. We were not notified. I found out through the media.&#8221;
Uthmeier said he directed his office to &#8220;work with our state law enforcement partners to conduct a preliminary inquiry into these individuals.&#8221;
&#8220;Florida has zero tolerance for human trafficking and violence against women,&#8221; he said. &#8220;If any of these alleged crimes trigger Florida jurisdiction, we will hold them accountable.&#8221;
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) says that Andrew Tate is not welcome in his state:
&#8220;Our attorney general, James Uthmeier, is looking into what state hooks and jurisdiction we may have to be able to deal with this. But the reality is no, Florida is not a place where you&#8217;re… <a href="https://t.co/Y2Ofi2Oo46">pic.twitter.com/Y2Ofi2Oo46</a>
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1895147696815776162?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 27, 2025</a></blockquote>
The Tate brothers had been banned from leaving Romania after they were arrested in 2022 on charges of &#8220;rape, human trafficking, money laundering and starting an organized crime group,&#8221; CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/27/europe/andrew-tate-romania-us-intl-hnk/index.html">reported</a>.
They have denied any wrongdoing.
Romanian prosecutors said they only lifted the travel restrictions on the two brothers while “all other obligations remain in effect, including the requirement to appear before judicial authorities whenever summoned.”
During a press conference on Thursday, President Donald Trump said he had no knowledge of the travel restrictions being lifted after several reports said the Trump administration pushed Romania to do so.
Daily Wire editor emeritus Ben Shapiro addressed the issue of Andrew Tate during an episode of his show last month.
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Anyone who wants to talk with Andrew Tate should talk with him. Obviously. It’s a free country! The REAL PROBLEM is so many cheerleading and applauding a self-professed pornographer who opposes the most basic standards of virtue.
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— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) <a href="https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1878873021454426342?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 13, 2025</a></blockquote>

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