Ron DeSantis Says Floridians Have Right to Hit Protesters With Cars

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Ron DeSantis Says Floridians Have Right to Hit Protesters With Cars
Published Jun 12, 2025 at 5:48 AM EDT


Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has said Floridians have a right to hit protesters with their car if they need to "flee for your safety."

DeSantis was speaking on The Rubin Report on Wednesday when he said: "We also have a policy that if you're driving on one of those streets and a mob comes and surrounds your vehicle, and threatens you, you have a right to flee for your safety.

"And so if you drive off and you hit one of these people, that's their fault for impinging on you."

DeSantis' comments come ahead of the "No Kings" protests planned for June 14. Protest organizers have said the demonstrations are non-violent and are providing deescalation training to people taking part.

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https://www.newsweek.com/ron-desantis-says-floridians-have-right-hit-protesters-cars-2084418

[SheltieLover]

1. ...

[lark]

2. Fuck death sentence, he only means it's ok for reich wing whites to do that, see what happens if it's a black person.

Just like Stand Your Ground isnt for minorities and women, neither is this law.

[Aristus]

5. Exactly what I was thinking.

"Stand your ground" for road-ragers.

[lark]

6. Yes Indeed!

[kwolf68]

3. So Barney Bootsie

Lets play a game. Lets say MAGA people were protesting (well within their constitutional rights) and they "impeded" someone, we could just run them over? Just asking for a friend.

[Lovie777]

4. There you have it folks...............

you can kill protesters with your car.

[a kennedy]

7. WTAF is going on???

🤬 🤬 🤬

[RussBLib]

8. Well, at least there was an "if" involved

Fucking psycho

https://russblib.blogspot.com/?m=1

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

9. Hey Ronnie, does that mean I can mow down some Protestants with my car?

As a Catholic, you shouldn't have a problem with that, right?

[SWBTATTReg]

10. So, if some nut takes the governor at his word, claims that they're surrounded by a mob (a fake claim), and then just

goes and hits some of those people, going out of their way to just hit these unfortunate victims just for the hell of it, then the state of FL, the governor, and the driver of the vehicles that hit pedestrians ALL are guilty and should at a minimum, be sued until it hurts.

[RockRaven]

11. And pedestrians may "stand their ground" when someone assaults them with a car.

Anyone driving their car into a crowd should expect to be shot.

[Silent Type]

12. If a white wing mob -- Klan, Oaf Keepers, 3%ers -- surrounds my car, I'm hitting accelerator after giving ample warning.

[Deuxcents]

13. What is the purpose of this announcement? There are no protests going on in Florida but the No Kings

Is a peaceful rally planned for Saturday..is he setting the table for trouble?

[Ping Tung]

14. Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. Isaac Asimov

[Fullduplexxx]

15. And protesters have the right to stand their ground and fire into the driver's side of any car trying to hit them

[flvegan]

16. "mob comes and surrounds your vehicle, and threatens you"

Surrounds and threatens is a far cry from the bullshit clickbait headline implying Floridians can just run down protesters. Deadly force applied by a person in an occupied car is long part of castle doctrine here in Florida.

Not defending DeStupid by any stretch, just being factual which is a woefully far cry from what Newsweek wants you to click on, repost, like, etc.