With a track record to back him up, America’s Governor made clear what would happen to officials in the Sunshine State, “If you act like Jacob Frey…”
Never one for lip service, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) wasted little time upon President Donald Trump’s return to the White House in enacting laws to support the restoration of national sovereignty. Now, as Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) is widely accused of obstructing federal law enforcement, DeSantis said similar action in Florida would find officials “removed from your position.”
Joining Fox News host Laura Ingraham on her program, “The Ingraham Angle,” the governor raised requirements established in his state for local and state law enforcement to participate in interior immigration enforcement.
“The reason why I imposed that requirement — we have some sheriffs that would be gung-ho to do this. We’ve got some cities, some mayors who would not want to do it,” he told Ingraham before making clear, “If you act like Jacob Frey in Florida, then you get removed from your position.”
Tonight, I joined Laura Ingraham on Fox News. pic.twitter.com/STfATiQTpM
— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) January 28, 2026
Painting a picture on what was taking place in Minnesota under Gov. Tim Walz (D) and Frey other than encouraging agitators to participate in “good trouble” against federal law enforcement, DeSantis said, “You will literally have a criminal alien sitting in jail in Minnesota for violating their own laws, and they still don’t want to cooperate and send that person to DHS so that they can be removed.”
“What you see on the streets — that’s an orchestrated effort. These are groups that are funded. It’s being egged on by politicians like the governor and the mayor,” he went on,” and their goal is not to just simply not enforce the law, but to actively sabotage the enforcement of the law.”
Asserting such behavior cannot stand, the governor added, “If you can have a state, because they have a different political orientation, just opt themselves out and indeed sabotage what’s being done to bring about the mandate that the voters gave, you know, then what are we even doing here?”
DeSantis’ position proved more than empty threats, and justifiable so, as the state Supreme Court backed his suspension of the George Soros-backed State Attorney Monique Worrell after she’d been accused of dereliction of duty for opting against prosecuting violent criminals.
Where it concerned the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, the governor argued in favor of a review and that the public should “insist on high standards for these officers …”
“If they need to be held accountable, they should do it — but understand what they’re facing. They’re facing threats,” he said as the Department of Homeland Security had accounted for a 1,300% increase in assaults on ICE officers and a 3,200% spike in vehicular attacks. “So it’s a difficult assignment, and I just think you should have some sympathy for what they’re having to deal with, even if you want to insist on the accountability, which we should do as well.”
Native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and truth seeker, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog and, when he isn't researching current events and their impacts, you'll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel.
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