I really think RDS isn’t too bright. Did he really say that?
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article281622208.html
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said on Wednesday that Hamas would have taken even more hostages out of Israel into Gaza if his administration had not funded flights to evacuate U.S. citizens out of there after the Oct. 7 attacks. Hamas abducted over 230 hostages in its surprise attack on Israel that day, an assault that lasted over 20 hours across multiple Israeli communities bordering the Gaza Strip. But Hamas operatives have not conducted further ground attacks on Israel since then, after the Israeli Defense Forces fought back and began encircling the Palestinian territory.
At the Republican presidential debate on Wednesday evening in Miami, DeSantis criticized President Joe Biden and said there could have been more hostages taken if not for Florida’s actions. He offered no evidence for that statement.
“I can tell ya, as governor, I actually did something about it,” DeSantis said. “Biden’s neglect has been atrocious. We had Floridians over there after the attack – he left them stranded. They couldn’t get flights out. So I scrambled resources in Florida, I sent planes over to Israel, and I brought back over 700 people to safety. There could have been more hostages had we not acted.”