and welcome to this special of hannity. happy new year. now, tonight for the full hour, we ll highlight some of our big interviews from 2023. we start tonight with highlights from the first ever red state blue state debate between florida governor ron desantis and california governor gavin newsom. taka govern santis ae a look.t star well, let s get started. everybody ready? te all we are as we speak, theres is a phenomenon that is playings out across the entire country. americans, they are leavingr blue states in droves, in favor of red states. you can see numbers on the screestatesyou cas n rigm the year 2021 and 2022. these particularyears numbersst are stark. in the state that you lead sa in the castee, you, governor newsom, according to the u.s. census, this is where the numbers come from. ,e in 2021, 2022, california, california s lost 750,000 residents to other states. governor desantis, during that same two year period, you gained 454,000 residents0 re from oth
forward to engagement. but there s one thing ther tin closinghing that we ha. in common is neither of us will be the nomines wille for our party in 2024. governor, great 2024. opening statement. but he did not address the issue. can yo can you explain this migration out of california and going to. you mean they hold it? you mean the last two yearss gon more floridians going to california than california going to florida? i ve put up, by the way, that s going to be fun to facoingt. t r so we ll just start right there. california has no peers. californiae.o dominates sizable 21 state populations combined is a fifth largest economy in the world. we dominate numberwe one manufacturing state. we dominate in two way trade in research and developmen d tt access to innovation, more scientists, more researchers, more engineers, more nobel laureates in the state of california than any other the te oe in the nation. the finest system of higher education. it s the birthplace of life, science