Sean Hannity: “People to this day ask me about that [DeSantis vs. Newsom] debate, but the backstory is this: it was supposed to go from 9 to 10:30. I’m looking at the clock, it’s 10:36. I’m like, ‘Guys, we gotta end this.’; And Gavin goes, ‘Ah, having such a good time.’ And I’m like, ‘Would you like to stay governor?’ ‘Yes.’ Governor DeSantis, ‘yes.’ ‘All right, quick break, right back. We’ll continue. More of our state versus state debate. Red versus blue.’ And then something happened, and we did not continue that debate. You wanna tell a story?
Gov. Ron DeSantis: “[Newsom] got the hook from, I think, his wife and some of his staff.
Sean Hannity: “They ran out into the studio, ‘You’re done.’”
Gov. Ron DeSantis: “Shut it down. And so I was just kind of sitting there. I didn’t know what to do. And then obviously, you had to finish the show. So it was kind of awkward. I’ll tell you, though, this: when we did the first commercial break, I went to use the head. And I know that they were not happy that I invoked the father-in-law. I mean, they were hissing me when I was going back there.”
“He thinks he’s really good at lying on some of this stuff. But the lies have to be at least somewhat believable. When you honestly sit there and say California has lower taxes than Florida, you are lying. Everybody knows you’re lying. Everybody in Florida knows you’re lying, and everybody in California knows.”
“They have the highest income tax in America, the highest gas tax in America, and we’re a state with no income tax, and we rely on sales tax. Their sales tax is higher than the state of Florida’s. So give me a break. I mean, where are you getting that you’re saying that? And so people just don’t find it credible. And so I think that when you’re gonna try to sell snake oil, you know, you just cross a line where people just know it’s BS.”