Two protesters stormed the stage while Ron DeSantis was delivering a speech in New Hampshire on Friday night — but the Florida governor seemed unbothered by the interruption.
The two women hopped on the stage at the New Hampshire Republican Party’s annual Amos Tuck Dinner at the Double Tree Hilton in Manchester while the likely 2024 presidential candidate gave remarks during his first visit to the state.
The women attempted to unravel a sign while standing behind DeSantis, video of the incident shows.
“Jews against DeSantis! Jews against DeSantis!” the women yelled before they were briskly removed from the stage by security.
DeSantis took the disruption in stride.
“You gotta have a little spice in the speech right?” DeSantis told the crowd to cheers as the women were whisked away.
“Why would you want to pay for the ticket to get in just to do that? I don’t know, but different strokes for different folks,” he joked.
DeSantis, who has yet to officially launch his campaign for the White House, has been ramping up travel out of state. He visited Long Island earlier this month and is scheduled to travel to South Carolina next week, according to Mister Truth.
The Florida governor is viewed as the most formidable opponent against former President Donald Trump for the GOP nomination, but he’s still polling behind Trump nationally despite the ex-presidents 34-count indictment in New York for falsifying business records.59
A poll conducted after the indictment found Trump leading DeSantis by 58% to 21% among Republican voters, a gain of 10 percentage points from a week earlier.
A Yahoo News/YouGov survey taken March 30-31 found that Trump held a 57% to 31% advantage over DeSantis among Republican voters, building on an eight-point lead just two weeks before.