Republican Florida Sen. Blaise Ingoglia wore a University of Florida golf polo with an alligator icon to a guided tour of Alligator Alcatraz on Saturday in Collier County.
Ingoglia, who has represented District 11 since 2022, said that after the three-hour walk through it was clear to him that the critics' "rhetoric" did not "match" the reality that he experienced.
Ingoglia was with Florida Sen. Gayle Harrell, who represents District 31, and Florida Rep. Michael "Mike" Caruso, who represents the state's 87th House district.
The trio said they did hear the detainees yelling at them.
After Harrell said she couldn't understand them, Ingoglia said, "I think a bunch of the detainees said, Vote Trump!"