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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDeSantis, Once a 'No' on Storm Aid, Petitions a President He's Bashed (NT Times)
The Florida governor, who as a congressman opposed aid to victims of Hurricane Sandy, is seeking relief from the Biden administration as Hurricane Ian ravages his own state.
As a freshman congressman in 2013, Ron DeSantis was unambiguous: A federal bailout for the New York region after Hurricane Sandy was an irresponsible boondoggle, a symbol of the put it on the credit card mentality he had come to Washington to oppose.
I sympathize with the victims, he said. But his answer was no.
Nearly a decade later, as his state confronts the devastation and costly destruction wrought by Hurricane Ian, Mr. DeSantis is appealing to the nations better angels and betting on its short memory.
The present circumstances have inspired a less swaggering posture toward a leader whom Mr. DeSantis has long called Brandon as a recurring troll, aimed at the man he might like to succeed. Dear Mr. President, the governors request for a major disaster declaration and federal assistance began on Wednesday.
Some Northeastern lawmakers, including Republicans, have not forgotten how Mr. DeSantis and some of his peers responded when the New York area was under duress. Year after year, we had given them billions of dollars, said Peter King, a former Republican congressman from Long Island, alluding to aid packages for Southern states and calling the resistance to Sandy relief his angriest moment in office. Every one of them comes to New York to raise money. They either go to the Hamptons or they go to Manhattan. And both areas were devastated by Sandy.
As a freshman congressman in 2013, Ron DeSantis was unambiguous: A federal bailout for the New York region after Hurricane Sandy was an irresponsible boondoggle, a symbol of the put it on the credit card mentality he had come to Washington to oppose.
I sympathize with the victims, he said. But his answer was no.
Nearly a decade later, as his state confronts the devastation and costly destruction wrought by Hurricane Ian, Mr. DeSantis is appealing to the nations better angels and betting on its short memory.
The present circumstances have inspired a less swaggering posture toward a leader whom Mr. DeSantis has long called Brandon as a recurring troll, aimed at the man he might like to succeed. Dear Mr. President, the governors request for a major disaster declaration and federal assistance began on Wednesday.
Some Northeastern lawmakers, including Republicans, have not forgotten how Mr. DeSantis and some of his peers responded when the New York area was under duress. Year after year, we had given them billions of dollars, said Peter King, a former Republican congressman from Long Island, alluding to aid packages for Southern states and calling the resistance to Sandy relief his angriest moment in office. Every one of them comes to New York to raise money. They either go to the Hamptons or they go to Manhattan. And both areas were devastated by Sandy.
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DeSantis, Once a 'No' on Storm Aid, Petitions a President He's Bashed (NT Times) (Original Post)
IcyPeas
Sep 2022
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usonian
(9,782 posts)1. Maybe Joe Biden could make him a loan instead of a grant.
At todays interest rate.
I doubt hell do it.
Its too CONSERVATIVE.
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,157 posts)3. The GOP test for storm aid
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,157 posts)4. Florida NEEDS NEW LEADERSHIP!!!