President Biden will also meet with Florida residents and small business owners, and thank government officials for providing emergency aid and removing debris.
and Sen. Rick Scott, according to the White House and Scott's spokesman. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre suggested Tuesday that it would be inappropriate for them to focus on political differences.
DeSantis confirmed Tuesday he'd be meeting with Biden in the hurricane zone, and he praised the administration's Federal Emergency Management Agency for declaring an emergency before Ian made landfall. Trump threatened to withhold federal money from California after wildfires, saying its state officials were to blame for the deadly conflagrations, tweeting in 2018: "Billions of dollars are given each year, with so many lives lost, all because of gross mismanagement of the forests. Remedy now, or no more Fed payments!"As Florida's governor for eight years, Jeb Bush maintained a steady response to a parade of hurricanes and was rewarded with sky-high approval ratings.
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