{"id":2020496,"date":"2023-09-02T18:34:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T22:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-surveys-hurricane-damage-in-florida\/"},"modified":"2023-09-02T18:35:01","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T22:35:01","slug":"biden-surveys-hurricane-damage-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-surveys-hurricane-damage-in-florida\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden assesses hurricane impact in Florida."},"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\">12<\/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%2Fbiden-surveys-hurricane-damage-in-florida%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=2020496&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--><div data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<h2>LIVE\u200c OAK, Fla.\u2014President Biden Surveys Hurricane Idalia Destruction in Florida<\/h2>\n<p>President Joe Biden traveled\u200b to\u200b Florida on Saturday to survey\u2062 the destruction from Hurricane Idalia and comfort victims of the storm, but he did not \u200bmeet Gov. \u2063Ron DeSantis, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-surveys-hurricane-damage-in-florida\/\" title=\"Biden assesses hurricane impact in Florida.\">potential presidential rival<\/a>, who opted \u200dnot to come.<\/p>\n<p>President\u2063 Biden, who \u2064praised Mr. \u200cDeSantis during the\u2064 visit, said he was not disappointed\u200d by\u200d the\u200b governor&#8217;s absence and said Mr. DeSantis had\u2062 helped plan the trip.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. DeSantis&#8217;s spokesperson said \u200con Friday the governor \u2064had no plans to meet President\u200c Biden, \u2063saying &#8220;the security preparations alone that would go into setting\u2064 up such a meeting would shut down <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-issues-statement-over-classified-document-scandal\/\" title=\"Biden Issues Statement Over Classified Document Scandal\">ongoing recovery efforts<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/desantis-wont-meet-with-biden-during-florida-trip-to-survey-hurricane-damage-5485461\">DeSantis Won&#8217;t \u2063Meet\u2063 With Biden\u2062 During Florida Trip to Survey Hurricane Damage<\/a><br \/>\n        <br \/>\n        <strong>9\/2\/2023<\/strong>\n      <\/li>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/hurricane-idalia-just-latest-reason-florida-residents-are-pummeled-by-insurance-costs-5485220\">Hurricane Idalia\u2064 Just Latest Reason Florida Residents Are Pummeled by Insurance Costs<\/a><br \/>\n        <br \/>\n        <strong>9\/2\/2023<\/strong>\n      <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>President\u2062 Biden\u200d took \u200dan aerial tour\u2062 and received a briefing from local officials\u200d and first responders in Live \u200dOak, a\u2062 town that \u200dwas hit hard\u200d by the storm.<\/p>\n<p>But politics hung over his\u200d trip. The \u2062president, \u200dwho has spoken to Mr. DeSantis\u2062 multiple times \u200bthis week, had said on Friday they would meet in person.\u200c The decision by the governor caught the White \u200cHouse off guard.<\/p>\n<p>Asked\u2063 if \u200dhe was disappointed Mr. DeSantis \u2063did not come, President Biden\u2062 said no.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No, I&#8217;m not disappointed. He may have had other reasons \u2026\u200b But he\u200d did help us plan this. He sat with FEMA and decided where we should go, where would be the least\u2064 disruption,&#8221; President Biden \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-backs-republican-covid-19-package-after-mcconnell-rejects-bipartisan-proposal\/\" title=\"Trump backs Republican COVID-19 package after McConnell rejects bipartisan proposal\">told reporters<\/a>,\u200c while standing in front \u2062of\u2063 a damaged house.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:640px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>President Joe Biden visits Live Oak, a \u2063town that was hit hard by Hurricane Idalia,\u2062 in Live Oak, Fla., on Sept. 2, 2023. (Evelyn Hockstein\/Reuters)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>President Biden said he was\u200d pleased that Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), a \u2063Republican former\u200c governor of Florida, had come despite their disagreements \u200bon\u200d many\u2063 issues. \u2064Mr. Scott, a supporter\u200c of former President Donald Trump, wore a hat that\u200b said \u2063&#8221;Navy&#8221; on the front and &#8220;45&#8221;\u2062 on the \u2063back. President Trump was the 45th U.S. president.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. DeSantis, 44, spent the day\u2064 about 50 \u2064miles south, touring small communities along Florida&#8217;s Gulf Coast, according to his \u200dofficial schedule.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to an earlier question \u2063on Saturday on what had happened to\u2064 the \u2064meeting, President Biden had told reporters:\u2063 &#8220;I don&#8217;t \u200cknow. He&#8217;s not going to be there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mr. DeSantis is running for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination to oust \u2064President Biden from the White House, but trails President Trump in\u200d opinion polls. \u2062President Biden, \u206480,\u2062 is running for\u200c reelection.<\/p>\n<p>President Biden\u2063 and\u2064 Mr. DeSantis have \u2064spoken\u200b regularly this week\u2062 about the storm, which pummeled \u2062Florida&#8217;s Big Bend region\u200d with \u2064Category 3 winds of nearly 125 mph. \u2063On Wednesday,\u2064 the president said\u2064 politics had \u200cnot crept into their conversations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Biden visited Florida to assess the aftermath of Hurricane Idalia and console the affected individuals. However, he did not meet Governor Ron DeSantis, a potential rival, as the latter chose not to attend. 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