DeSantis Campaign Press Release - Ron DeSantis Blasts Trump for His Attack on Israel and Praise for Hezbollah, Files for Ballot in New Hampshire

"We need to all be on the same page, now's not the time to air personal grievances about an Israeli prime minister. Now's the time to support their right to defend themselves to the hilt."

Tallahassee, FL - Ron DeSantis was greeted by an energetic crowd of supporters at the New Hampshire Statehouse this afternoon as he became the first major candidate to file candidacy paperwork in the Granite State.

As he spoke to members of the press after the filing, DeSantis said the U.S should take back the $6 billion Biden sent to Iran, and he blasted Donald Trump for praising Hezbollah and attacking Israel. Watch his remarks HERE.

"In terms of the depravity of human nature, the President needs to understand that Iran is ultimately the funder of this type of terrorism, he should take back that $6 billion that they had prepared to give, and he should also tighten the screws financially with the oil revenue, use all the tools at your disposal, because the money that goes into that regime, they're not using it to create a better life for the people of Iran. They're using it to fund terrorism. And we know that and we have known that and he should not be under the delusion you're going to have a rapprochement with Iran.

I also think given the situation there, now's not the time to be doing, like what Donald Trump did, attacking Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, attacking Israel's defense minister, saying somehow that Hezbollah were very smart. We need to all be on the same page, now's not the time to air personal grievances about an Israeli prime minister. Now's the time to support their right to defend themselves to the hilt.

I think this situation in Israel should make our domestic situation all the more urgent with the open border that we've been living through. And I've been talking about for a long time. As Governor of Florida, I've taken action in a variety of ways. As a candidate, I put out the boldest plan to deal with it. If you don't think that our enemies are going to exploit or have exploited that border, then I don't know what to tell you. We know people that come from China, from Russia, from Iran from other parts of the Middle East, to come across illegally into our country. And so it's been a great vulnerability. The President needs to reverse course on his policy, this will be a Day One issue that we're able to take care of as President. And I've said, Republicans have been talking about this for so long. They talked about building the wall, having Mexico pay all this stuff, and even before that, and it's just never gotten done. And so now's the time to bring it to a conclusion. And that's exactly what we'll do."