Our Great Florida Governor

The comments from DeSantis are stemming from the fact that Biden previously had not taken time to speak with the governor before the hurricane made landfall despite making more than enough time to speak with numerous mayors along the state’s coast. Biden finally ended up speaking to DeSantis before the storm slammed into the state, but only after being the target of some fairly extreme criticism for appearing to put politics over people.

“Well, I’ll tell you what. I mean, what I told him is that the media was making a big deal that he wasn’t talking to me or whatever, and I told him, I was like, ‘Look, I want to work together for these people. Because these people are from all walks of life. Republicans, Democrats, they expect us to be able to put our differences aside,’” stated DeSantis. “And nobody has done more to stand up to this administration than me in Florida over the last year and a half, as you know.”

“But you’ve got to be willing to work together to help folks. And so I think the response from local, state, and federal has been pretty seamless,” he went on. “And I think that’s a testament that, you know what, we as a country can get things done when it counts.”