{"id":2016374,"date":"2023-08-30T04:17:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T08:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-showcases-ability-to-govern-with-hurricane-response\/"},"modified":"2023-08-30T04:19:55","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T08:19:55","slug":"desantis-showcases-ability-to-govern-with-hurricane-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-showcases-ability-to-govern-with-hurricane-response\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis proves governing prowess with hurricane response."},"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-showcases-ability-to-govern-with-hurricane-response%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=2016374&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>Gov. \u2064Ron DeSantis&#8217;s Handling\u2062 of Hurricane \u2064Idalia: A Test of Leadership<\/h2>\n<p>Gov.\u2064 Ron DeSantis&#8217;s\u200d (R-FL) handling of Hurricane Idalia has not \u2062only \u2063caused him to \u2064skip presidential \u2063campaign events this week, but it may also help showcase to\u2063 Republican primary\u200c voters across the nation why DeSantis \u200cis former President Donald Trump&#8217;s top rival in the race.<\/p>\n<p>How DeSantis guides the Sunshine State through another possible natural disaster could help him regain more \u200dpositive \u200dattention after\u200d last week&#8217;s \u2063primary debate came and went \u2064without a breakthrough moment from the governor, along \u2064with a rough summer resetting his \u2063presidential campaign amid a poll \u2063decrease and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rapid-reaction-a-secure-border-will-never-happen-under-biden\/\" title=\"Biden's Presidency: No Chance of a Secure Border\">campaign shake-ups<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Idalia Path Tracker: Watch\u200b Live Updates<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;Everyone knows \u2063he&#8217;s a great governor,&#8221;\u200b said Gregg Keller, a Republican consultant based in Missouri, about DeSantis. &#8220;But I think the questions \u200dthat have started to arise in recent weeks is, \u200d&#8217;OK, it&#8217;s great to be\u200c a \u2063great governor,&#8217; and he probably is the best\u2064 governor in America, but does he really have the toughness to take on the media and the national\u2064 and international left\u2062 in a presidential\u2064 campaign?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Unfortunately, what this natural disaster does, one of the effects that is has, is it gives him an opportunity to change the subject and talk about\u200c things that are more weighty and frankly, they&#8217;re more \u2064important than\u200b the daily &#8216;he said she said&#8217; of a presidential\u2063 primary,&#8221; Keller added.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis \u200chas repeatedly stated \u200cover the\u200d past several days that his main \u200dconcern is the\u2063 safety of Floridians as they deal with\u2064 Idalia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think when you\u200b have\u200b situations like this,\u2064 you&#8217;ve got to put the interests of the people first,&#8221; said DeSantis during a Monday press conference about Idalia. &#8220;There&#8217;s time and a\u200c place to have political season. But then there&#8217;s \u200ca time and a place to say that this is something that&#8217;s life-threatening, this is something that \u2064could\u2063 potentially cost somebody their life. It could cost them their \u200blivelihood, and \u2063we have a responsibility as Americans to come together and do\u2063 what we can\u200c to mitigate \u200bany damage and to protect people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Idalia first started off as a tropical storm\u200d before it strengthened into a hurricane by Tuesday morning. In \u200dresponse to the pending storm, DeSantis \u200bhas activated Florida&#8217;s National Guard \u200bto respond to \u2062any damages from the Idalia, declared \u2064a\u200d state of \u2064emergency in at least 46 counties, and is working with Florida&#8217;s \u2064Division of Emergency \u2064Management and Department \u2062of Transportation to prepare for any damages.<\/p>\n<p>The governor even spoke with President Joe Biden, whom he\u200c has consistently slammed on the \u2062campaign trail, \u2064and successfully requested\u2064 an emergency declaration for Florida. &#8220;This morning,\u200d I spoke with Gov. DeSantis to \u2064inform him that we&#8217;ve approved the Emergency Declaration for Florida\u2062 as they prepare for Hurricane Idalia,\u200b and FEMA has pre-deployed personnel and assets,&#8221; said Biden. &#8220;Florida\u200b has my full support as they prepare for Idalia and its aftermath.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As a two-term governor,\u200c DeSantis&#8217;s experience is shining through this week as he navigates\u200b multiple\u200b systems to help Floridians survive \u2064the storm.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Being a Florida governor requires\u2063 you to become an expert in responding to hurricanes, and he\u2063 certainly has that experience,&#8221; said GOP consultant Matt\u2063 Mackowiak about DeSantis&#8217;s leadership. &#8220;When a hurricane\u200d hits, particularly \u200bone that might reach \u200dcategory three status, and it appears to be aimed at the\u2063 northern half of the state.\u2063 The potential impact on those communities is severe. From his perspective,\u2064 nothing is more important than\u2062 doing his job for the next week or \u200dso as this continues to progress through his state.