Cooperation between DeSantis and President Biden has temporarily paused the rhetorical knife fight that was set to grow ahead of the midterms.
, when he voted against natural disaster relief funds that were paid for with the national debt after Hurricane Sandy hit New Jersey.Biden has responded in kind, pulling back on his own political efforts. With the storm spinning off the coast, Biden postponed a campaign rally in Orlando this week, which had been originally scheduled as an opportunity to go after the conservative agenda of Florida Republicans like Sen. Rick Scott.
“Hurricanes pause races. They don’t give an advantage,” said Democratic consultant Joshua Karp, who is working this cycle in Florida. “Floridians have seen a lot of hurricanes.” The attacks have all been part of a systematic effort to raise his profile as a national Republican leader. Early test polls in key battleground states have shown him emerging as a primary contender for the 2024 presidential nomination, second only to former president Donald Trump.DeSantis has used his administration to threaten fines against the Special Olympics for requiring covid vaccinations at an event in Orlando.
“The governor is focused on saving lives,” she tweeted at reporters before landfall. “Stop politicizing!”Both the White House and DeSantis’s office have pointed to their collaboration during the aftermath of the 2021 condominium collapse as a model for their current responses.
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