Sup, you beautiful bastards. Welcome back to the Philip DeFranco Show. I'm still shooting from home. I'm not 100%, but before you feel too bad for me, like, my home's dope. I resent having to leave my house most days. So while I would rather not be in any pain whatsoever, this is kind of a perk. Also, for those that have been asking, like, what are the health problems? It turned out I had diverticulitis, and a lot of you know that I have PKD, polycystic kidney disease.

My cysts were bleeding. And also, it wasn't impacting me then, but it may impact me in the

future. I got a kidney stone just on reserves. That's a fun way to introduce the show, hey, welcome back, hit that like button, and let's just jump into it.

And y'all, the first thing that we're going to talk about today, it's actually horrible news for all you gator molesters watching right now,

which according to the YouTube stats is 40% dear God, but...

The bad news is that right now, South Carolina is considering a bill that would allow fines between $500 and $1,000

to be imposed on people who, quote, feed, entice, or molest alligators.

But they get up significantly from the $100 to $150 fine currently on the books.

Now, to be clear, molest isn't necessarily sexual.

It just means touching or bothering them, you filthy-minded bastards.

And if you're like, but why?

Well, the incident that motivated this legislation was this video posted to Facebook in 2020, showing folks at a mini golf course sitting on top of a restrained alligator and riding it after a crew had removed it from a nearby retaining pond.

Which also ultimately led to the gator being euthanized under state policy.

And so the new bill, which also lays out specific guidelines that contractors must follow when capturing alligators passed unanimously in the state house and now awaits a vote in the Senate.

With Representative Jeff Bradley, the bill's author saying,

this is what I think is perhaps a good example of responsible government responding to constituent requests. And Representative Bill Hickson, adding they don't want anyone to get hurt.

But also, I do have to say, this feels like less of a crime and more of you saying if you want to molest the alligator that's gonna cost you a thousand dollars. It feels more like a fee than a fine.

But main point, y'all, please stop molesting all these gators.

And then this is one of the more requested pieces of news.

We saw this over the weekend.

You know, they say about America, they say diversity is our strength, you know.

And I look at China and I look at Russia.

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