Florida Governor Ron DeSantis bucked an offer from President Joe Biden this week to meet in Florida following Hurricane Idalia because the security protections that Biden would require would shut down recovery efforts.
Biden told CNN on Friday that he had plans to meet with the governor during his trip to the state over the weekend.
However, DeSantis’ office said that won’t be happening because the governor is focused solely on recovery efforts.
“We don’t have any plans for the Governor to meet with the President tomorrow,” DeSantis Press Secretary Jeremy Redfern said in a statement. “In these rural communities, and so soon after impact, the security preparations alone that would go into setting up such a meeting would shut down ongoing recovery efforts.”
Earlier in the week, Biden said that in his talks with DeSantis about the hurricane, there was never any mention of politics.
“Governor DeSantis is also running for president. You are running for re-election,” a…