and welcome to this special of hannity. happy new year. now, tonight for the full hour, we ll highlight some of our big interviews from 2023. we start tonight with highlights from the first ever red state blue state debate between florida governor ron desantis and california governor gavin newsom. taka govern santis ae a look.t star well, let s get started. everybody ready? te all we are as we speak, theres is a phenomenon that is playings out across the entire country. americans, they are leavingr blue states in droves, in favor of red states. you can see numbers on the screestatesyou cas n rigm the year 2021 and 2022. these particularyears numbersst are stark. in the state that you lead sa in the castee, you, governor newsom, according to the u.s. census, this is where the numbers come from. ,e in 2021, 2022, california, california s lost 750,000 residents to other states. governor desantis, during that same two year period, you gained 454,000 residents0 re from oth
has the highest tax rate. but for whom? and it st fo a foundational and fundamental difference. you look at states like texafundamens, overwhelming majy caliexans pay more tax in texas than the state of california. so again, it s who you re for. n and i think those values matter. and i appreciate you bringing up iate you the of taxes. how many people leave florida, s go to california because they pay less taxes? i ve not see t?i am nn that.from or people going from florida to new york because they pay less taxes. of course not. w yorktheythey come to florida . they pay lower taxes. we don t even have an income ta x. sale and yet california has a higher sales tax than we do. and that s one of the things that we do. but here s the thing, and i ll thinggive i ll give gavin cred. he did at least admit in his first answer, he s joined at the hip with biden and. harris. he thinks biden and harris have done a great job. he think e dones the economy is working because of their policies