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Ron DeSantis is an American politician currently serving as the Governor of Florida. A member of the Republican Party, he has been in office since January 2019. DeSantis previously served as a U.S. Representative for Florida's 6th congressional district from 2013 to 2018. His tenure as governor has been marked by a focus on conservative policies, including education reform, environmental issues, and responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. DeSantis has gained national attention for his stances on various issues, including his support for the Trump Presidential Library in Miami and his administration's initiatives on wildlife management.
They actually give him a packet and, in that packet, included a map of Martha`s Vineyard. So, it was obvious that that`s where they were going. It`s all voluntary. I mean, these are voluntary transportation that they`re signing up for. The…
It’s also a state that is in many ways run by developers, right? I mean, they’re allowed to build whatever they want wherever they want.
Sometimes, the cost of not planning for the future and not investing in the future, you can see it when the -- when the water starts to rise.
Because part of the whole real -- the gestalt of DeSantis and Florida Republicans who have run the state for a couple decades is that this is the free state of Florida. Don’t tread on us. Don’t -- you can’t tell us what to do.
They informed people and most people did not want to do it. I mean, that's just -- that's just the reality.
Ron DeSantis has spent years railing against the federal government as not -- it’s not a force for good.
He didn’t want to bail out in New York and New Jersey after Sandy, but that’s really kind of normal.
We`re committed to restoring the infrastructure is needed. That is not going to be an overnight task. That is going to be something that is going to require a lot of -- a lot of love and care. It`s going to require a lot of resources. But…
Now, I think that there’s going to be issues with being on some of those islands, because they’re not going to have services like we expect for quite some time.
I would say the most significant damage that I saw was on Fort Myers Beach. Some of the homes were wiped out.
Now, I think that there`s going to be issues with being on some of those islands, because they`re not going to have services like we expect for quite some time, given the limitations of transportation.
The governor has asked for a full complement of federal help, which he should. It is the right thing to do.
We have now officially sent the letter with the request to the Biden administration for a major disaster declaration for all 67 counties, requesting the federal government do 100 percent reimbursement up front for 60 days to ensure that we…
Folks should be prepared if you`re in this region, that there is going to be an interruption of power. So just plan on that.
We feel like we have a good relationship with FEMA. I`m happy to brief the president if he`s interested in hearing what we`re doing in Florida. My view on all this is, like, you got people`s lives at stake. You got their property at stake…
Governor DeSantis wanted this political play to keep him in the national spotlight.
They were hungry homeless, they had no, no opportunity at all. State of Florida it was volunteer, offered transport to sanctuary jurisdictions, because it's our view that one, the border should be secured, and we want to have Biden…
The problem is we`re not seeing mass movements of them into Florida, but it just coming in onesie, twosies. But there`s no way you can possibly track all of that because it`s on such a small scale.
We are not a sanctuary state, and it’s better to be able to go to a sanctuary jurisdiction. And, yes, we will help facilitate that transport for you.
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