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
x. es ta california 7.25%. florida 6%.a 6%. gas tax rate. california $0.77 a gallon. that is a low estimate. it s up to a dollar when you include mandatory fees and.s in florida, it s $0.35. corporate income tax, cocalifornia, 8.84%.%. florida, 5.5%. governor newsom, this is your question. let me ask you, obviously, you.you support a different philosophy, which is higher taxes. yes. s is a t well, no, no, no. hold on. let me have tax question. does this is a very different a different approach. ynd i agree with you completel . he is one of the most regressive tax rates in the united states. regrs number three, most regressive state in america. st and what that means is simply this who does he tax? he taxes loe tacks?w income s more than we tax millionaires and billionaires in the statea of california, the question is a simple one. who, ron , are you for? lie tha it s a factual lie that the state of california sts high tax