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White House says 'there was no indication' DeSantis would snub Biden visit after Idalia
Fox News ^ | September 2, 2023 | Chris Pandolfo

Posted on 09/02/2023 4:28:23 PM PDT by Reno89519

White House officials said Saturday they were caught flat-footed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' decision not to meet with President Biden when Biden visits the state later today.

Biden had said earlier he would meet with the governor as he tours areas of Florida damaged by Hurricane Idalia, but the DeSantis team contradicted the president.

"In these rural communities, and so soon after impact, the security preparations alone that would go into setting up such a meeting would shut down ongoing recovery efforts," said DeSantis spokesman Jeremy Redfern.

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"The president spoke with the governor. It was an understanding that the president said to him he was coming to Florida. We never heard any disagreement with it."

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: biden; desantis; fl; florida; hurricane; idalia
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Caught flat-footed. Funny. Surprised they were able to get Biden awake and away from vacation.
1 posted on 09/02/2023 4:28:23 PM PDT by Reno89519
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To: Reno89519

So there, PedoJoe and your entourage.


2 posted on 09/02/2023 4:31:54 PM PDT by drSteve78 (Je suis Deplorable. Even more so)
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Caught flat-footed.

It's that geriatric shuffle the bidet does.

Trump had it pegged:

"he doesn't lift of the grass"

3 posted on 09/02/2023 4:34:46 PM PDT by spokeshave (Proud Boys, Angry Dads. Grumpy Grandads & Curmudgeons)
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To: Reno89519

Oh stfu


4 posted on 09/02/2023 4:46:35 PM PDT by albie
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To: drSteve78

He does not want to have a Chris Christi/obama moment or he will be scorned.


5 posted on 09/02/2023 4:48:36 PM PDT by Surrounded_too (Low priority)
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Frankly, DeSantis should have greeted him IMO. Gee, can we have politicians acting like adults?


6 posted on 09/02/2023 4:50:01 PM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: Reno89519

Shutting down the airspace and demanding security guards from every police and sheriff’s office just so that the old man can see the disaster from the air?


7 posted on 09/02/2023 4:52:35 PM PDT by jdt1138 (Where ever you go, there you are.)
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To: Surrounded_too

Biden is a criminal and an idiot. Why waste time with him?


8 posted on 09/02/2023 4:55:15 PM PDT by wny
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DeSantis knows a pic w/ him and Biden would sink his floundering campaign


9 posted on 09/02/2023 4:55:22 PM PDT by Liz (More tears are shed over answered prayers than over unanswered ones. St Teresa of Avila)
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Probably

Anyways , once desantis captures the gop he can hit biden to win Ohio and Hawaii.


10 posted on 09/02/2023 5:07:29 PM PDT by forYourChildrenVote4Bush
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Really, should have just shown the senile old man a video of disaster in his Delaware vacation home. All the money spent on Air Force 1 flown to Florida could have been saved. But then PedoJoe needs a photo opportunity.


11 posted on 09/02/2023 5:20:31 PM PDT by entropy12 (Career politicians like Desantis build wealth. Trump sacrificed his wealth to serve people. GO TRUMP)
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To: Reno89519

DeSantis, my state’s governor would be correct if not |cordial.” He doesn’t seem to have cordial in his kit. In Florida he says what he has to say without embellishment and in plain words. One does not automatically think, “what does he really mean? what’s his game?”


12 posted on 09/02/2023 5:25:04 PM PDT by arthurus (* covfefe b)
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Ron knew Biden was going to be dick. Never ever let small dicks like Biden or Trump try to go full retard in your presence.


13 posted on 09/02/2023 5:27:41 PM PDT by Autonomous User (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
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To: Reno89519

I could have sworn I saw an article saying DeSantis wasn’t going to meet with Biden before he went down there.


14 posted on 09/02/2023 5:38:42 PM PDT by FreedomForce
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To: FreedomForce

I thought I saw one too.


15 posted on 09/02/2023 5:41:44 PM PDT by pnz1 ("These people have gone stone-cold crazy")
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To: Night Hides Not

Frankly, DeSantis should have greeted him IMO. Gee, can we have politicians acting like adults?

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In other time periods in our history nobody would’ve cared if two politicians from opposite parties met.

However, in today’s politics you’ll get crucified by partisans from all sides as an appeaser, sellout, and traitor for the smiling photo op with the “enemy.”

It doesn’t bother me because I have low expectations for the DC Uni party, which is made up of Republicans, democrats, and a few independents.


16 posted on 09/02/2023 5:42:37 PM PDT by unclebankster ( Globalism is the last refuge scoundrel)
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To: Night Hides Not

Yeah, like Chris Christie hugging Obama. Biden delayed going to Hawaii because he said he didn’t want to interfere with the recovery. DeSantis is just using Biden’s excuse.

The WH has been slamming FL for over two years. I don’t blame DeSantis for not being used as a prop, especially to a corrupt, illegitimate President who is running for re-election. And to make matters worse, Biden is in mental decline. He is just a figurehead. The country is being run by Jeff Zients.

Biden needs to be impeached, not respected. He is using the FL trip as a platform for the Green New Deal. He has blamed climate change for the hurricane. And when he made his first comments about the hurricane at a press conference, he spent 75% of the time talking about Maui.


17 posted on 09/02/2023 5:50:04 PM PDT by kabar
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To: Reno89519

Good. No Christie/Obama moment.


18 posted on 09/02/2023 6:07:02 PM PDT by bwest
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To: Night Hides Not

Not until the press begins to act like adults.


19 posted on 09/02/2023 6:08:04 PM PDT by bwest
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To: bwest

Good point.


20 posted on 09/02/2023 6:13:43 PM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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