President Joe Biden and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis toured damage from Hurricane Ian on Wednesday afternoon and announced their intention to work together to help the state rebuild.
Speaking at a press conference in Fort Myers, Biden said that natural disasters are becoming more common around the country, and that climate changed played a significant role.
He also announced new relief efforts to help Florida residents and businesses rebuild, like faster processing of low-interest disaster loans.
“Today, we have one job and only one job. That is to make sure the people of Florida get everything they need to fully recover,” Biden said.
DeSantis discussed the state’s cooperative efforts with the White House, noting that federal funds have been allocated to help his state recover from the massive, Category 4 storm.
“We were very fortunate to have good coordination with the White House and FEMA from the very beginning of this,” DeSantis said.
Biden also said that while it would likely take years to rebuild, he believes that Florida residents will prosper in the long run.
“We are the only nation where we come out stronger from disasters,” Biden said.
The president’s visit comes amid a rising death toll. According to figures released Monday by the Florida Medical Examiners Commission, 72 deaths have been attributed to the storm, though that number could climb.
Biden’s visit Wednesday came two days after he traveled to Puerto Rico to survey Hurricane Fiona’s damage. In the wake of that storm, he announced he was sending tens of millions of dollars to help prepare the island for storms.
“Today, I’m announcing more than $60 million in funding to help coastal areas of Puerto Rico become better prepared for the storm,” Biden said Monday while speaking in front of FEMA stockpiles of generators that were set to be deployed to provide electricity to people on the island who still are without power.
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After fleeing the Democrat run crime cities of New York, Chicago, Los Angeles etc., only to relocate to Florida and disaster, those newly destroyed by the Hurricane and those thinking of moving to Florida will probably opt out for Texas which like Florida has no State income tax, and is Also SELF-governed, not Socialist Governed. We get hurricanes here but never one that took out the whole state. When building and rebuilding is done by the Biden Crime family, the cost increases the amount of at least 10% or more for “The Big Guy” asnd more for the Democrat Party operative skimmers. I hope DeSantis does not put up with any of this kind of Biden help and uses self-governing wealth creating private companies to rebuild rather than Federal directed funds that just end up educating more woke people into states and fits of dependency with woke minority companies of women and LGBT’s only getting the contracts to rebuild with White people and companies need not be applying. I’ll bet those hundreds of thousands of Florida relocated illegals who got blown away are wishing they had chosen another state or just stayed South of the Border at home.
I also wonder will thoe accepting FEMA funds, HAVE TO “SMart up and Green up” their replacement homes, needing those smart meters, smart controllers, and solar panels?
working together?
biden works with no one he is king!
Don’t count on anything these Marxist Democrats tell you and promise you Governor De Santis. Everything will be slow walked to make you look bad because they see you as a 2024 opponent.
AND even if you GET IT in writing, expect them to renig on it.
In this photo, Good meets Evil.