Social media influencers are constantly trying to get attention with outlandish stunts.
That does not always work out like they planned.
And a Florida TikToker had one video backfire in the worst way after it revealed this crime.
Woke TikTok star brags about violating law signed by DeSantis
A Florida social media influencer tried take to a victory lap without considering the consequences of making a video of a potential crime for the world to see.
Genderfluid non-binary TikTok personality James Rose posted a since-deleted video on the Chinese social media app bragging about changing genders on a Florida driver’s license.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law that caused the woke outrage mob to meltdown that required a person to list their gender at birth on their driver’s license.
Rose bragged about getting a new license and getting one over on Florida in the video.
“I just got my gender changed on my driver’s license in the free f***ing state of Florida,” Rose said. “My god, Ron DeSantis would be screaming right now if he knew about this. This little license now says female on it.”
Rose claimed there was a “loophole” to get around Florida’s law.
“This is not easy. You’re not even supposed to be able to do this in this state. Here’s the loophole, here’s the loophole. Listen up! If you’re replacing your driver’s license, not renewing it but replacing it because you ‘lost it,’ they have to take all of your information from what they consider a ‘primary document.’ A passport is considered a primary document, and you can self-identify on your passport which means, loophole, you can self-identify on your Florida f***ing driver’s license,” Rose ranted.
Florida thanks TikToker for discovering the error
Rose boasting on a video about the supposed loophole did not work out the way the social media influencer hoped.
The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles saw the video and canceled Rose’s driver’s license.
A thank you letter was sent to Rose from the agency for bringing this problem to their attention so they could correct it.
The letter also said that Rose would be investigated for “knowingly to make a false statement, knowingly conceal a material fact, or otherwise commit a fraud.”
Rose made an air quotes gesture video about losing the driver’s license.
DeSantis communications director Bryan Griffin told Fox News that there was no loophole in Florida’s law.
“There are two separate issues,” Griffin explained. “Number one is renewing your license and getting the sex change. So there’s a rule against that in Florida. The DMV should not have processed this. Number two is, did this person actually lose their license? Because if they didn’t, and then they claimed that they did, that is unlawful.”
Rose’s use of air quotes ended up being a huge mistake.
“And you’ll see in the video that this individual posted that they did kind of air quotes, which is what led us to include that last paragraph saying, hey, we have reason to believe based on your video, that you might have actually, you know, lied about actually losing your license,” Griffin said. “So they are conducting an inquiry into that.”
The constant need to seek attention backfired on another Gen Z social media influencer.
DeSantis Daily will keep you up-to-date on any new developments in this ongoing story.
