DeSantis Campaign Press Release - Ron DeSantis: "I sent planes over to Israel and I brought back over 700 people to safety…There's a difference between words and deeds. We acted and we saved lives."

MIAMI, Fla. – During the third Republican presidential primary debate tonight, Ron DeSantis said:

"I will be telling Bibi, Finish the job once and for all with these butchers Hamas. They're terrorists. They're massacring innocent people. They would wipe every Jew off the globe if they could. He cannot live with that threat right by his country. That Hamas should release every hostage and they should unconditionally surrender." I'm sick of hearing the media. I'm sick of hearing other people blame Israel just for defending itself. We will stand with Israel in word and in deed, in public and in private. I can tell you, as governor, I actually did something about it. Biden's neglect has been atrocious. We had Floridians that were over there after the attack. He left them stranded. They couldn't get flights out. So I scrambled resources in Florida. I sent planes over to Israel, and I brought back over 700 people to safety. There could have been more hostages had we not acted and I'll tell you this. I met the first planeload when they came to Florida. One of the mothers pointed to a six-year-old daughter, and she said, "My daughter had been saying the last two nights, Mommy, I don't want to hear any more bombs, no more rockets. I just want to get back to Florida. So there's a difference between words and deeds. We acted and we saved lives."

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