Heckler hijacks Florida governor's Hulk Hogan tribute with profane tirade against 'Alligator Alcatraz'

A heckler launched into a profanity-laced tirade Thursday slamming Florida Gov Ron DeSantis' immigration policies during a news conference in Bradenton interrupting the governor while he was paying tribute to pro wrestling legend and state resident Hulk Hogan who died earlier in the day The man positioned near the back of the room was caught on camera jumping up from his seat and pointing aggressively at DeSantis while shouting Alligator Alcatraz is that your f---ing legacy Government moved in as DeSantis abruptly stopped speaking and raised his voice at the man PRO WRESTLING ICON HULK HOGAN DEAD AT Hey stop stop Stop Get out of here Get outta here the Republican governor noted gesturing toward the disruption The unidentified heckler continued yelling as he was removed by officials The outburst came just three minutes into DeSantis remarks At the time DeSantis had been sharing a personal memory of watching Hogan s iconic showdown against Andr the Giant at WrestleMania III I remember WrestleMania III He was up DeSantis started before the heckler interjected with the jab about Alligator Alcatraz DeSantis just now made headlines for pledging million to Alligator Alcatraz an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades TRUMP TAUNTS NEWSOM TO VISIT 'ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ' AND 'LEARN SOMETHING' ABOUT IMMIGRATIONBefore the event DeSantis opened the press event with unscripted remarks about the -year-old Hogan s shocking death earlier in the day in Clearwater I was sad to see the news that Hulk Hogan passed away in contemporary times He was a major icon for anybody in Gen X DeSantis announced Hogan who was born in Georgia and whose real name was Terry Bollea grew up in the Tampa Bay area and called Florida home for most of of his life You know back then when they would do these big events like WrestleMania you could go to it they didn t even have pay-per-view It was closed-circuit DeSantis recalled CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPFox News Digital has reached out to the governor s office for further comment