Ron DeSantis, the Florida Governor and 2024 presidential candidate was at an event on Saturday in Muscadine and discussed the need to stand with Israel as it battles with Hamas. 

“What are you supposed to do? I mean, I used to say even when they would just fire the normal rockets because they’ve been firing these rockets for years and years. And I thought to myself, like, if the Bahamas were firing rockets into Fort Lauderdale, like, we would not accept that for, like, one minute. I mean, we would just level it. We would never be willing to live like that as Americans,” DeSantis said.

The Bahamas Ministry of Foreign Affairs have sought to clarify the context of the remarks from The Embassy of the United States in Nassau

UPDATE: You can read the response here