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, Morgan Marietta, professor\u2064 and chairwoman \u2063of political science\u2064 at the University of Texas at Arlington, told the Washington Examiner that &#8220;DeSantis is attempting to run \u200da careful campaign that does not raise questions about his competence as an administrator. So he will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pull-up-your-pants-don-lemons-advice-to-black-community-has-changed-a-lot-since-2013\/\" title=\"\u201cPull Up Your Pants!\u201d Don Lemon\u2019s Advice To Black Community Has Changed A Lot Since 2013\">pay close attention<\/a> to \u200bhis home state and\u2062 ignore no crisis there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A winning \u200dargument\u200b that he is the \u200bmost electable Republican demands \u2064a\u2062 display of steady competence, and his handling of this event in \u200dhis home state may help deliver that impression,&#8221; Marietta also added.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis pointed to Hurricane Ian in September 2022 when asked about how his handling of Idalia was impacting\u2064 his presidential run on Tuesday. &#8220;You remember Ian we were in the midst of a governor campaign. I\u200c had all kinds of stuff scheduled not just \u200din Florida, around the country,&#8221;\u200c DeSantis said during a press\u200c conference.\u2063 &#8220;You know, we\u2064 were doing different things. And you know, you do what you need to do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m \u2063hoping that this storm is not \u2063as catastrophic as Hurricane Ian\u200c was, but we&#8217;re going do what we need to \u200cdo because it&#8217;s \u2062just, it&#8217;s just something that&#8217;s important. \u2064But it&#8217;s no different \u2064than what we&#8217;ve done in past iterations of all this stuff,&#8221;\u200b he added.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis also said his\u200c administration is working with \u200dpower companies so that 30,000-40,000 linemen will be deployed across the state when Idalia lands and \u2062can help with power restoration efforts, along\u200c with 420,000\u200b gallons of fuel to use \u200bat\u200c gas stations.<\/p>\n<p>Fellow 2024 rival \u2064former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie&#8217;s \u200bresponse to Hurricane Sandy \u200din October \u20632012 may offer DeSantis some caution in \u2064handling a natural disaster. \u200bThe infamous image \u2062of Christie \u200cshaking former President Barack\u2062 Obama&#8217;s hand as New Jersey recovered \u2063from the hurricane just before\u200c the November election \u2062angered\u2062 Republicans then and\u200d even now. Last month, Trump slammed Christie once again for the meet-and-greet with Obama.<\/p>\n<p>Yet Mackowiak said he doesn&#8217;t \u2062think\u2063 the Christie situation and its proximity \u200bto Election Day is comparable to DeSantis&#8217;s \u2063current hurricane crisis,\u200c coming more than \u2062a\u2063 year before\u200b the next election day. &#8220;Any governor, whether you&#8217;re in the opposite party of the president \u200cor not, would be foolish to not welcome\u2063 the president of the United States to view the damage from \u200ba hurricane,&#8221;\u200b he said. &#8220;And the reason for that is that it&#8217;s good for your state to have the president witness firsthand the extent of the damage as you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-showcases-ability-to-govern-with-hurricane-response\/\" title=\"DeSantis proves governing prowess with hurricane response.\">seek\u200c significant \u2064federal funding<\/a> for rebuilding.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think you can welcome the president and have him \u200bsee it firsthand. But not go so far as to be so effusive in\u2063 your praise of\u2063 the president,&#8221; Mackowiak added.<\/p>\n<p>Keller, the\u2063 Missouri-based consultant, said\u200b that the\u200d severity of\u2063 a natural\u200b disaster \u200drequires governors and presidents to work \u200btogether, \u2064but DeSantis&#8217;s persona will help him bypass the Christie situation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There \u2062are hundreds if \u200bnot potentially thousands of \u2063lives that hang in \u2063the balance when you&#8217;re talking about a storm of this magnitude,&#8221; he said. \u2062&#8221;At the same time, I think the governor needs \u200dto be clear that this is\u2062 business. This is serious business. We&#8217;re in the business of saving lives in the next \u200cfew \u200cdays. And\u200b this \u2062is not about the personal\u200d relationships or like or dislike between politicians of different parties.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE \u200cTO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Ron DeSantis&#8217;s (R-FL) response to Hurricane Idalia has led him to miss campaign events. However, it highlights to GOP primary voters why he is a formidable contender against former President Donald Trump. DeSantis&#8217;s handling of another potential disaster in Florida will further demonstrate his capabilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2016375,"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":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2016374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"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\/2016374","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2016374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2016374\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2016375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2016374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2016374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2016374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}