A.G. Gancarski
The era of good feeling between the White House and the Governor’s Mansion in the wake of Hurricane Milton may continue this weekend, as Joe Biden will be in the Sunshine State.
The President will be surveying Hurricane Milton damage. Details are sparse at the moment, but Biden will visit Florida on Sunday.
The President and Gov. Ron DeSantis have presented a united front when it comes to Florida’s latest natural disaster, with the White House immediately approving Florida’s pre-landfall declaration, a necessity to unlock federal aid.
Speaking on Hurricane Milton preparations earlier this week, Biden had nothing but nice things to say about DeSantis. Biden said the Governor was doing a “great job.”
“The Governor of Florida has been cooperative. He said he’s gotten all that he needs. I talked to him again yesterday,” Biden said. “I literally gave him my personal phone number to call.”
“Everything that we’ve asked for the administration has approved,” DeSantis said earlier this week ahead of the storm.
“There’s not anything that we’ve asked for that they haven’t. If there’s something that comes up, you know, I said I would not hesitate to get on the phone and call and ask directly on behalf of the people of Florida,” DeSantis added, affirming again that Biden said to “call or send a letter” if there were other needs.
The newly functional Biden-DeSantis dynamic, which appears to be the most constructive since 2022’s Hurricane Ian, presents a stark contrast to the ongoing feud between the Governor and Biden’s second-in-command.
The Governor took to Fox News Monday night and Tuesday morning to tell the rest of the story regarding his disconnect with “delusional” Kamala Harris. He took issue with the Vice President’s claim that the Florida Governor was playing “political games” and being “selfish” in not talking to her.
“She has no role in this process,” DeSantis said, saying the VP has “never contributed anything” to storm recovery efforts, and noting that he had talked to Biden earlier Monday evening.
An open question, though, is for how long DeSantis will praise Biden. As history shows, the Governor’s graciousness fades with time.
During a July segment on Fox News’ “Watters World,” Florida’s Governor discussed Biden’s “dementia” that he saw over the years.
“He’s come down to Florida after hurricanes, and I could tell that he wasn’t all there, and it’s gotten a lot worse in the last year, year and a half,” DeSantis said, referring to 2022.
DeSantis and Biden interacted after the 2021 Surfside Building Collapse and 2022 Hurricane Ian. However, during the response to 2023 Hurricane Idalia, DeSantis did not meet with the President, focusing on another area of the state hit by the storm.
Yet the then-presidential candidate found a way then to dispute Biden’s assertion that “nobody intelligent can deny the impact of climate change” in causing storms.
“So I think sometimes people need to take a breath and get a little bit of perspective here. But the notion that somehow if we just adopt, you know, very left wing policies at the federal level, that somehow we will not have hurricanes, that is a lie. And that is people trying to take what’s happened with different types of storms and use that as a pretext to advance their agenda on the backs of people that are suffering and that’s wrong and we’re not going to do that in the state of Florida.”
21 comments
MHDuuuval
October 11, 2024 at 1:35 pm
Word salad de jour:
” … people trying to take what’s happened with different types of storms and use that as a pretext to advance their agenda on the backs of people that are suffering and that’s wrong and we’re not going to do that in the state of Florida.”
60 minutes is fake
October 11, 2024 at 2:06 pm
Kammy does the best word salad. Nice attempt at deflection MH. 🤣
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Ron Ogden
October 11, 2024 at 2:46 pm
Nonsense. DeSantis’s job is to work with the people who can help him serve his constituents and not to waste time on people who can’t. There’s not a damn thing Kammy can do to help Florida right now except giggle, and nobody has any time for that. Meantime, Biden has the power to bring a nice check with him, and I hope he does.
MHDuuuval
October 11, 2024 at 10:57 pm
Do-nothing MAGA House of Representatives stands in the way of quicker recovery:
“We knew when we left that they [SBA] didn’t have any money in the middle of hurricane season. We knew the communities disaster loans and the SBA loans they give out to make sure that small businesses can survive and get through this sort of damage in their community, we knew they needed the money, and yet we didn’t give it to them,” Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.)
