BRADENTON, Fla. - Gov. Ron DeSantis spoke about COVID vaccinations in Manatee County on Thursday but opened his news conference talking about Wednesday's violent pro-Trump protests in Washington.

Protesters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday and forced lawmakers into hiding in an attempt to overturn the results of the election.

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DeSantis said he "100 percent" supports the right to protest but said "the minute that crosses over, there needs to be penalties."

He called the actions of protesters "totally unacceptable."

"Those folks need to be held accountable," he said. "It doesn't matter what banner you're flying under, the violence is wrong, the rioting and disorder is wrong. and we're not going to tolerate it in Florida."

U.S. Capitol Police said that 14 arrests were made, with three of those arrested from Florida.

"You can have strong views, you can be disappointed in the election, you can be disappointed in whatever," DeSantis said. "But you can't just go in and ransack public places like that."

Soon after, he went on to praise Manatee County officials for their efficiency is vaccinating seniors using their drive-through site. DeSantis confirmed that the state is expected to get 250,000 doses of the vaccine next week, but has requested the allotment be doubled. 

In the meantime, the state is working on moving supplies between counties so areas that are sitting on vaccines are giving them to places that are actively putting shots in arm. 

“If you have 2 weeks worth and we know we’re going to continue to get more, lets take that and send it to places that are going to be doing a good job and doing it quickly,” he said. 

You can listen to his full statement on the D.C. violence in the tweet below.