White Dwelling: No designs nevertheless for Biden to go to storm-ravaged Florida and Puerto Rico

Christian Datoc

September 30, 04:46 PM September 30, 04:46 PM

The White Residence has not yet built programs for President Joe Biden to check out Florida or Puerto Rico to study the fatal destruction brought on by Hurricanes Ian and Fiona.

As of Friday, the two storms have killed dozens of Floridians and Puerto Ricans and left tens of millions devoid of water or electricity. Ian designed landfall on the South Carolina coastline yet again Friday early morning.

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Biden advised Federal Crisis Management Company officers on Thursday that he wished to pay a visit to both of those places "when the disorders allow it," but White Dwelling push secretary Karine Jean-Pierre explained to reporters Friday that she did not have anything at all to "announce" heading into the weekend right after struggling with various queries on the matter.

In working with the storm, Biden has been forced to function in conjunction with Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), a 2024 Republican presidential hopeful who has annoyed the White Residence with a series of "political stunts" involving apprehended immigrants in latest weeks.

"I want to be incredibly crystal clear about this. This is not about politics, right? This is about the men and women of Florida and what they want," Jean-Pierre responded when asked Friday if Biden wished to fulfill with DeSantis in man or woman. "When we noticed Surfside — the awful, catastrophic building slipping in Surfside and killing so lots of Floridians not much too extensive ago, over a 12 months in the past, you saw Gov. DeSantis and you observed this president sit aspect by side, speaking about how they have been going to function with each other to make sure that that local community bought all the things that they need to have. So this is not about politics."

"I you should not have anything to share about a excursion that the president is heading to be producing. He spoke for himself yesterday," she reported. "This is a thing that he would like to do when it's acceptable in Florida. He does want to also go to Puerto Rico, and when we have an announcement to make, we undoubtedly will make that announcement."

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