MAGA speaker Johnson says they’ll look at the matter in a month, after the election.
MHDuuuval
October 11, 2024 at 11:01 pm
Peachy always pushing to the front of the line. Wonder if he/she/they will be the first MAGAS to see the new “Apprentice” movie, which features DJT’s “Daddy” Roy Cohn — the ultimate prevaricator.
No more MAGAts
October 11, 2024 at 3:59 pm
The problem is Biden brings a check and good ole Rhonda steals it and claims she’s doing wonderful things when it’s been Biden all alone. Rhonda is a fake and a fraud
MHDuuuval
October 11, 2024 at 10:45 pm
Or, historically speaking, Dee turns the money down as it has too many federal strings attached?
KathrynA
October 11, 2024 at 4:37 pm
If you don’t have the federal help, which comes in so many forms for a major disaster, you will have no recovery at all. At least, Biden and Harris care about the people and how their lives are affected.
Michael K
October 11, 2024 at 6:00 pm
There used to be such a thing as protocol – a courtesy extended to, and by, all elected officials to one another. This was back before a narcissistic uncouth individual hijacked an entire political party and destroyed common decency and manners.
60 minutes is fake
October 12, 2024 at 3:06 am
Are you referring to Nancy Pelosi and her tearing up the State Fair of the Union address? Talk about narcissistic behavior.
MHDuuuval
October 12, 2024 at 10:59 pm
Trump signed his copy of the speech and put it on the internet for the highest bidder. Still out there, waiting for a bid.
Michael K
October 13, 2024 at 9:37 am
Poor Miss Spoke conveniently forgets that Trump rudely refused to shake Nancy’s when she welcomed him – as is custom. He then proceeded to unleash a torrent of lies and spiteful comments. It was one of the nastiest and most divisive SOTU speeches in history.
Everything Trump touches turns to excrement.
Billy Nash
October 11, 2024 at 6:38 pm
Before tRump came along people cared more for each other despite their political stripes. It is painful to watch how dishonesty and lies are being used in grandstanding political speeches by tRump. When Biden tells governors in affected states to call him personally for anything they need and the other guy lies and scares people undergoing trauma by telling them they only get $750 because FEMA is exhausted you know who cares. My heart aches for those who have lost so much and are suffering from these storms. Oh, and he says climate change is a hoax – warming oceans had nothing to do with the severity and intensity of these storms in opposition to what scientists and meteorologists have been telling us. Please, people use your heads and vote for the people who care about the future of the planet. Your kids’ and grandchildrens’ futures are depending on it.
John from the Adams family
October 12, 2024 at 9:07 am
“Before tRump came along people cared more for each other despite their political stripes.”
What are you, Billy, 23 years old with a four-year degree in coding?
It is history that George Washington, the founder of our country, was so hated by the opposition and especially by the media of the time that he broke down in tears over it.
Welcome to our First Amendment democracy.
60 minutes is fake
October 12, 2024 at 9:43 am
Billy Nash is naive. Hillary called Repub voters deplorables. Pelosi was the first ever Speaker of the House to tear up the State of The Union address. A real POS she is.
MHDuuuval
October 12, 2024 at 11:06 pm
Has Nancy Pelosi become the Best Shot MAGAs got? Sad.
Billy Nash is right
October 12, 2024 at 10:04 am
Nobody has ever been as divisive and happy to lie to the American public as Trump. McCarthy came close. Huey Long tried, and so did George Wallace. But the king of scumbags holds the title. After Jan 6 he belongs in jail.
So for our governor, who dreams of Trump’s maga leftovers, any sign of respect for President Biden or VP Harris is forbidden. Kissing up to the liar is all that counts.
MHDuuuval
October 12, 2024 at 11:04 pm
Hey, now, don’t forget Dick “I am not a crook” Nixon for Liar in Chief.
Tricky Dick and Trump were both mentored and advised by Roy Cohn in dirty politics and mis-using the courts.
Jojo
October 13, 2024 at 7:03 am
I’m guessing no. DeSantes is a small petty man
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