As Hurricane Ian storms along the Gulf coast, Twitter users scorched Politico for a Tuesday tweet falsely claiming Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., has never faced the tough challenge of a hurricane hitting his state. DeSantis took office in Jan. 2019 and Hurricane Sally struck the Florida panhandle in Sept. 2020, hitting the city of Pensacola particularly hard. Politico tweeted a link to an article titled “DeSantis faces the true test of any Florida governor,” with the accompanying text, “Gov. Ron DeSantis spent his first term becoming one of the most influential Republicans in the country. But he still hasn’t faced one of the toughest challenges a Florida leader can encounter: a hurricane.” Christina Pushaw, the rapid response director for the Ron DeSantis reelection campaign responded directly to the tweet, “Read that tweet again and ask yourself where you went wrong in life to end up doing this kind of ‘journalism.'” She listed multiple critiques of Politico’s story in a separate post, calling out the author, Matt Dixon, directly. HURRICANE IAN FORMS INTO POWERFUL STORM, PROMPTING HURRICANE WATCH FOR FLORIDA’S GULF COAST “The premise of Matt Dixon’s story is false, in addition to being distasteful. Northwest Florida was hit by Hurricane Sally in 2020 … Also, Governor DeSantis has not only held briefings at the SEOC. He had a briefing in Pinellas yesterday, Sarasota today,” she wrote, with a link to a past story. She also suggested that the media are cheering on the hurricane...
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