>> JOSH, WE’RE GOING TO JUMP IN.
DESANTIS JUST CAME OUT TO GIVE
HIS ACCEPTANCE SPEECH.
LET’S WATCH A LITTLE BIT OF
THIS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THE PAST FOUR YEARS, WE’VE SEEN
MAJOR CHALLENGES FOR THE PEOPLE
OF OUR STATE, FOR THE CITIZENS
OF THE UNITED STATES AND ABOVE
ALL FOR THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM.
WE SAW FREEDOM IN OUR VERY WAY
OF LIFE AND SO MANY OTHER
JURISDICTIONS IN THIS COUNTRY
WITHER ON THE VINE, FLORIDA HELD
THE LINE.
[CHEERS & APPLAUSE]
WE CHOSE FACTS OVER FEAR.
WE CHOSE EDUCATION OVER
INDOCTRINATION.
[CHEERS & APPLAUSE]
WE CHOSE LAW AND ORDER OVER
RIOTING AND DISORDER.
[CHEERS & APPLAUSE]
FLORIDA WAS A REFUGE OF SANITY
WHEN THE WORLD WENT MAD.
WE STOOD AS A CITADEL OF FREEDOM
FOR PEOPLE ACROSS THIS COUNTRY
AND INDEED ACROSS THE WORLD.
[CHEERS & APPLAUSE]
WE FACED ATTACKS.
WE TOOK THE HITS.
WE WEATHERED THE STORMS.
BUT WE STOOD OUR GROUND.
WE DID NOT BACK DOWN.
WE HAD THE CONVICTION TO GUIDE
US AND WE HAD THE COURAGE TO
LEAD.
WE MADE PROMISES.
WE MADE PROMISES TO THE PEOPLE OF FLORIDA AND WE HAVE DELIVERED
OF FLORIDA AND WE HAVE DELIVERED
ON THOSE PROMISES.
AND SO TODAY AFTER FOUR YEARS,
THE PEOPLE HAVE DELIVERED THEIR
VERDICT. FREEDOM IS HERE TO STAY.
FREEDOM IS HERE TO STAY.
[CHEERS & APPLAUSE]
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU.
NOW, THANKS TO THE OVERWHELMING
SUPPORT OF THE PEOPLE OF
FLORIDA, WE NOT ONLY WON
ELECTION, WE HAVE REWRITTEN THE
POLITICAL MAP.
[CHEERS & APPLAUSE]
THANK YOU FOR HONORING US WITH A
WIN FOR THE AGES.
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR
CAMPAIGN STAFF FROM CAMPAIGN
MANAGER PECK DOWN.
THIS WAS THE BEST RUN CAMPAIGN
IN THE HISTORY OF FLORIDA
POLITICS.
[CHEERS & APPLAUSE]
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR
WONDERFUL VOLUNTEERS WHO WORKED
SO HARD TO GET OUT THE VOTE.
YOUR SUPPORT MEANS THE WORLD TO
KASEY AND I.
GOD BLESS YOU AND THANK YOU.
NOW IT’S A LOT EASIER TO RUN A
GOOD CAMPAIGN WHEN YOU HAVE A
GREAT RECORD TO RUN ON.
I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
SEE THE LEVEL OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS
THAT WE SAW UNLESS I HAD
OUTSTANDING PERSONNEL WORKING IN
THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE
GOVERNOR AS WELL AS HEADING
STATE AGENCIES.
THESE FOLKS WORKED HARD TO
IMPLEMENT OUR AGENDA.
THEY BELIEVED IN OUR AGENDA AND
THE RESULTS HAVE BEEN HISTORIC.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND
WORK.
[CHEERS & APPLAUSE] THANK YOU TO MIAMI-DADE COUNTY.
THANK YOU TO MIAMI-DADE COUNTY. [CHEERS & APPLAUSE]
[CHEERS & APPLAUSE]
THANK YOU TO PALM BEACH COUNTY.
[CHEERS & APPLAUSE]
NOW WE’RE STILL TALLYING THE
VOTES, BUT IT’S CLEARLY APPARENT
THAT THIS ELECTION, WE WILL HAVE
GARNERED A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF
VOTES FROM PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT
HAVE VOTED FOR ME FOUR YEARS
AGO.
I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, I’M
HONORED TO HAVE EARNED YOUR
TRUST AND YOUR SUPPORT OVER
THESE FOUR YEARS.
[CHEERS & APPLAUSE]
AND MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL, THANK
YOU TO THE GREATEST FIRST LADY
IN ALL 50 STATES.
[CHEERS & APPLAUSE]
NOR BEING A GREAT WIFE, GIVING
UNWAIVERING SUPPORT, BEING A
TREMENDOUS MOTHER TO OUR THREE
YOUNG CHILDREN AND SERVING AS AN
EXAMPLE FOR WOMEN THROUGHOUT
THIS STATE, ESPECIALLY GOING
THROUGH THE BATTLE OF CANCER. SHE IS REMARKABLE.
SHE IS REMARKABLE. [CHEERS & APPLAUSE]
[CHEERS & APPLAUSE]
NOW TODAY -- [CHANTING].
NOW TODAY IS THE CULMINATION OF
THE 2022 FALL ELECTIONS.
IN REALITY, AMERICANS HAVE BEEN
VOTING FOR MANY YEARS NOW.
THEY’VE BEEN VOTING WITH THEIR
FEET AND THE RESULTS OF THAT
BEHAVIOR HAS BEEN JUST AS STARK
AS OUR LANDSLIDE VICTORY TODAY.
STATES AND CITIES GOVERNED BY
LEFTIST POLITICIANS HAVE SEEN
CRIME SKY ROCKET.
THEY HAVE SEEN THEIR TAXPAYERS
ABUSED.
THEY HAVE SEEN MEDICAL
AUTHORITARIANISM IMPOSED AND
AMERICAN PRINCIPLES DISGUARDED.
THE WOKE AGENDA HAS CAUSED
MILLIONS TO LEAVE THESE
JURISDICTIONS FOR GREENER
PASTURES.
NOW THIS GREAT EXODUS OF
AMERICANS FOR THOSE FOLKS,
FLORIDA FOR SO MANY OF THEM HAS
SERVED AS THE PROMISED LAND.
WE HAVE EMBRACED FREEDOM.
WE HAVE MAINTAINED LAW AND
ORDER.
WE HAVE PROTECTED THE RIGHTS OF
PARENTS.
WE HAVE RESPECTED OUR TAXPAYERS
AND WE REJECT WOKE IDEOLOGY.
[CHEERS & APPLAUSE]
WE FIGHT THE WOKE IN THE
LEGISLATURE.
WE FIGHT THE WOKE IN THE
SCHOOLS, WE FIGHT THE WOKE IN
THE CORPORATIONS.
WE WILL NEVER EVER SURRENDER TO
THE WOKE MOB.
FLORIDA IS WHERE WOKE GOES TO
DIE.
[CHEERS & APPLAUSE]
PEOPLE HAVE COME HERE BECAUSE
OUR POLICIES WORK.
LEADERSHIP MATTERS.
WE REFUSE TO USE POLLS AND PUT
OUR FINGER IN THE WIND.
LEADERS DON’T FOLLOW.
THEY LEAD.
[CHEERS & APPLAUSE]
WE SET OUT A VISION.
WE EXECUTED ON THAT VISION.
WE PRODUCED HISTORIC RESULTS.