By Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Residents of Florida were largely spared a devastating blow from Hurricane Idalia this week, and Florida ...
STORY CONTINUES BELOW THESE SALTWIRE VIDEOSWASHINGTON - Residents of Florida were largely spared a devastating blow from Hurricane Idalia this week, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis also appeared to avoid the political peril that could have hurt his campaign for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.
Storms have shaped other political campaigns in the past, and DeSantis' advisers and donors privately say a successful hurricane response could potentially help the governor close the gap with the frontrunner for the Republican nomination, former President Donald Trump."The real work comes post-storm, and seeing what the damage is and how he reacts," Christian Ziegler, the head of the Florida Republican Party, told Reuters.
"There's a time and a place to have political season, but then there's a time and a place to say that this is something that's life-threatening," DeSantis said on Monday."We have responsibility as Americans to come together." "Floridians are going to say he did a good job," he said."Do I think it's going to scramble the Republican primary? No."
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