Posted on 04/09/2024 8:02:17 PM PDT by chickenlips
Florida is taking a strong stand against retail theft and “porch piracy.” Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday signed into law a bill that would crack down on criminals participating in shoplifting rings and engaging in other types of property crime. While doing so, he took some shots at California and New York for going easy on those committing these offenses.
Amid widespread retail theft occurring across the nation, state and local governments are grappling with putting a stop to these operations while others are simply responding with a shrug. In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, DeSantis announced the signing of the bill, that would “increase penalties for retail theft, porch piracy, and using social media to incite looting” while pointing out that “many leftist jurisdictions are enacting policies that ignore retail theft or even encourage it.”
Today I signed HB 549, which will increase penalties for retail theft, porch piracy, and using social media to incite looting.
Many leftist jurisdictions are enacting policies that ignore retail theft or even encourage it. Those policies are dead on arrival in Florida. We catch… pic.twitter.com/exnK4SHaXh
— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) April 9, 2024 Those policies are dead on arrival in Florida. We catch criminals and prosecute them.
During a press conference held on the same day, DeSantis railed against California and New York’s policies.
(Excerpt) Read more at redstate.com ...
Round them up, jail them.
This is what he should have done all along. He’s doing a great job.
He’s big on law and order!
Except when it comes to rigged elections, weaponization of fed government, mass censorship and J6 Floridians rotting in the gulag.
But when it comes to stopping porch pirates-he’s the man!
Didn’t take long for the DSDS patients to show up….
THE most effective Conservative in politics.
Ron DeSantis...
...You da MAN!
He is a good governor. But he shouldn’t have run for 2024. Major mistake.
They can’t help themselves… they’re stuck in a rut from which they can’t escape.
DeSantis ha always done a great job, and is the best conservative politician in America, by far.
He was just unfairly smeared as “a globalist” by Trump surrogates, who falsely claimed he had big globalist money backing him, which was never, ever true.
The big globalist money never actually liked DeSantis, because his policies such as his taking down of Disney/DEI/LGBTQ are completely anti-globalist.
The big globalist money was always behind Haley and Trump, not DeSantis. He was the one actually running his campaign on small money donations, as all the financial statements showed.
But the lie was believed.
Exactly,
90% of industry/institution/billionasires are colluding and conspiring against MAGA but Trump is excluded.
DeSantis blew $500,000,000 in a primary over three years ago from small donors.
Maybe we need some more debates so Ron can ignore the issues most pertinent to MAGA on national TV for the ninth time?
You mean, stores will actually be able to turn a decent profit so they can offer more goods at cheaper prices?
How utterly capitalist of you Ron.
Ken Griffin
Stephen Ross
Bernie Marcus
Steve Wynn
Devos
Koch
John Tudor Jones
Ron Lauder
42 billionaires-grass roots support.
Just see the financials!!!
Who is the target audience of the obvious misinformation?
It’s far too dim to be a big lie.
ping
Your list is fraudulent. Some of them donated to DeSantis for Governor, but after they saw how he governed, they didn’t support him for President.
Look at the very first person you mentioned, Ken Griffin. Read this for the facts:
Ken Griffin questions Ron DeSantis’ strategy as megadonor sits on sidelines of 2024 GOP race
The Koch family you say? Supported Haley:
Koch Network Endorses Nikki Haley
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/28/us/politics/koch-network-nikki-haley-endorsement-trump.html
Bernie Marcus? Has donated millions to Trump, peanuts to DeSantis:
Home Depot’s 93-year-old cofounder has donated $64 million to elect Trump
Steve Wynn? Gave millions to Trump in the past, peanuts to DeSantis. Wynn just gave Trump millions again just last week:
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-fundraiser-charges-couples-1-million-1887118
Trump is clearly the one in cahoots with these globalist billionaires, not DeSantis. You’re probably long beyond ever accepting the truth though.
My thoughts exactly.
That’s right.
He is doing the right things, and has a willing state house and senate.
Things are a whole lot different in DC.
Ron is a real mensch, as my Jewish friends would say; Honorable, stands up for what’s right, etc.
My actual Jewish friend is a freeking far left woman
Okay, you’ve convinced me. /s
As dragnet2 pointed out yesterday on a different thread, DeSantis is all in for the high-profile issues and for touting legislation that has minimal effect, such as the recent “squatter” law. What DeSantis doesn’t tell you is that Florida has always had laws against “squatting”. Unlike New York, we’ve never passed the kind of insane legislation that their residents are now having to grapple with.
Same with this latest law. The rampant looting we’ve seen in California and other deep-blue states hasn’t been an issue here. We already have strong laws on that sort of thing. DeSantis is a self-promoting showman who’s more concerned with optics than policy.
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