“We saw people defecating on the street, San Francisco has Collapsed” De Santos Reveals In Presidential Campaign

Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis had reportedly said in a one-minute video released by the GOP hopeful’s presidential campaign where he revealed that  San Francisco has “collapsed” because of “leftist policies.”

“We saw people defecating on the street. We saw people using heroin, we saw people smoking crack cocaine,” DeSantis said.

“The city is not vibrant anymore. It’s really collapsed because of leftist policies, and these policies have caused people to flee this area. They don’t prosecute criminals like they do in most parts of the country, and the wreckage is really sad to see.”

“It just shows you that policies matter, leadership matters,” DeSantis said as he criticized the number of boarded-up businesses and expressed dismay at the “riffraff” on city streets.

“They are doing it wrong here,” the governor added. “No wonder why we’ve had so many people move from San Francisco to Florida over the last few years.”

California lost 117,552 people between Jan. 1, 2021, and Jan. 1, 2022, according to the state’s Department of Finance, bringing its population back to where it was in 2016.

The California governor has set himself up as a foil to DeSantis’ policies through unlike DeSantis, Newsom has repeatedly said he will not run for president in 2024 and has endorsed President Biden for re-election. He has even gone so far as to threaten DeSantis with criminal kidnapping charges after a Florida-linked contractor flew migrants to Sacramento, California’s capital.

During a press conference last week in Fort Pierce, Florida, DeSantis poked fun at Newsom for having a “fixation” on Florida and dared the California Democrat to “stop pussyfooting around” and enter the 2024 presidential race.