‘YOU’RE A F*CKING PEDOPHILE!’ DeSantis’ Hulk Hogan Tribute Interrupted by ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Protester
Thursday afternoon, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) was commenting on the recent passing of wrestler Hulk Hogan when a protester yelled several expletive-laced insults at him referencing the “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration detention facility in the Everglades and calling the governor a “pedophile.”
The news broke earlier Thursday that Hogan, 71, had passed away at his home in Clearwater, Florida from cardiac arrest. Hogan, whose real name was Terry Gene Bollea, made a memorable appearance at the Republican National Convention last summer showing his support for President Donald Trump’s campaign.
DeSantis was speaking at an event in Bradenton, about an hour south of Hogan’s residence in Clearwater. The 46-year-old governor shared some of his memories of Hogan, calling him “a major icon for anybody in GenX…anyone growing up in the ’80s and the ’90s” and a “superhero,” especially for Florida kids. While DeSantis reminisced about watching Hogan perform in movies and Wrestlemania programs as a child, he was interrupted by a man in the audience yelling at him something about “Alligator Alcatraz.”
The ICE detention facility has been extremely controversial for its reported abuses of detainees, hundreds of millions of dollars in lucrative contracts going to GOP donors and other DeSantis allies, lack of audits and other Florida law-mandated transparency, environmental harm to a national park’s fragile ecosystem, and impact on local Miccosukee and Seminole ceremonial sites and tribal lands.
“Hey, stop, stop, stop, I’m –” DeSantis said, pointing back at the heckler.
“Is that your fucking legacy?” the man shouted. “You bow down to a fucking pedophile! You’re a pedophile!”
“Get out of here,” said DeSantis. “Get out of here.”
The heckler continued, shouting accusations about DeSantis and President Donald Trump. “All of you are fucking Nazis! Fuck you all!”
DeSantis resumed speaking as the man was reportedly taken out of the room by security, yelling one more “Fucking Nazis!” at the governor as he exited.
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