DeSantis never told people to evacuate he's responsible. DeSantis cause the hurricane.

fishtm2001

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Or they decided to throw caution to the wind and tell people to evacuate. People work with the information they have and make judgement calls. Those counties were being told that the hurricane would most likely hit where they were so they told people to leave. Lee County was not told until 24 hours prior to the storm that THEY were to most likely to be hit so they ordered evacuations.
3 days before the storm hit the National Hurricane Center predicted that Ian could bring a storm surge of 4 to 7 feet from Englewood to Bonita Beach, which includes all of coastal Lee County. And schools were open even though they had also been designated as emergency shelters. Brilliant!
 

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3 days before the storm hit the National Hurricane Center predicted that Ian could bring a storm surge of 4 to 7 feet from Englewood to Bonita Beach, which includes all of coastal Lee County. And schools were open even though they had also been designated as emergency shelters. Brilliant!
“It wasn’t until Tuesday morning, while Ian was passing over western Cuba, that the Hurricane Center extended a hurricane warning southward to cover the stretch of southwestern Florida coastline that would soon be devastated. Even then, the centerline for the predicted storm track passed through Tampa and wasn’t over Fort Myers until 11 p.m. that night.”


The above quote is from the Washington Post article. Local governments have to make judgement calls based on information they are given. Imagine if they’d ordered an evacuation and the storm hit Tampa as predicted previously? Next time a hurricane was predicted people would say, They told us to evacuate for nothing last time. I’m staying this time.
 

Box Ox

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Desantis trying to out trump donald is what's hilarious.
You don't actually think it's hilarious.

You are in fact, absolutely terrified he will succeed, because it would be even easier for desantis to win than Trump.

DeSantis knows how to intelligently advocate for common sense things in a way that also appeals to moderates. That probably is pretty scary for the left. Especially if someone like Gavin Newsom might be the candidate on the other side in 2024.
 

fishtm2001

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DeSantis knows how to intelligently advocate for common sense things in a way that also appeals to moderates. That probably is pretty scary for the left. Especially if someone like Gavin Newsom might be the candidate on the other side in 2024
He's "fat, phony and whiny" according to donald.
 

Box Ox

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He's "fat, phony and whiny" according to donald.

Republicans are going to have a choice to make. DeSantis is a US Navy Reserve Lieutenant Commander who appears to be able to deliver on reasonable agenda items without making everyone deal with small hands baggage or love for authoritarian dictators.
 

fishtm2001

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Republicans are going to have a choice to make. DeSantis is a US Navy Reserve Lieutenant Commander who appears to be able to deliver on reasonable agenda items without making everyone deal with small hands baggage or love for authoritarian dictators.
Between his phony voter fraud and importing immigrants to fly out, many people are unimpressed.
 

Box Ox

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For an Ivy league educated guy,like GW, he seems pretty dumb.

He certainly hasn't been displaying a level of intelligence that's below that of any of the probable 2024 Democratic Presidential candidates. And I believe there are some Ivy League educations involved there too.
 

fishtm2001

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He certainly hasn't been displaying a level of intelligence that's below that of any of the probable 2024 Democratic Presidential candidates. And I believe there are some Ivy League educations involved there too.
It's just funny how he has made a calculated decision to dumb down for the maga crowd.
 

vantexan

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It's just funny how he has made a calculated decision to dumb down for the maga crowd.
We used to say if Trump found the cure for cancer Democrats would complain it took him too long. Now you've got your sights set on DeSantis. You don't care about good governance. If you did then about 99% of the things Biden did wouldn't have happened. You care about power. Who controls the money and keeps it flowing to the dependent voters. And you'll say anything to keep the power.
 

newfie

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Republicans are going to have a choice to make. DeSantis is a US Navy Reserve Lieutenant Commander who appears to be able to deliver on reasonable agenda items without making everyone deal with small hands baggage or love for authoritarian dictators.
he had success doing it his way. Say what you want but Kim and Putin both were relatively quiet during his tenure.
the world has gotten a lot scarier since he left office.

keep your enemies even closer ?
 
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