Water Water Everywhere
A hurricane is currently bisecting Florida, crawling along at 7 miles per hour from landfall at Fort Meyers, and is projected to emerge south of Jacksonville on Thursday.
The Feds are all over this and Floridians will see a massive emergency response. Damage will easily be in the billions of dollars.
That’s because most Americans are sympathetic, caring, and maybe would like to visit Disney World someday. What we are not hearing are words similar to those spoken by then-Congressman Ron DeSantis 9 short years ago regarding the devastation visited upon the Northeast Coast by Hurricane Sandy.
”I sympathize with the victims of Hurricane Sandy and believe that those who purchased flood insurance should have their claims paid. At the same time, allowing the program to increase its debt by another $9.7 billion with no plan to offset the spending with cuts elsewhere is not fiscally responsible.”
Much the opposite. And now Governor DeSantis is asking for a 100% federal reimbursement for damages.
What?
Guess when the shoe is on the other foot it makes you very generous with other people’s money, and totally irresponsible in raising the public debt.
The sad thing is, DeSantis will not emerge from this disaster with a clear understanding that it is global climate change that brought Gulf of Mexico surface temperature to 90° F, putting this storm’s ferocity into the all time top 5 of storms to hit Florida.
DeSantis’ plague of lies and climate denial is apparently incurable, and there is no sign of a vaccine on the horizon.
DS, just like the rest of the GOPerverts, just wants the money .
1I think DeSantis understands perfectly well that climate change is the problem. He also understands that his idiot supporters will desert him if he says so. Duplicity is worse than stupidity.
2Same song, different Republican. As expected.
3DeSantis should try offering Florida residents thoughts and prayers first. Briefly. Then wait for the response. Before he gives them what they really need.
4He joins a long line of hypocrite repugnantican politicians. And as has been said, totally predictable.
5So I take it we won’t be hearing that Jesus is trying to annihilate
6Florida with a hurricane because . . . . . . Insert christian fascist, Q, wing nutty, ridiculously ignorant or heinously stupid crap.
DeSantis wants regular folks to receive help? Check that man’s temperature, he must be ill.
7Golly. A governor who is proudly spending $12 million in state money to dump refugees on other states now wants the other states to pay Florida’s 25% of disaster costs.
I wonder how well that will go. Maybe we should ask the folks in Martha’s Vineyard for their opinion.
8Next up for Ian- Lindsey Graham cracker in SC:
https://www.salon.com/2015/10/06/lindsey_grahams_disaster_relief_hypocrisy_he_wants_federal_aid_for_his_states_floods_but_voted_against_hurricane_sandy_relief/
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