‘Florida isn’t safe’: Ron DeSantis is unfit for hurricane response, activists say

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  1. ranchoparksteve on

    Ron DeSantis has his Category 4 hurricane boots on. He’s always walking on higher ground.

  2. I can’t wait to watch DeSantis to survey the damage in those shiny white knee-high boots.

  3. HellishChildren on

    DeSantis is there to help the rich get richer, not to solve problems.

    June 26, 2021 [Relative of Surfside building collapse victim lashes out at DeSantis for not ‘doing enough’](https://www.local10.com/news/local/2021/06/27/mother-of-surfside-building-collapse-victim-lashes-out-at-desantis-for-not-doing-enough/

    July 1, 2021 [Biden Spends Hours With Families Affected By The Condo Collapse And Pledges More Help](https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-miami-area-condo-collapse/2021/07/01/1012223852/in-surfside-biden-meets-local-officials-and-tells-them-more-help-is-on-the-way) “What we just need now is we need a little bit of luck. We need a little bit of prayers. And you know, we would like to be able to, you know, to see some miracles happen,” DeSantis said.

  4. And 60% of Florida voters voted for him in 2022. The only thing more insane than him are the people that vote for him. FL residents, please vote…it doesn’t have to be this way.

  5. This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/09/hurricane-milton-helene-florida-desantis) reduced by 89%. (I’m a bot)
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    > It's a role he is unfit to play because of his record on the climate crisis, Florida activists say.

    > "We're restoring sanity in our approach to energy and rejecting the agenda of the radical green zealots," DeSantis posted on X. During his run for president in the 2024 Republican primary, DeSantis also promised to ramp up domestic oil and gas production and fend off electric vehicle mandates, moves that climate experts warned would have boosted greenhouse gas emissions.

    > "The Florida we grew up loving is slipping away with each storm, and DeSantis is ignoring that," said Yoca Arditi-Rocha, executive director of the Orlando-based non-profit Cleo Institute, which advocates for climate education.

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  6. Ron DeSantis… What. A. Fucking. Joke of a human being! How many deaths is he responsible for?

  7. simonhunterhawk on

    He did a poor job after hurricane Ian, I don’t expect this time around to be any better.

  8. My in-laws live in Florida are typical boomer Republicans but have voted for democrats down ticket since 2018. They finally realized that the GOP will lie to stay in power and don’t care about anyone but themselves.

  9. freethrowtommy on

    Watching the clips from the press conference yesterday or the day before where he tried to wishy washy talk about not knowing the strength of the incoming storm was enough for me to say “what the actual fuck?!” out loud.  

    He is so far up his own ass that he can’t even be straight with his own state that what is coming is deathly serious and to do what is required to make your plans NOW to get to safety.

  10. It’s amazing – they’re out of gasoline. That means everyone stuck. In the past they staged tanker trucks with gas guided by the warnings of the impending hurricane.

    DeSantis is dangerous in every single way.

    Source – registered nurse. American Red Cross volunteer.

  11. United-Rock-6764 on

    I saw some TikToks suggesting that he’s intentionally under supporting a blue part of the state. And, honestly, Hurricane response is hard to judge but there are SOPs for preparedness that don’t look like they’re happening.

    As always, everything with Republicans is projection.

  12. cmndrcptnchknfkr on

    DerSantis is unfit as a governor and unfit as a human, he’s a straight up nazi scumbag

  13. DeSantis is only good at calling everything he hates woke and hopes other people hate it as well. He looks so lost when he isn’t blaming other people for his problems.

  14. DeSantis’ solution to ideas he doesn’t is limit speech with solutions like don’t Say Gay and the term, Climate Change cannot be used. He can deny climate change, but DeSantis has created an insurance disaster for businesses owners and homeowners.

  15. FirstSonOfGwyn on

    its kind of the natural conclusion of not living in reality.

    reality doesn’t care… its still happening

  16. Bringing_Basic_Back on

    I’m so over all these elected officials coming out in their embroidered country-club attire that you know taxpayers paid for, all looking like we interrupted them on the golf course or a barbecue. They need to dress for their constituents the same way they dress when they meet the chamber of fucking commerce. every day is fucking casual friday for them.

  17. No-Actuator-1920 on

    I work for a company that makes patches for government apparel just like in this photo, and let me tell you it always cracks me up to see these “big bad leaders” wearing shit I made for them as if it gives them some authority. Like, dude, you got your official seal patches from Stahls like every other small local business, simmer down champ.

  18. He removed “climate change” from government documents and text books. What more do you want from him? /s

  19. StatusCount7032 on

    For beginners, they will allow people to ‘rebuild’ on the coastlines, as if that’s impressive. The best thing they can do is allow nature, after they clean their shit, to reclaim it and let the mangroves grow again. MMGA.

  20. Florida is the result of Ayn Rand policies put into practice. We should head these results abs vote for people who don’t want us to die in any type of disaster.

  21. WonderfulPressure546 on

    Well Florida is getting to the point where it isn’t suitable for man made structures so maybe he’s the perfect fit.

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