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Ron DeSantis Says Floridians Have Right to Hit Protesters With Cars (www.newsweek.com)

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[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 120 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (9 children)

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

He continued, “You get 20 points for adult males, 30 points for adult females, and 50 points for children. Points can be redeemed for ‘DesantisBucks’ once you reach 500 points or more.”

EDIT: a word

[–] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 30 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Frankenstein approves

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Deep cut

[–] badgermurphy@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago

The whole "hitting pedestrians is worth points" trope originated from Death Race 2000, I think. Still, yeah! Weird old movie.

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