Posted on 09/29/2022 3:29:19 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
Florida is bracing for landfall of Hurricane Ian, and Gov. Ron DeSantis has spoken with President Biden about the situation:
President Biden finally got around to calling Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to discuss Hurricane Ian, which is barreling towards the Sunshine State, after dragging his feet on the matter for days.
As Townhall reported Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said no call to the Republican governor had taken place or was planned, but that none was needed to initiate a federal response to help Floridians. It was juvenile not to call DeSantis and it only got more so when KJP announced Biden had managed to call three Florida mayors in the hurricane’s path.
DeSantis, for his part, handled the situation like an adult and reminded the White House “there’s no time for pettiness” when a Category 4 hurricane is en route and people’s lives are at stake.
Florida is bracing for landfall of Hurricane Ian, and Gov. Ron DeSantis has spoken with President Biden about the situation:
President Biden finally got around to calling Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to discuss Hurricane Ian, which is barreling towards the Sunshine State, after dragging his feet on the matter for days.
As Townhall reported Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said no call to the Republican governor had taken place or was planned, but that none was needed to initiate a federal response to help Floridians. It was juvenile not to call DeSantis and it only got more so when KJP announced Biden had managed to call three Florida mayors in the hurricane’s path.
DeSantis, for his part, handled the situation like an adult and reminded the White House “there’s no time for pettiness” when a Category 4 hurricane is en route and people’s lives are at stake.
Steve Contorno @scontorno · Follow As DeSantis prepares Floridians for Ian, he is urging residents to heed advice from the same local leaders he suggested they ignore during COVID and praising a federal agency he previously alleged withheld aid to the state bc Biden was playing politics.
District AI @districtai · Follow Thank you for pointing out that DeSantis does not play politics. @scontorno is a hack
Sunny McSunnyface @sunnyright · Follow Oh so you mean he doesn’t blindly discredit and attack them but rather criticizes them when they give bad advice and planning while praising them when they do well?
Crazy idea
Ryan Maue @RyanMaue · Follow CNN is such trash. Can someone yank this garbage off the air and Internet?
Brad Slager: Distracted at the Auto Show @MartiniShark · Follow This is undiluted partisan hackery. First, thinking Covid advice and hurricane preparedness are at all comparable is laughably dense. Secondly DeSantis already dealt with a hurricane strike and it’s aftermath, showing prowess in dealing with a natural disaster. Contorno is inept.
Good gravy that’s a lot of utility trucks! Thank you electric companies!
You are so right on! I live in Florida and the folks have been told for days if you live on the west coast of FL to be making plans to evacuate and that included Ft. Myers area. No one knew for sure where Ian was headed because of all the wobbling it was doing. It was headed straight for us in north FL for awhile and we were even preparing. Everyone, unless they are elderly in a long care facility or disabled should be able to listen and do what needs to be done to be safe. If people stayed, they were taking their lives in their hands. I pray for everyone affected by this storm (I have several family members that are without power now and will be for some time. They are all prepared and doing ok.
It was a preview of what is to come, should DeSantis decide to make a Ron for POTUS. It was never about Trump, just as it was never about Bush, Bush, Ford or Nixon. It’s about being a Republican - the sworn enemy of the left, which includes the vast majority of the media.
Take a lesson from Karin Lake, the Republican gubernatorial candidate in Arizona. Do not accept the premise of questions of reporters as legitimate and never allow the left to determine your agenda when running for public office. Despite what is being shoved down our throats, “the majority” of voters don’t think that so called climate change and abortion is more important than paying our bills, being able to afford buying a house, putting gas in our cars, illegal migration, drugs, crime or government corruption.
It’s way past time for the Republicans to have learned their lessons. But we know they haven’t . . .
Kari Lake, not Karin Lake. Darn spell checker.
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