(Congressional Agenda) – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a diehard conservative Republican, managed to go viral on Sunday after he took a CNN reporter to school after they attempted to spin the evacuations from Hurricane Ian into some sort of political scandal. Hey, I thought CNN was supposed to be pulling back from the super liberal slant the network has had over the last several decades? Guess that wasn’t the total truth after all.
The Daily Caller explained, “Hurricane Ian struck southwest Florida on Wednesday as a near-Category 5 storm. Videos showed mass destruction caused by high winds and storm surges, with Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno estimating that fatalities could be in the hundreds.”
This was a huge storm that did a lot of damage. It’s not something that should be looked at as a political issue. It’s deplorable to turn a disaster like this into a weapon to use against individuals you disagree with politically, especially with the tragedy having happened so recently.
During an interview shared on social media over the weekend, a CNN reporter went on to ask DeSantis whether or not he stood behind the decision made by Lee County to not issue a mandatory evacuation order until the day the hurricane hit.
“Well, where was your industry stationed when the storm hit? Were you guys in Lee County? No. You were in Tampa,” DeSantis fired back immediately, making an allusion to preliminary forecasts that had predicted the storm would hit Tampa, not Lee County. “So they were following the weather track and had to make decisions based on that.”
DeSantis just wrecked a CNN "reporter" pic.twitter.com/t7Hm8xitsV
— Kevin Tober (@KevinTober94) October 3, 2022
“DeSantis explained that the cone of the hurricane was not originally headed for Lee County, but that the area did have shelters open and everybody had the opportunity to at least get to one within the area. He claimed that, because so much attention was paid to Tampa, most Lee County residents did not believe they were in serious danger,” the Daily Caller said.
#BREAKING: Sanibel Island is now in the eyewall of Hurricane #Ian.
I have not heard from a source that decided to stick it out in a bit. Praying they are alright. Phone service could be down.pic.twitter.com/3cvng54E9d
— Moshe Schwartz (@YWNReporter) September 28, 2022
This is what 140-160 MPH winds look and sound like. This is Fort Myers across the bridge from Sanibel. There’s a reporter out there. I fear he’s about to get hit by a metal pool sign that has come lose. I’m going to find him and I’ll be back. Don’t go outside. #hurricaneian pic.twitter.com/HgES4xj7Dh
— Céline McArthur 🇺🇸 (@CelineTVNEWS) September 28, 2022
Search and rescue operations are, as of this writing, still underway in the state of Florida. The death toll is currently 83. Four people died as a result of the hurricane in North Carolina after the storm regained strength.
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