DeSantis has message for potential looters in wake of Hurricane Idalia: ‘You loot, we shoot’By Victor Nava
August 30, 2023
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told would-be thieves that law enforcement in the Sunshine State would not tolerate anyone taking advantage of the chaos in the aftermath of Hurricane Idalia, warning: “You loot, we shoot.”
“I’d also just remind potential looters – you never know what you’re walking into,” DeSantis, 44, said during a press conference Wednesday.
“People have a right to defend their property. This part of Florida, you got a lot of advocates and proponents of the Second Amendment, and I’ve seen signs in different people’s yards in the past after these disasters, and I would say it’s probably here – ‘You loot, we shoot.'”
The governor was responding to reports of people trying to loot in Steinhatchee, a town of 537 people in Taylor County, Florida, where the Category 3 storm made landfall.
DeSantis called it “ridiculous” that anyone would try to loot just hours after Idalia’s 125 mph winds and torrential storm surge wreaked havoc on Florida’s Gulf Coast.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2023/08/30/desantis-warns-potential-looters-after-hurricane-idalia-landfall-you-loot-we-shoot/
