A climate protester who had been heckling Ron DeSantis decided to take his protest to new heights and jumped on stage with the presidential hopeful last night in Iowa.
But it did not go well for him as he was immediately tackled to the ground by DeSantis security.
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Here’s more from the New York Post:
DeSantis was speaking to hundreds of people at a BBQ restaurant in Ames on Thursday evening when three activists apparently from the Sunrise Movement shouted at him and accused him of taking money from the fossil fuel industry.
“Excuse me, hold on. Excuse me, I’m doing this,” DeSantis snapped at the interruption. “I know you have an agenda. Stop!”
The GOP presidential candidate told the crowd that the protester wants people to “pay more for gas.”
“We’re not going to let people like that win,” he said to cheers.
A second protester then rushed to the stage holding a banner reading “DESANTIS: CLIMATE CRIMINAL.”
“Ron DeSantis is a climate criminal!” the man yelled, as caught on video shared on X.
Almost as soon as the protesters stepped on the stage, at least two members of the security team grabbed him and tackled him off of the stage, pinning him to the ground.
“That’s exhibit A” for “what’s wrong with the college system,” the governor said to cheers, though there was no clear indication the young protesters were college students. Ames is home to Iowa State University.
“If you’re gonna do that, like he was like stumbling around to get his flag out. Like he telegraphed that a mile away,” DeSantis said dismissively of the tackled protester.
A woman also shouted from the crowd soon after she was hauled off, too.
DeSantis, who debated former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley a day earlier, continued with his remarks before taking questions about his policy positions.
“We take questions from folks all the time,” DeSantis told reporters later. “Yeah, I’m not going to let these, these numb-nuts rush the stage or do anything like that, but I mean people that ask, you know, normal, respectful questions, we’re happy to do.”