{"id":2017953,"date":"2023-08-31T11:14:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T15:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-sends-warning-about-this-part-of-florida-after-reports-of-hurricane-looting-you-loot-we-shoot\/"},"modified":"2023-08-31T11:15:06","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T15:15:06","slug":"desantis-sends-warning-about-this-part-of-florida-after-reports-of-hurricane-looting-you-loot-we-shoot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-sends-warning-about-this-part-of-florida-after-reports-of-hurricane-looting-you-loot-we-shoot\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis Sends Warning About &#8216;This Part of Florida&#8217; After Reports of Hurricane Looting: &#8216;You Loot, We Shoot&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdesantis-sends-warning-about-this-part-of-florida-after-reports-of-hurricane-looting-you-loot-we-shoot%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2017953&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>DeSantis Sends\u200c Warning About &#8216;This Part of Florida&#8217; After\u200b Reports of\u200d Hurricane Looting:\u200d &#8216;You Loot, We Shoot&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron\u2062 DeSantis \u2064on Wednesday issued a strong warning to looters who see \u200bthe\u200d aftermath of \u200cHurricane \u2064Idalia as an opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>The storm hit Florida\u2019s Big Bend region \u2063on Wednesday, \u200cwith 125 mph winds, downing \u200btrees and power lines, smashing homes and leaving floods in its \u2062wake.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-report-pentagon-denies-request-to-deploy-national-guard-to-us-capitol-as-patriots-overwhelm-police\/\" title=\"BREAKING REPORT: Pentagon Denies Request to Deploy National Guard to US Capitol as Patriots Overwhelm Police\">hell broke loose<\/a>,\u201d Florida resident Belond Thomas said, according to the Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>As the cleanup\u200b began, \u2064DeSantis issued a warning as reports of looting emerged.<\/p>\n<p>According to the\u2063 Tampa Bay Times, 28 \u2062people were arrested for looting in hard-hit Lee County alone after Hurricane Ian ripped into Florida last \u2064year.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">DESANTIS \u2064WARNS LOOTERS AFTER <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IDALIA?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IDALIA<\/a>: \u201cWe are not gonna tolerate any looting in the aftermath.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou never\u200b know \u2064what you\u2019re walking \u2064into\u200b [\u2026] This part of Florida \u2013 you got\u200c a\u200c lot\u200b of advocates and proponents \u200bof the 2nd Amendment [\u2026] \u200b\u2018You loot, we shoot.&#8217;\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/beEzGum7Ba\">pic.twitter.com\/beEzGum7Ba<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Florida\u2019s Voice \u2064(@FLVoiceNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FLVoiceNews\/status\/1696964078424441285?\">August 30, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe are not going to tolerate\u200b any looting in the aftermath of a natural disaster. \u2063I mean, it\u2019s just\u2064 ridiculous that you would try to do something like that on the heels\u200b of an almost Category 4 hurricane hitting this community,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis said looters might pay a price they did not expect.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Should disaster looters be punished\u2062 more severely\u200c than\u200d standard \u2064thieves?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n\t\t<label>Yes<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<label>No<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n<p>\t\tCompleting this poll entitles you to The Western\u2063 Journal news updates \u200cfree of charge. You\u2064 may opt out at anytime. \u200bYou \u2063also agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms \u200cof Use<\/a>.\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\" style=\"display: none\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 0%\">\n<p>\t\t\tYes: 0% \u200d(0 \u200bVotes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 0%\">\n<p>\t\t\tNo: 0% (0 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d also just remind potential looters that you \u200cnever know what you are walking \u200dinto, \u200band people have \u200ba right to \u2062defend their property. This\u200b part of Florida, you\u2019ve \u200bgot a \u2064lot of\u2062 advocates\u200d and some proponents of\u200b the Second Amendment,\u201d \u2063DeSantis emphasized.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve \u200bseen signs in different people\u2019s \u200dyards \u200din the past after these disasters,\u200c and I would say it\u2019s probably here, \u2018You loot, we\u2063 shoot,\u2019\u201d\u2063 he added.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis warned that \u2063what seems \u2063to be \u2063an easy target might \u200bbe \u200ca looter\u2019s last target.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou never\u200d know what\u2019s \u200cbehind \u200bthat door\u200b if you go break \u2062into\u200b somebody\u2019s house and you\u2019re\u200d trying \u200cto loot, these are people\u200b that are going to be\u200b able to defend themselves \u2064and their families,\u201d\u200d he\u2062 said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are\u200c going\u2064 to hold \u2063you accountable from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-limits-contact-with-white-house-to-prevent-political-interference\/\" title=\"DOJ Limits Contact With White House To Prevent Political Interference\">law enforcement perspective<\/a>\u200b at a minimum, and\u200d it could even be worse than \u200bthat, depending \u200con what\u2019s behind that door,\u201d he said, according to \u2064the Palm Beach Post.<\/p>\n<p>Florida Attorney General Ashley\u200d Moody also emphasized\u200c the importance\u200b of punishing looters, stating that one part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-sends-warning-about-this-part-of-florida-after-reports-of-hurricane-looting-you-loot-we-shoot\/\" title=\"DeSantis warns against looting during hurricanes: \"Loot, we shoot\"\">enforcing\u2062 evacuation orders<\/a> will be cracking down on\u2062 looting, according to Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2062 want everyone \u2063to be in this together \u2063to think of each other to help \u200bsupport one another. We do \u2064need \u200cto be aware that in\u200d times of emergency, in\u2064 these challenging times, there are\u2064 bad\u200d actors \u2014 from\u200c those seeking to make a \u200cprofit\u200b off of essential commodities, to those that are waiting in the aftermath \u2062to where\u2062 property is\u200d abandoned, and neither will be\u200b tolerated,\u201d\u200c Moody said.<\/p>\n<p>Moody said \u200dshe is encouraging police agencies \u2064not to allow \u200blooters back\u200b on the \u200dstreet \u2063after being charged, reprising a policy\u2062 from last\u200b year\u2019s \u200baftermath of Hurricane Ian.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/desantis-sends-warning-part-florida-reports-hurricane-looting-loot-shoot\/\">DeSantis Sends Warning\u2063 About &#8216;This Part of Florida&#8217; After Reports \u200bof Hurricane Looting: &#8216;You Loot, We Shoot&#8217;<\/a> appeared\u200b first on \u2063 <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday issued a warning to looters who see the aftermath of Hurricane Idalia as an opportunity. The storm hit Florida\u2019s Big Bend region on Wednesday, with 125 mph winds, downing trees and power lines, smashing homes and leaving floods in its wake. \u201cAll hell broke loose,\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":2017954,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2017953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2017953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2017953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2017953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2017954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2017953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2017953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2017953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}