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The Guardian - US
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Richard Luscombe in Miami

DeSantis’s pleas for hurricane aid raise hackles amid vast partisan divide

Ron DeSantis speaks into a microphone.
Florida’s governor, Ron DeSantis, speaks earlier this week at a news conference at the state’s emergency operations center in Tallahassee, Florida. Photograph: Alicia Devine/AP

Florida’s governor, Ron DeSantis, has become a familiar, and to some a reassuring, face on numerous television channels through the traumatic aftermath of Hurricane Ian’s rampage through the state.

But the near-constant presence of the Republican, who in less chaotic times limits his on-screen appearances largely to the Fox News faithful, is not sitting comfortably with others, nor are his appeals for public contributions for hurricane relief while he is using taxpayers’ money for “political stunts”.

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