Jacob Ogles
Gov. Ron DeSantis has canceled a political trip to Nevada in the face of a tropical depression threatening South and Southwest Florida.
“Governor DeSantis is not attending the event in Nevada due to a tropical depression that is expected to become Tropical Storm Fred,” confirmed Helen Aguirre Ferre, executive director of the Republican Party of Florida.
While Tropical Storm Fred was blunted somewhat as it crossed Cuba and downgraded to a depression, the system is expected to pick up strength rapidly as it moves north.
The National Hurricane Center forecasts Fred will be a tropical storm again by the time it makes landfall in the Florida Keys early Saturday.
DeSantis was slated to attend a fundraiser Friday evening with former Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt for Arkansas U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton. News of the fundraising event was first reported by Florida Politics and the trip’s cancellation was first reported by POLITICO.
DeSantis was also set to headline the sold-out sixth annual Basque Fry on Saturday. The event was being held by Laxalt’s Morning in Nevada PAC. Laxalt and DeSantis are long-time friends. Other featured speakers include former Germany Ambassador Richard Grenell, Club for Growth President David McIntosh, American Conservative Union Chair Matt Schlepp, California Rep. Michelle Steel and author Vivek Ramaswamy.
But the weather doesn’t take a break for political fundraising. Fred appears on a path to hit the Keys on Saturday and to make landfall in Northwest Florida early Monday, slamming the state’s west coast with severe rain and weather in the meantime.
The model storm paths released as of Friday afternoon show almost the entire coast at risk. A tropical storm watch is in effect in Florida Bay and in the Keys west of Ocean Reef to the Dry Tortugas, while a tropical storm watch covers the southwest coast of Florida from Englewood south and east of Ocean Reef.
It’s not the first time this summer that DeSantis’ duties as Governor stood in the path of political travel. The Governor did not appear at a rally held by former President Donald Trump in order to monitor search and rescue efforts after a condominium collapse in Surfside.
12 comments
Zhombre
August 13, 2021 at 4:48 pm
So the a-holes spent all that money on the DeathSantis in town advertising in Vegas for naught. What a pity.
Tom
August 13, 2021 at 4:51 pm
LMAO.
Tjb
August 13, 2021 at 7:41 pm
Well worth it. You are discussing it.
Tom
August 14, 2021 at 9:55 am
Grasping at straws Tjb, all of u are grasping at straws. Totally bankrupt Manchurians bots. Just hate that’s all of you spew.
tjb
August 14, 2021 at 12:55 pm
Is hate not agreeing with you? Show me the hate that you said I spewed.
Tom
August 14, 2021 at 2:07 pm
Your repeated snide and condescending insults and remarks just are par for the hate bot nation. Don’t act innocent. Plesee
Anna
August 15, 2021 at 5:38 pm
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Anna
August 13, 2021 at 6:11 pm
My neighbor’s aunt makes 62 every hour on the internet..iil she has been without work for eight months but the previous month her revenue was 19022 only working on the laptop 5 hours a day..
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Tom Palmer
August 13, 2021 at 6:21 pm
Maybe he’s finally getting his priorities in line.
Alex
August 13, 2021 at 8:33 pm
Poor DeathsAnus.
At least he’s doing some part of his job, just not the bigger emergency right now.
Knock knock Ronnie, remember that Delta thingy?
Tom
August 14, 2021 at 6:18 am
New low, but losers like you Alex could care less. Hey Bram, look who is so vile. Sick human.
Ocean Joe
August 14, 2021 at 6:06 am
Will masks be required in Hurricane shelters or will folks be allowed to opt out?
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