Florida Governor Ron DeSantis will likely not meet with President Joe Biden on Saturday when he tours parts of the state where Hurricane Idalia rampaged earlier this week.
Although Biden had suggested an encounter might take place, DeSantis spokesperson Jeremy Redfern said in a statement on Friday night that “we don’t have any plans for the governor to meet with the president tomorrow.”
The decision by the governor, who’s running for the Republican presidential nomination, was reported earlier by CNN. Biden has sought to demonstrate close coordination in the Idalia response, speaking to DeSantis, a combative Republican who has often castigated his leadership, three times this week on federal steps being taken to assist in the recovery.“Seems like we should be on direct dial, the two of us,” Biden said Thursday during a visit to Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters in Washington.
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