First a shooting, then a storm
, snapping trees, ripping off roofs and inundating areas with surging flood waters.
The crises come at a crucial moment for DeSantis as he faces lingering concern over his campaign. Four months before the first ballots are cast in Iowa's caucuses, DeSantis still lags far behind, the race's dominant early frontrunner, and he has cycled through repeated campaign leadership shake-ups. The super PAC supporting his candidacy has halted its door-knocking operations in early-voting Nevada and several Super Tuesday states in a further sign of trouble, NBC first reported.
Meanwhile, DeSantis’ campaign has been blasting out clips from his news conferences and sending updates hailing the governor’s “exceptional leadership.” A campaign spokesman didn't immediately return an email seeking comment Thursday. The governor has been criticized widely for his administration's"anti-woke" public school curriculum on Black history. Teachers are now required to instruct middle-school students that enslaved people"developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit." The NAACPof creating a culture of"open hostility towards African Americans and people of color.
DeSantis, typically more likely to score political points through competence than empathy, framed the successes of his administration’s storm response in tangible numbers; power restored to more than 400,000 homes and crews clearing debris from more than 6,000 miles of roadways.
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