DeSantis torches Biden's Hanoi trip, says Harris is 'impeachment insurance'

All right, joining me now is Governor Ron DeSantis, 2024 GOP presidential candidate. Governor, I found what happened this weekend in Vietnam no longer to be funny. I found it to be extremely disturbing. And the press making any effort to cover for this at this point is even more pathetic if that's possible. Well, look, I mean, this is a guy that that's stumbling around the world stage. He's projecting weakness. I think our enemies have already taken advantage of that. They're like—it's likely to invite even more problems around the world. And so, you know, it's sad. But I think it's obvious that he's been struggling for quite some time. And you're right. The corporate press is going to do whatever they can to run interference for him. And I also look and think about who's waiting in the wings with Kamala. And I think you're right in terms of the aptitude. Even though she's a lot younger, I think she's basically been his impeachment insurance, because people know no matter how bad Biden is, nobody wants Harris. And that's just the reality. And that's a sad situation America finds ourselves in. Meanwhile, our country is in a state of decline. I mean, we see it across the board in terms of our strength abroad, our economy here at home, our culture, our education system. And Biden's really been the custodian of that decline. Well, Governor, I think what Americans are really, really worried about is that we don't know who's in charge, who's making these decisions. Do you have a theory about that? Obviously, if you're the nominee and you win, I've known you for a long time, you're going to make the decisions. You always make the decisions. I don't think anyone ever has a doubt about you. But in this White House, do you have a theory who's deciding the big issues? I think you have a lot of very left-wing aides and staffers in the White House. And I think you have a line to people like Valerie Jarrett, Obama. I think they're all involved behind the scenes, pushing him in a very left-wing direction. I mean, his presidency has been more left-wing than Obama's was, even, and he presented himself as being a more moderate candidate when he ran in 2020. And I think that's a result of these folks really pushing the envelope. I mean, they just opened a civil rights investigation against the state of Florida. One of our colleges, New College of Sarasota, I appointed conservative trustees. They reoriented the university from being left of the left to being classical education, like Hillsdale. And they did things like abolish the gender studies department. And they're now opening up a civil rights investigation against one of our trustees, Chris Ruffo, because he misgendered one of the fired employees or fired professors. You've got to be kidding me. They're basically saying that there's a civil right to have things like gender studies and pronouns in our colleges and universities. No one would have thought that was possible even five years ago. Governor, can we expect you to actually go into urban areas that are predominantly Democrat, with a lot of minority voters who've been skeptical, and they would say for good reason, of the Republicans and their intentions? Will you have—or do you have plans to work to try to gain support among minority and urban voters, where Republicans have not done as well as they should have done, given the record of the Democrats? Of course. That's what we did in Florida, Laura. I won Miami-Dade County, which is our most urban county, 2.8 million people. That's more than some states have in population, 70 percent Latino, also strong African-American. We won it by double digits. A Republican hadn't won it in many, many years. We also won counties like Palm Beach, which a Republican hadn't won in 40 years. And so, some of the most heavily urban counties, we were winning in Florida. And so, I think the formula is, one, don't pander to people and try to divide them on ethnicity. Treat them and us as Americans. We all want the same things. Low crime. We will crack down on crime nationally with these Soros-backed prosecutors. I did it in Florida. I'll do it nationally. The border and immigration. Illegal immigration is having a devastating effect on a lot of these urban areas. People are flooding their school systems and hospitals. I'm going to shut the border down. We'll build a wall. And we're going to use lethal force against the Mexican drug cartels, leaving them stone-cold dead at the border, if they're trying to bring fentanyl in. And then education, Laura. We're doing school choice in every inner city in this country. We did it in Florida. Our results have skyrocketed over the last decade as a result of that. It works. And these kids deserve a chance. And just yes or no, we expect campaign appearances in Chicago, Southside, L.A., Boston, Hartford. We're going to see those appearances. Yes. And I think we have no choice as Republicans, Laura. If every urban area goes 90-10 Democrat, then we have this high-wire act to try to squeeze out enough voters. You're not going to win these urban areas, but if you just improve, that is a huge, huge possibility for us. Bingo. And, Governor, final question. Biden spoke in Alaska on his way back from the G20 summit on 9-11 today. You're in New York City. He says he was there. And it was OK, because after Pearl Harbor, people didn't go to Pearl Harbor every December 7. So, tell us about your trip to New York. My wife and I got invited by some of the 9-11 families, who we've gotten to know. And so, we went. I wasn't in like the VIP section with these politicians. I was walking around the site with the families. We would go to where their family members' names were. And it was really emotional, because they're telling stories. And the way they've done it is, someone that passed away, the names of people that knew each other close by. So they're telling stories about maybe their father's friends or husband's friends. And so, my wife and I were really touched by it. And we are committed. And I also think, back to 9-11, that inspired me to join the military. I mean, my whole life changed as a result of that, serving in Iraq, serving in the Navy, and ending up getting involved in public service. And so, my wife and I were really touched by it. And I've said, as president, you know, they've been promised the documents on the Saudi involvement. They've been promised a lot of things over the years. We got to deliver for these 9-11 families. And I will do that. Hey, Sean Hannity here. 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