The luckiest Republican

Ron DeSantis is fortunate in his choice of enemies.

It’s the kind of story that makes your heart sink: a truck plowed into a gay pride parade in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, killing one person and coming unnervingly close to a Democratic Congresswoman. When you hear about something like that happening, you can’t help but fear the worst.

You can refrain from talking about it too much on social media, at least until all the facts are known, though. But what am I saying? This is 2021, after all:

Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis, a Democrat, stated: "This was a terrorist attack against the LGBTQ community. He came here to destroy people. This was clearly no accident."

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Others online blamed legislation signed by Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, which provides some legal protections to drivers who are sued after running into protesters when they've felt threatened, but it does not, as many across the political aisle claimed Sunday morning, give residents free rein to run down protesters, nor does it give anyone the right to run over …