Ron DeSantis: “These are folks — and a lot of them have of criminal records. But that’s what’s happening here, and I think it’s been…”

Fortunately, they weren’t needed for a lot of rescue missions, ’cause that demand wasn’t there, but they’ve already cleared 1,700 miles of roadway.

Walton County is now up to 80% restored, remaining customers are expected to have power tonight into early tomorrow.

At the same time, I mean, we’ve had some [storms] where there’ve been a lot more [deaths].

“So, somebody, ‘Oh, you shouldn’t have spent money by bringing the guard or doing this. You didn’t need them.’ Well, you don’t know that.”