Karine Jean-Pierre said DeSantis gave “no indication that he was not going to be there.”
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden listen as Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., speaks at Suwannee Pineview Elementary School, Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023, in Live Oak, Fla. President Joe Biden surveyed damage from Hurricane Idalia in Florida without meeting Gov. Ron DeSantis, even after the two potential 2024 rivals sought to show they can put aside politics and cooperate in the disaster response.
Biden said DeSantis helped plan the visit by speaking with Federal Emergency Management Agency officials. The president did have a moment of bipartisanship during a disaster response briefing at an elementary school in the town of Live Oak, when Sen. Rick Scott — a Republican and former Florida governor — thanked Biden for a “great job” on preparedness ahead of the storm and his federal disaster declaration.
For his part, Biden has been battling Republican attacks and a new congressional investigation into his handling of the devastating Hawaii wildfires. The scope of the destruction and Biden’s beach vacation during the recovery have undermined key political assets: his reputation as an experienced hand in managing the federal government, and as an empathetic consoler-in-chief.
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