Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Saturday that the United States should not accept refugees from the Gaza Strip, where Israel has demanded that more than 1 million residents evacuate the northern part of the territory as Israel wages war on the militant group Hamas.
Former vice president Mike Pence, left, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, center, and Vivek Ramaswamy speak in a Republican presidential candidates debate hosted by Fox News in Milwaukee on Aug. 23. CRESTON, Iowa — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Saturday that the United States should not accept refugees from the Gaza Strip, where Israel has demanded that more than 1 million residents evacuate the northern portion of the territory as it wages war on the militant group Hamas.
sharpness over the issue, criticizing Trump for faulting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu andDeSantis has focused heavily on the conflict in the past week and opened his stump speech in Creston, Iowa, on Saturday morning discussing it. Turning to the matter of refugees, he told voters that “Arab states” should take in people from Gaza and added, “You don’t fly people and import them into the United States of America.
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