Politicians' handling of natural disasters — including their willingness to work with their opponents — can stick with them for years.
to remarks from conservative commentator Ben Shapiro, who pronounced on his popular Daily Wire podcast that the Idalia management was “the best of Ron DeSantis” and evidence of “why he would make a good president.”
Biden and DeSantis have spoken of each other politely this week, with the president pledging federal aid and the governor indicating that Florida would accept whatever is available. BidenAt a news conference Wednesday, Biden said he had not sensed any political undertones in his discussions with DeSantis about Idalia.
“It would be very disruptive to have the whole kind of security apparatus that goes, because there’s only so many ways to get into these places,” DeSantis said. “And so, what we want to do is make sure that the power restoration continues, that the relief efforts continue, and that we don’t have any interruption in that … and I’m sure they’ll be sensitive to that.”
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