The massive crowd attending a Luke Bryan concert was shocked into resounding cheers this past Friday evening as the titanic country music star brought Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) out on stage in an effort to highlight the recovery efforts of the state when it comes to Hurrican Ian.
Held out in Jacksonville, Florida, Bryan’s concert, which was slated to be a part of his ‘Raised Up Right’ tour, was forcibly pushed back quite a few times over the past month because of the hurricane and its fallout.
“We’re going to have some fun and we’re gonna raise some money tonight for the great state of Florida,” stated Bryan. “Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the stage Governor Ron DeSantis.”
DeSantis was met with extremely loud cheers as he made his way on stage and threw a number of hats out into the crowd.
DeSantis just walked out on stage at Luke Bryan. It’s deafening in here. pic.twitter.com/WHelgPCxM1
— Bonnie Upright, APR (@bonnieupright) October 29, 2022
“All you Florida voters, if you want to keep the state of Florida free, we need you to vote on November 8th,” stated the governor.
Just after the governor issued his statement, the crowd began chanting, “USA! USA! USA!”
“The state of Florida had to deal with the major hurricane last month, and it’s not easy to deal with. It’s hurt a lot of people,” stated DeSantis. “Though I can tell you this, show me any other state that can rebuild bridges in three days. I don’t think you can find that.”
DeSantis highlighted that more than $50 million has been raised to assist the various victims of the hurricane and then he called on people to donate even more money to those victims by using the Florida Disaster Fund.
Bryan stated that he would be donating proceeds from his show located in Estero, Florida, in order to assist the hurricane victims.
“Because of the hurricane, they had to use the venue that I was performing in as a shelter. Well, we’ve been going back and forth, we didn’t know if it was too soon to play or not but the area of Estero said, ‘Get your a** to Estero,’ so, we’re doing a concert,” stated Bryan. “So, what we’re going to do is give a large portion of the proceeds in Estero, Florida … to everybody that’s bought tickets, kept the ticket, and spending the money … I’m donating that money to the great state of Florida.”
DeSantis went on to thank Bryan via social media, stating: “Thanks for letting me crash the party last night, @lukebryan!”
Thanks for letting me crash the party last night, @lukebryan! pic.twitter.com/GCuTELFOM9
— Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantisFL) October 29, 2022
