As Hurricane Idalia battered Florida, Governor Ron DeSantis issued a stern warning to would-be looters, stating that law enforcement would not tolerate anyone taking advantage of the chaos.
“You loot, we shoot,” the 44-year-old Governor warned on Wednesday, August 30.
The 2024 Republican presidential candidate issued the warning during a press conference in Perry, Florida after Hurricane Idalia made landfall in Florida’s Big Bend just before 8 am local time as a Category 3 storm with gusts of up to 125 mph.
“I’d also just remind potential looters that you never know what you’re walking into. People have a right to defend their property. This part of Florida, you got a lot of advocates and proponents of the Second Amendment’, DeSantis said.
