It is the second time the president has been in the state in the last two weeks to view hurricane damage.
It's hard to say if Florida's Ron DeSantis is exactly the worst governor in the US because there's so much competition for that title: Kristi Noem, Greg Abbott, Kevin Stitt, and Jeff Landry are all strong contenders.
In addition to book bans, intimidating news media, whitewashing history, homophobia, and attacking women's health, Gov. DeSanctimonious is using politically motivated climate denial to screw the residents of his state in times of disaster.
Ron DeSantis skipped meeting with Joe Biden on Sunday, the second time in as many weeks that the Republican governor did not meet with the outgoing Democratic president while in Florida touring storm damage. Biden traveled to the state to survey the aftermath of Hurricane Milton, which wreaked havoc on Florida earlier this week. The storm caused a significant amount of damage in the state after touching down along the Gulf Coast, bringing heavy rains, high winds and tornadoes across the peninsula. Biden took an aerial tour of the damage over Tampa Bay and received a briefing on the recovery effort, according to pool reports. Biden told reporters before departing the state that he has not spoken with DeSantis Sunday. A spokesperson for the governor confirmed DeSantis did not meet with Biden, adding that the office was represented by the state’s emergency management chief Kevin Guthrie at the briefing. [ ... ] DeSantis has not met with the president in Florida during this year’s hurricane season, which coincides with the final stretch of the presidential election. After Hurricane Helene hit the northern part of the state late last month, DeSantis did not join the president during his visit to the state. At the time, the governor chalked it up to a scheduling conflict, with DeSantis touring storm damage in the state hundreds of miles away.
Ronnie previously refused to take calls from Vice President Harris related to disaster relief.
Nobody questions DeSantis's right to be an ignorant putz. But it's getting in the way of serving and protecting Floridians.
