>> thank you, governor. >> and you brought that person to iowa to go and campaign with you. that's your friends, hate to see -- >> thomassy from kentucky. >> that's cheap garbage. here is the thing. >> it's true. >> i knew it would be a big deal for florida. we have one of the largest israeli-american populations in the country and a haven for orthodox jews since i've been governor. biden wasn't helping americans get out of the war zone. these are people that were stranded, so i did an executive order. we scrambled planes and we rescued over 700 americans from israel and brought them back safely to the state of florida. you have to step up and you have to lead when things like this are happening. we also have gone after the anti-semitism on our campuses. we did that early in my administration. you didn't see our college presidents doing some of the things that you have seen. i just announced in the state of the state address two days ago that we are going to say -- not just for jewish students, anyone
terror attack on israel. what did you see? >> desantis accused the biden administration of turning a blind eye to americanss stuck in israel after that attack by hamas. listen. >> you know what, biden wasn't helping americans get out of the war zone. these are people that were stranded. i didden an executive order. we scrambled planes and rescued over 700 americans from israel and brought them back safely to the state of florida. >> the attacks was on october 7th as the counterstrikes began, the state department began arranging for americans. the first official flight came out on the 13th, only the day before that did desantis declare a state of emergency to free up funds in florida for the same purpose so his air lift of americans did not begin until after the biden administrations's effort was well underway. desantis' claim he had to do the job because the white house would not is false.
>> it's true. >> i knew it was going to be a big deal for florida. we have one of the largest israeli-american populations in the country, and we've been a haven for orthodox jews in particular since i was governor. and biden wasn't helping americans get out of the war zone. these are people who were stranded. i did an executive order, we scrambled planes, and we rescued over 700 americans from israel and brought them back safely to florida. you got is the step up and lead whenhings like this are happening. we have gone after the antisemitism on our campuses. we did that early in my administration. i just announced in the state of the state address yesterday, or two days ago that with we are going to say, not just for jewish students, anyone who is being religious persecuted or being marginalized because of their faith, in any college around the country, we're going waive the transfer requirements so that people can come to florida and be safe. what they are doing -- >> thank you, governor. >> has been reprehensible. >> thank you, governor. >> and we're not going to let it
>> [applause] >> here's the thing. when the attack happened against israel. i thought would be a big deal for florida. we have the largest israeli american population in the country. and we've been a haven for orthodox jews in particular since i've been governor. and you know what, biden was not helping americans get out of the war zone. these are people who were stranded, so i did an executive order, we scrambled planes, and we rescued over 700 americans from israel and brought them back safely to the state of florida. you have to step up and lead when things like this are happening. we also have gone after the antisemitism on our campuses. we did that early administration. you did not see our college presidents doing some of the things that you've seen. i just announced in the state of the state address yesterday, or two days ago, that we are going to say -- and not just for jewish students, anyone who's being persecuted religiously or being marginalized because of their faith in any college around the country, we are going to waive the transfer requirement so that people can come to florida and be safe. >> thank you, governor. >> what they have been doing to