A.G. Gancarski
Insurrection, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder.
That’s one takeaway from Gov. Ron DeSantis‘ comments on Thursday’s “Jesse Watters Primetime.”
Discussing footage of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid of a cannabis farm worked by migrants, DeSantis was blunt about the resistance to federal will.
“Well, if kind of the roles were reversed, the left would be saying it’s an insurrection, right? I mean, like, you have federal law enforcement that have clear authority to enforce clear federal law. And if you are illegally employed in this country, that is a violation of federal law. And so when you have folks, particularly in California, who are trying to interpose themselves in between the lawful process that this country has, you know, that’s a big, big problem,” DeSantis said.
The Governor has playfully riffed about what he perceives to be an overreaction to the Jan. 6, 2021, protests that interfered with the certification of the 2020 presidential election, including describing protests at the Florida Capitol as insurrectionist back in 2023.
During Thursday’s cable hit, he added that “in California, they’ve really developed a sense of entitlement to simply disregard federal laws they don’t like, particularly with regard to immigration.”
“And this has been happening for many, many years. And so I think the situation has escalated, I think that clearly they’re in the wrong, but this is likely not going to stop in California anytime soon, because I think this has just been embedded in the psyche there that somehow they can disregard laws they don’t want to follow.”
DeSantis also discussed this weekend’s tour of “Alligator Alcatraz” for federal and state legislators during the segment, quipping that while the facility exceeds standards for prisons, it’s not the “Four Seasons.”
He also offered a warning to those who may attempt to use the occasion to express their opinions about the groundbreaking pre-deportation internment camp, saying his invitation would not “provide them with a platform to virtue signal and to have some politicized photo op.”
8 comments
Henry Lerner
July 10, 2025 at 11:38 pm
He’s a despicable piece of feces. But that’s being mean to feces.
Janis Lentz
July 11, 2025 at 12:24 am
Racist Ron the lame duck FL governor, needs to focus on the job he has done so poorly for the ppl of Florida! California is NOT your concern, Lil Ron! You were NOT authorized to errct those flimsy tents, but you spent Floridians’ public funds on that dangerous tent city, and you have yet to be indicted for stealing $10 million and using it to RIG an election! Resign now, thief!
Janis Lentz
July 11, 2025 at 12:24 am
Racist Ron the lame duck FL governor, needs to focus on the job he has done so poorly for the ppl of Florida! California is NOT your concern, Lil Ron! You were NOT authorized to errct those flimsy tents, but you spent Floridians’ public funds on that dangerous tent city, and you have yet to be indicted for stealing $10 million and using it to RIG an election! Resign now, thief!
Frank Johnson
July 11, 2025 at 6:47 am
Two displaced New Yorkers above that would probably vote for Mamdani if they were still there. Look Ron DeSantis is a very popular Governor. He smashed Charlie Crist in the last election. I watched the interview last night and he spoke the truth. Kalifornia is in shambles. Newsom and Bass are clueless and the people out there will probably make “word salad” Kammy their next Governor.
Dave
July 11, 2025 at 8:28 am
Abour five hours after DeSantis toured Alligator Auschwitz, three of the air conditioners were broken from the standing water.
The plan was always to keep immigrants in inhumane conditions and then laugh about it.
You know, what Jesus would do…
Frank Johnson
July 11, 2025 at 9:24 am
Auschwitz huh? Did you see any ovens out there? Firing squads? You people are beyond deranged.
Frankie M.
July 11, 2025 at 9:32 am
This from a guy whose chief of staff is selling merch celebrating the suffering of others 😂 Clearly Robot Ron doesn’t own a mirror. Looks like Peter Schorsch and Randy Fine owe Donna Deegan a belated apology for her concentration camp comments.
Frank Johnson
July 11, 2025 at 9:40 am
Children in cages. Now it’s concentration camps. Brings back memories of Wasserman-Schultz and the rest of the Demo lunatics down here jumping around at Homestead. They demanded that facility be closed. Guess who opened it up again? Looking forward to the spectacle tomorrow at The Swamp. Wasserman-Schultz and Eskamani and Frost. The three stoogies.