Good for Ron Desantis. He has a lot on his plate, trying to help all those affected by the Surfside, Florida condo collapse and rescue efforts. Over 20 are now confirmed dead, with around 150 missing. The rally in Sarasota is on at 6pm Eastern time tonight, and will likely be ignored (again) by Fox News and the rest of the “media”. If you want to watch the rally, you can watch on Newsmax, C-SPAN or streaming like RSBN. In the mean time, the media is trying to pretend there is some sort of big riff between Trump and Desantis.. Of course if DeSantis would have gone to the Trump rally, the media would have bashed him for it anyway.
DeSantis is doing the right thing here.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) will not be attending former President Trump’s rally in Sarasota, Fla., on Saturday amid ongoing recovery efforts following the deadly condo building collapse in Surfside, Fla.
“We can confirm that the Governor will not attend the rally in Sarasota. He spoke with President Trump, who agreed that this was the right decision, as the Governor’s duty is to be in Surfside making sure the families and community have what they need in the aftermath of the tragic building collapse,” press secretary Christina Pushaw said in a statement to The Hill.
“Governor DeSantis would have gone to this event in normal circumstances. He is sure the rally will draw a big crowd on this holiday weekend, as many Floridians are excited to attend,” she added.
The news of DeSantis skipping the rally was first reported by The New York Times.
The governor’s office had earlier this week pushed back on a report that said it urged Trump’s team to postpone the rally due to ongoing recovery efforts in Surfside.
Dozens of people remain unaccounted for more than a week after the building collapsed. Officials have confirmed that at least 22 people died, and President Biden visited the area on Thursday to mourn with the families of those impacted.