“Florida law says drivers have a right to run over protesters.”
What PolitiFact found
Social media posts took comments from Gov. Ron DeSantis to mean that Florida drivers who feel threatened by protesters can run over them without consequence. That’s not the case. If such drivers end up facing a civil lawsuit, a 2021 law allows them to defend themselves in court by citing the threat from protesters. However, they couldn’t simply wave the lawsuit away. And the law does not bar such a driver from being criminally prosecuted/
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 12 June 2025. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 13 June 2025, 1 day later. Its rating was “The law doesn't say that”.
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