Biden and DeSantis have met before when the president toured Florida after Hurricane Ian hit the state last year.
Still, Biden suggested earlier in the week that he and DeSantis were cooperating easily. While delivering pizzas to workers at FEMA’s Washington headquarters, the president said he’d spoken to DeSantis so frequently about Idalia that “there should be a direct dial” between the pair.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks with the owners of Shrimp Boat, Horseshoe Beach's only restaurant, which was damaged by storm surge during the passage of Hurricane Idalia one day earlier, in Horseshoe Beach, Florida on Thursday.The president announced his bid for reelection in April but has mostly refrained from campaigning, preferring instead to lead by governing.
DeSantis, meanwhile, is facing questions about whether his campaign can survive for the long haul. Four months before the first ballots are to be cast in Iowa’s caucuses, DeSantis still lags far behind, the Republican primary’s dominant early front-runner. And he has cycled through repeated campaign leadership shakeups and reboots of his image in an attempt to refocus his message.
The super PAC supporting DeSantis’ candidacy has halted its door-knocking operations in Nevada, which votes third on the Republican presidential primary calendar, and several states holding Super Tuesday primaries in March — a further sign of trouble.Associated Press writer Brendan Farrington in Tallahassee, Florida, contributed to this report.
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