{"id":2006143,"date":"2023-08-20T07:36:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-20T11:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-puts-rivalry-with-newsom-aside-offers-to-help-with-hurricane-hilary\/"},"modified":"2023-08-20T07:40:07","modified_gmt":"2023-08-20T11:40:07","slug":"desantis-puts-rivalry-with-newsom-aside-offers-to-help-with-hurricane-hilary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-puts-rivalry-with-newsom-aside-offers-to-help-with-hurricane-hilary\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis offers assistance to Newsom for Hurricane Hilary, sets rivalry aside."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdesantis-puts-rivalry-with-newsom-aside-offers-to-help-with-hurricane-hilary%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2006143&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>In a Positive Sign of Unity, Florida Governor Offers \u200dAssistance to California Governor Amid Hurricane Concerns<\/h2>\n<p>In a positive sign that human decency \u2064can still occasionally trump vitriolic politics, a temporary olive branch appears to have been extended between a pair of fierce rivals.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has offered any assistance that \u200che \u2062and his state \u200dcan provide to Democratic California \u2064Gov. Gavin Newsom and his state \u200camid concerns \u200dover Hurricane Hilary.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a sign of somewhat unexpected goodwill given the back-and-forth\u200b sniping \u200cbetween the two\u200b coastal governors.<\/p>\n<p>The Florida governor took \u2062to his\u2063 official account on\u2063 X, formerly Twitter, to tout his state\u2019s willingness to help California:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Hurricane Hilary is approaching Southern California and is projected to make landfall as \u2062a\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tropical-storm-claudette-floods-parts-of-gulf-coast\/\" title=\"Tropical storm Claudette floods parts of Gulf Coast\">tropical storm<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In Florida, we know how challenging storms \u200ccan be and \u2064have significant experience responding in their wake \u2014 we stand ready \u2063to help the people\u2064 of California in any way we\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u200b Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovRonDeSantis\/status\/1692883659466948622?\">August 19, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cHurricane Hilary is approaching Southern\u2064 California and is projected to make landfall as a tropical storm,\u201d \u200dDeSantis wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The fiery Republican presidential contender\u2062 added: \u201cIn Florida, we know how challenging storms can be and have significant experience\u2062 responding in their wake \u2014\u2062 we stand ready to help the people of\u200b California in any way we can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, Florida is \u200dcertainly no stranger to hurricanes and is\u2063 painfully familiar with how arduous recovery efforts can\u200c be.<\/p>\n<p>It was just\u200d last September that Hurricane Ian tore up Cuba, Florida and\u200c parts \u200dof the Carolinas.<\/p>\n<p>Ian was a\u2064 devastating Category 4\u2063 hurricane \u200band it left \u200cconsiderable damage in its wake.<\/p>\n<p>Florida,\u200c in particular, was hit hard by \u200bIan. At one \u200dpoint, Florida\u2019s Sanibel Island was cut off from the mainland by road because of \u200bdamage to to a \u20633-mile causeway. Connections \u200cwere limited to boat and helicopter travel.<\/p>\n<p>And it\u2019s not\u2062 just \u200dthe obvious damage that residents have to worry about in the wake of these sorts of natural disasters.<\/p>\n<p>As Florida officials warned shortly after Ian\u2064 hit, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elizabeth-warren-calls-on-sec-to-investigate-potential-market-manipulation-cautions-against-internet-trading-schemes-a-flash-mob-with-money\/\" title=\"Elizabeth Warren Calls On SEC To Investigate Potential \u2018Market Manipulation,\u2019 Cautions Against \u2018Internet Trading Schemes,\u2019 \u2018A Flash Mob With Money\u2019\">scam artists<\/a> were on the ground along with\u200d relief workers, trying to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-puts-rivalry-with-newsom-aside-offers-to-help-with-hurricane-hilary\/\" title=\"DeSantis offers assistance to Newsom for Hurricane Hilary, sets rivalry aside.\">scam disaster-struck con property owners<\/a> \u2063out of their home\u2062 insurance claims.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Hilary was largely expected to weaken to\u200b a tropical storm by the time it hits the Southwestern\u200d United States, according to CNN. As of \u20622 a.m. Pacific\u200b Time Sunday, \u200bit was about 390 miles \u200csouth of San Diego, traveling north-northwest at 20 mp, according to the National Hurricane\u2062 Center.<\/p>\n<p>California \u2063will likely \u2063avoid the same level of damage that Florida was subject to last year, but that doesn\u2019t mean there won\u2019t be any damage whatsoever.<\/p>\n<p>Despite \u2063the expected downgrade, a \u2062Fox Weather report is still warning \u2062that there could be \u201ccatastrophic,\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hurricane-ian-strengthens-to-category-3-storm-heads-for-dangerous-strike-on-florida\/\" title=\"Hurricane Ian Strengthens to Category 3 Storm, Heads for Dangerous Strike on Florida\">life-threatening flooding<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That report also notes \u2063that Hilary\u2062 has gone \u2062from a Category 5\u200d to a Category 2 hurricane,\u200b with \u200dit expected to weaken further still \u2014 but\u200c it\u2019s still expected to bring a ton of water to the arid Southwest.<\/p>\n<p>Various sections of \u200dSouthern California are bracing for this by \u2063issuing the region\u2019s first-ever Tropical Storm Warning, closing \u2064roadways, issuing flash flood warnings, and distributing sandbags \u2062to local residents.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a hectic scene, but DeSantis has proven to be effective \u200cin\u200c offering aid in\u200d the past. If California does need\u2063 aid, at least\u2063 the state knows it\u2019ll be receiving experienced help.<\/p>\n<p>Once the \u200bdust \u200bfrom this\u200d natural disaster settles, however, \u200dit remains to be \u2063seen if\u200b the much-ballyhooed debate between DeSantis and\u2063 Newsom\u2062 will come\u2062 to\u2063 fruition.<\/p>\n<p>As early as \u2063the \u200cbeginning \u2063of August,\u200c the two\u2063 had been clamoring about a potential debate on national television.<\/p>\n<p>The post \u2063 <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/desantis-puts-rivalry-newsom-aside-offers-help-hurricane-hilary\/\">DeSantis\u200d Puts Rivalry With Newsom Aside, Offers to Help with\u2064 Hurricane \u2064Hilary<\/a> \u2064 appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western\u2062 Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a rare display of humanity prevailing over divisive politics, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida has reached out to Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom of California, offering support and aid amidst shared concerns. This temporary truce serves as a glimmer of hope that decency can transcend political animosity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2015,"featured_media":2006144,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2006143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2006143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2015"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2006143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2006143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2006144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2006143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2006143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2006143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}