Posted on 05/07/2021 1:08:39 PM PDT by Hojczyk
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is warning Black Lives Matter and Antifa to stay away from the state or “there will be consequences.”
DeSantis explained that he supports the First Amendment and peaceful protests — but will not tolerate rioters the way liberal states have.
“The minute you harm somebody else, or you harm somebody’s property, or you do these types of things, the only way we’re going to stop it is to have very swift penalties for it,” DeSantis stated during a press conference.
DeSantis discussed how the police were being treated horribly, including having bricks thrown at them.
“You’ve seen in some of these cities, whenever there’s a little bit of unrest, literally there will be a U-Haul that just gets left there and there’s all this stuff in the back of it for these people to do all this stuff,” DeSantis said, referencing instances in which trucks of riot supplies were brought to protest areas.
The governor added that “we don’t want that coming to Florida. There’s a lot of places around this country that have not stood by law enforcement… and the tragedy of it is that you’re seeing crime spike in certain parts of our country like we haven’t seen in decades.”
DeSantis went on to explain that without public safety and order, you will see societal collapse.
“If you’re in Portland and think you can come down to Florida and do this — stay out of our state. We don’t want you coming down here and causing problems,” he said. DeSantis went on to explain that if people do come riot, there will be “swift and severe” consequences.
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All I can say is, he better back it up. People are fed up with this BLM and Antifa bullshit.
Oh boy, do I love this man!
Makes me want to move to Florida.
Florida’s taken to allowing the police to do their jobs and the citizens to dispense with worrying about the law if these thugs start surrounding vehicles. Florida’s got a substantial presence of armed citizens.
Should have kept it quiet until it happens and then arrest them all
That was stupid.
The legislation and the fact he signed it was enough. No need to make it a challenge.
Look for the murderous fascists to take a run at Jacksonville or Miami.
He needs to say “BLM”. He needs to say “Antifa”.
I think we need to make DeSantis governor for life....hell with being president...
GOP is useless at the federal level
I’m sittin’ here waiting for Greg Abbott to say something about that very thing but I guess he has other things to worry about like thousands of illegals pouring into Texas and roaming all over the place.....I hope that’s the reason for his lack of saying something....
My kind of governor!
Earlier this week, DeSantis announced $1,000 bonuses for law enforcement officials in his state.
DeSantis said that “some want to defund the police. We’re funding the police… and then some.”
also EMTs
Thats what the thing in Ft Myers was about, the bonus .
No it wasn't, it was a clear warning of what is to come........
Look for the murderous fascists to take a run at Jacksonville or Miami.
And look for DeSantis to fulfill his promise.......
Don’t worry, you won’t have to get your skirt ruffled honey.
All rioters, looters and arsonists should be shot on sight. No arrest and trial. No exceptions.
“Shoot to main looters,...shoot to kill arsonists.”
Mayor Daly
April 1968
I’m really starting to love this guy and he has his eyes set on the presidency in the future. We need fighters like him in the republican party, not the failures that we have now.
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