{"id":2014146,"date":"2023-08-28T11:32:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T15:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-arrives-back-in-florida-as-dual-crises-erupt\/"},"modified":"2023-08-28T11:35:42","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T15:35:42","slug":"desantis-arrives-back-in-florida-as-dual-crises-erupt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-arrives-back-in-florida-as-dual-crises-erupt\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis returns to Florida amidst twin crises."},"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\">14<\/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-arrives-back-in-florida-as-dual-crises-erupt%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=2014146&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>DeSantis Arrives \u2064Back in\u2064 Florida\u200c as Dual Crises Erupt<\/h2>\n<p>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has \u2064put his presidential campaign appearances on hold to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-mccarthy-calls-out-bidens-lack-of-bipartisanship\/\" title=\"Rep. McCarthy calls out Biden\u2019s lack of bipartisanship\">address pressing issues<\/a> at home. The state is currently grappling with the aftermath of a racist fatal shooting in Jacksonville and \u200bpreparing for an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ron-desantis-cancels-sc-campaign-plans-due-to-approaching-storm-will-send-wife-instead\/\" title=\"Ron DeSantis cancels SC campaign due to storm, wife to attend instead.\">approaching tropical storm<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After a day in Iowa, DeSantis returned to Tallahassee, the state capital, for a \u200bnews conference on Tropical Storm Idalia. He emphasized the importance\u200c of following the guidance of emergency managers to ensure the safety of Floridians.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, DeSantis expressed his condolences and strongly condemned\u2062 the killing\u200c of three black customers inside a Dollar General store \u2063by a white man. Authorities discovered a suicide\u200c note, a will, and writings containing racist material left behind by the perpetrator.<\/p>\n<p>Later, DeSantis \u2063attended a \u200cvigil outside the \u200cstore where the \u2063tragic\u200c shootings \u200boccurred. While\u2064 addressing the crowd, the Republican governor referred to the gunman as\u2062 a &#8220;scumbag&#8221; and made \u2064it clear that racist\u2062 violence would not be tolerated in\u200b Florida.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">JUST IN: Governor Ron DeSantis again condemns\u2063 the \u201chorrific racially-motivated murders perpetrated by a deranged scumbag\u201d at Dollar General in \u200dJacksonville yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTargeting people due to their race has no \u200bplace in the state of Florida.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YWybNkP0Tb\">pic.twitter.com\/YWybNkP0Tb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u200cChris Nelson   (@ReOpenChris) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ReOpenChris\/status\/1695878440656752877?\">August 27, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Due to the ongoing crises, DeSantis has made the decision to cancel \u2064his campaign events in South \u200cCarolina. However,\u2063 his wife, Casey\u2063 DeSantis, is \u2062still expected \u200dto attend a barbecue on his behalf.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis \u200caffirmed his\u2063 commitment to Florida during \u2062a news conference, stating, \u200c&#8221;We&#8217;re locked in\u2062 on this. We&#8217;re going \u2064to get the \u200bjob done. This is\u200d important. So \u2064people can rest assured.&#8221; The state \u2063is actively mobilizing personnel and resources to prepare for the approaching storm.<\/p>\n<p>While DeSantis focuses on the challenges at hand, he remains \u200cin second place for the\u2062 Republican nomination, trailing behind former President Donald\u2063 Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The storm&#8217;s path is\u200d directed towards \u2063Florida, adding to \u2063the gravity of the situation following the Dollar General shooting.\u200d The incident,\u2063 which \u2064resulted in the death of the\u2062 21-year-old gunman, is being investigated as \u200da hate crime.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis&#8217; stance on race-related\u200b issues has been \u2064a subject of controversy during his tenure \u200das governor. He \u200dfaced \u2064criticism for his\u200b defense of new \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-ethnic-studies-curriculum-pushes-students-to-volunteer-at-arab-american-organizations\/\" title=\"California Ethnic Studies Curriculum Pushes Students to Volunteer at Arab-American Organizations\">public school curriculum<\/a> on black\u2062 history, and he has banned \u2064critical race theory from Florida\u2063 classrooms.<\/p>\n<p>At the vigil in Jacksonville, Democratic City Councilwoman Ju&#8217;Coby\u2062 Pittman addressed DeSantis directly, acknowledging his presence and the impact the shooting \u2063has had on the community. Some members of the crowd expressed their dissatisfaction, but\u200d DeSantis reiterated his condemnation of the gunman&#8217;s actions\u2062 and \u200dhis commitment to preventing racial targeting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic\">The Western Journal has reviewed\u2062 this Associated Press story and\u2062 may have altered it prior to publication to\u2064 ensure that it meets our editorial standards.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-desantis-leaves-campaign-trail-returns-florida-facing-tropical-storm-shooting-aftermath\/\">DeSantis \u200cArrives Back in Florida as Dual \u2063Crises Erupt<\/a> \u200d appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis prioritizes state emergencies over presidential campaign, cancelling appearances to address a racist shooting in Jacksonville and prepare for an approaching tropical storm. After a recent visit to Iowa, DeSantis swiftly returns to Tallahassee for a news conference, focusing on the pressing matters at hand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":2014147,"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-2014146","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\/2014146","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\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2014146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2014146\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2014147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2014146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2014146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2014146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}