CNNEE FAKED A DESANTIS QUOTE In Report on Miami #SOSCuba Protest

MRC Latino | July 15, 2021
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IONE MOLINARES: Well, for (several) hours this Tuesday, a part of one of the most important roads in South Florida, the Palmetto Expressway, was blocked by protesters in support of the protests in Cuba. But this protest goes against a law signed this year by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis- and this happened last April. Here's what the governor said at the time:

RON DESANTIS: Just think about it. You ́re driving home from work

TRANSLATOR: Think about it, he's driving home and all of a sudden there are people shutting down the highway. We work hard to make sure this doesn't happen in Florida.

MOLINARES: Well, that riot law penalizes, for example, anyone who blocks public roads in the middle of a demonstration; the more people come in to demonstrate the stronger the fines. It was passed a year after a series of protests by the Black Lives Matter movement, which I remind you, was after the murder of George Floyd- a movement strongly criticized by some Republicans such as DeSantis, who used these very demonstrations in order to push this law. So, the protesters who blocked the busy highway could be subject to fines under the new law. But the governor simply avoided addressing the issue.

DESANTIS: This has been a long time in coming. And I think it ́s a noble cause.

TRANSLATOR: This has been a long time in coming. They are protesting against communist oppression and they are speaking out against that and I think it is a noble cause.

MOLINARES: That wasn't the question. But, perhaps those who pushed for the law, did not foresee that the protests could come from different.. spectrums... of the... political prism.

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