DeSantis camp makes quick work of climate protester at campaign event

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A member of Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R-FL) security team was quick to take down a climate protester who interrupted the governor on stage during a campaign stop in Ames, Iowa, on Thursday evening. 

One day after debating former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, DeSantis campaigned in Iowa four days ahead of the state’s caucuses. He was at his fourth campaign stop of the day when three activists from the Sunrise Movement shouted remarks about him, according to the Associated Press. They accused DeSantis of taking money from the fossil fuel industry. 

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