{"id":2016072,"date":"2023-08-29T20:11:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T00:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-prioritizes-managing-florida-hurricane-response-over-presidential-campaign\/"},"modified":"2023-08-29T20:12:20","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T00:12:20","slug":"desantis-prioritizes-managing-florida-hurricane-response-over-presidential-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-prioritizes-managing-florida-hurricane-response-over-presidential-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis focuses on Florida hurricane response, not presidential campaign."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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-prioritizes-managing-florida-hurricane-response-over-presidential-campaign%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=2016072&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>Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Puts State&#8217;s\u2062 Response to Hurricane Idalia Above Campaign<\/h2>\n<p>Florida Governor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/ron-desantis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ron\u2063 DeSantis<\/a> has made it clear that his priority is managing the state&#8217;s response to Hurricane Idalia, even if it means staying off the \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/central-african-republic-votes-under-threat-of-violence\/\" title=\"Central African Republic votes under threat of violence\">campaign trail<\/a>. DeSantis, who recently returned to \u2063Tallahassee\u2064 from Iowa, is focused on ensuring the safety and well-being of Florida residents as \u200cthe massive storm approaches the Big \u2064Bend\u200d area\u2064 of the state&#8217;s west coast.<\/p>\n<h3>Commitment to Florida<\/h3>\n<p>During a press conference, a reporter \u200basked Governor DeSantis\u2064 how long he plans to stay in Florida and off the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iowans-react-to-tucker-carlsons-forum-with-2024-candidates\/\" title=\"Iowans respond to Tucker Carlson's 2024 Candidates Forum.\">campaign\u2063 trail<\/a>. In response, DeSantis emphasized\u2062 that\u200b this situation is not new to him. \u2063He recalled his experience during Hurricane\u2063 Ian, when he had to pause his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/glenn-youngkin-wins-gop-nomination-for-va-governor\/\" title=\"Glenn Youngkin wins GOP nomination for Va. Governor\">governor campaign<\/a> and cancel various\u2062 scheduled events \u200dacross the country.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis \u2063stated, &#8220;You do what you need to do, \u200cso\u2063 that&#8217;s what we&#8217;re\u2063 doing; it&#8217;s going to be no different than what we did during Hurricane\u200b Ian. I&#8217;m hoping that this storm is not as catastrophic as Hurricane Ian \u2064was, but we&#8217;re \u2062going to do what \u2062we need to do because it&#8217;s just something that&#8217;s \u200bimportant.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He concluded by highlighting that this commitment \u2064to managing crises is \u2064consistent\u2064 with his \u200dpast actions,\u2062 demonstrating his \u200bdedication to the well-being of Florida and its residents.<\/p>\n<h3>Prioritizing the State&#8217;s Response<\/h3>\n<p>This is not the first time Governor DeSantis has put the\u2063 state&#8217;s response above \u2063his campaign. During his 2022 re-election\u200d bid, he paused \u2063campaigning for approximately <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tallahassee.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2022\/10\/17\/gov-ron-desantis-touts-hurricane-ian-response-campaign-events-around-florida\/10519222002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">three \u200bweeks<\/a> to manage the state&#8217;s\u200c response to \u2064Hurricane Ian. His actions during that \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-prioritizes-managing-florida-hurricane-response-over-presidential-campaign\/\" title=\"DeSantis focuses on Florida hurricane response, not presidential campaign.\">time\u200b received praise<\/a>, including from President Joe Biden, who commended DeSantis for his remarkable response to the hurricane.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\">CLICK HERE \u200dTO GET THE DAILY WIRE APP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What the governor&#8217;s done is pretty remarkable,&#8221; President Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-praises-desantis-for-remarkable-response-to-hurricane-ian-i-think-hes-done-a-good-job\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>. \u200c&#8221;I \u200bthink he&#8217;s done a good job.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">DeSantis says that he is putting managing his state&#8217;s response to Hurricane Idalia above his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nearly-a-dozen-staffers-fired-by-desantis-campaign-amid-fundraising-woes\/\" title=\"Dozens of DeSantis campaign staffers fired due to fundraising troubles.\">presidential \u200ccampaign<\/a> and that &#8220;we&#8217;re going to do what\u200b we need to do because it&#8217;s just something that&#8217;s important.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Qdw25a3yaz\">pic.twitter.com\/Qdw25a3yaz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stillgray\/status\/1696638464085942501?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 29, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Governor Ron DeSantis vowed to prioritize Hurricane Idalia&#8217;s impact on his state over his campaign, stating he will remain off the trail until the crisis is resolved. Returning from Iowa, DeSantis took charge of Tallahassee&#8217;s crisis response as the impending storm threatens Florida.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":2016073,"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":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2016072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"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\/2016072","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\/134"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2016072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2016072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2016073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2016072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2016072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2016072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}