A screaming heckler interrupted Florida Governor Ron DeSantis as he delivered a tribute to wrestling legend Hulk Hogan on Thursday.
As DeSantis eulogized Hogan, describing the fellow Floridian as a ‘superhero’ and a ‘major icon for anybody in Gen X,’ an unhinged man began shouting from the back of the room.
‘Alligator Alcatraz – is that your f***ing legacy!?’ the unidentified protester yelled.
De Santis told the man to ‘stop’ and ‘get out of here’ before the protester took another swipe at the governor.
‘You bow to a f***ing pedophile. You’re a f***ing pedohile’ he yelled as security moved in to escort him out.
‘F*** you all,’ he added as security removed him.
DeSantis then picked up where he left off, recalling the time Hogan lifted 520-pound Andre the Giant off the ground during Wrestlemania III.
‘I was really worried that he wasn’t going to be able to, but he slammed Andre the Giant,’ he said. ‘That was a huge thing for kids in that era.’
As Florida Governor Ron DeSantis eulogized Hogan on Thursday, describing the fellow Floridian as a ‘superhero’ and a ‘major icon for anybody in Gen X,’ an unhinged man began shouting from the back of the room
‘Alligator Alcatraz – is that your f***ing legacy!?’ the unidentified protester yelled
The dramatic interruption came after Hogan, 71, suffered a fatal cardiac arrest at his home in Clearwater Beach.
Alligator Alcatraz, a migrant detention center in the Florida Everglades, has come under fierce criticism since it opened its doors on July 1 and began accepting inmates two days later.
It has sparked outrage over reports of poor conditions and the treatment of inmates.
President Donald Trump toured the facility on July 1 alongside DeSantis and Homeland Security chief Kristi Noem, declaring: ‘It might be as good as the real Alcatraz.’
Two weeks later, a group of Democrats were granted access to tour the newly constructed grounds, and lamented the tough conditions migrants housed there will face.
Florida Democrat Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz compared the facility to an internment camp and insisted ‘there are really disturbing, vile conditions,’ demanding the ‘place be shut the hell down.’
Kevin Guthrie, from the Florida division of Emergency Management, dismissed democrats’ concerns in an interview with Jesse Watters on Fox.
He said one critic ‘had an infrared thermometer that they actually pointed at a lightbulb and it was 110C.’
Governor Ron Desantis pictured with Hulk Hogan in May 2025
The Alligator Alcatraz detention center has been the subject to fierce criticism since it opened its doors on July 1 and began accepting inmates two days later
President Donald Trump toured the facility, which is deep in the Florida Everglades, on July 1
Guthrie said he suggested they ‘pull that down’ to gauge the actual temperature, suggesting it was an attempt to make the facility appear hotter than it actually is.
One migrant being held at detention center described dozens of inmates being corralled inside cages at the mosquito-infested facility.
Juan Palma, 48, told NBC6 that the lights stay on around the clock, leaving him clueless as to the time of day.
The Cuban migrant said that he and 32 other people live in what he described as a cage and that they are only allowed to shower every three or four days.
