Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) assured drivers in his state they will not be held liable if they hit protesters blocking roadways when they are fearful for their lives.

“If you’re driving on one of those streets and a mob comes and surrounds your vehicle and threatens you, you have a right to flee for your safety, and so if you drive off and you hit one of these people, that’s their fault for impinging on you,” DeSantis told podcaster Dave Rubin in an episode of “The Rubin Report” released Wednesday night. “You don’t have to sit there and just be a sitting duck and let the mob grab you out of your car and drag you through the streets.”

“You have a right to defend yourself in Florida,” he added.

The Florida Republican spent much of the discussion with Rubin focused on protests that have rocked Los Angeles and other major cities in response to President Trump’s immigration crackdown. Some demonstrators in New York City, Chicago and elsewhere have created traffic jams as part of their anti-Immigrations and Customs Enforcement efforts.

DeSantis, who is term-limited and unsuccessfully sought the GOP’s presidential nomination against Trump in 2024, touted past work from law enforcement in Florida to quickly disperse crowds that have attempted to block roadways.

“You have no right to commandeer streets,” DeSantis said. “First of all, it’s just wrong; second of all, that has huge impacts on people’s quality of life.”

“We have an absolutely zero tolerance policy for that,” he added.