'The security preparations alone that would go into setting up such a meeting would shut down ongoing recovery efforts,' said a spokesperson for the governor.
Ron DeSantis will not meet Joe Biden on Saturday when the president comes to Florida to survey damage from Hurricane Idalia, the governor’s administration said Friday.“We don’t have any plans for the Governor to meet with the President tomorrow,” said Jeremy Redfern, DeSantis’ spokesperson, in a statement. “In these rural communities, and so soon after impact, the security preparations alone that would go into setting up such a meeting would shut down ongoing recovery efforts.
The two rivals and political enemies were expected to meet on Saturday to jointly survey damage from Hurricane Idalia, a devastating storm that struck Florida earlier this week and left more than 6,000 homes damaged and at least one person dead. GOP Sen. Rick Scott, who has long fought with DeSantis, on Friday night also posted on social media that he’ll be with Biden in Suwannee County, which is about an hour from where the hurricane made landfall, on Saturday. He said he’ll receive a storm briefing from local officials and will be pushing Biden to approve his disaster relief legislation.also said he warned Biden by phone that Saturday’s
“I think [DeSantis] trusts my judgment and my desire to help, and I trust him to be able to suggest that this is not about politics, this is about taking care of the people of his state,” Biden said earlier this week.
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