<p>Florida Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ron-desantis">Ron DeSantis</a> (R) slammed Rep. Charlie Crist (D-FL) during a gubernatorial debate Monday night in response to Crist&#8217;s attacks on DeSantis&#8217; handling of Hurricane Ian.</p>
<p>The debate was originally scheduled for October 12<sup>th</sup><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>but was postponed in the wake of the devastation that was caused by Hurricane Ian.</p>
<p>The debate comes as DeSantis has far<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/frequent-flyer-desantis-stumps-hard-for-republicans-ahead-of-midterms">out-raised</a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and outspent Crist in the election and is widely projected to win next month’s race.</p>
<p>Crist&#8217;s on Desantis for his handling of the hurricane comes after DeSantis&#8217; top political rival, President joe Biden (D), praised DeSantis&#8217; response to the natural disaster. “What the governor’s done is pretty remarkable,” Biden <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-praises-desantis-for-remarkable-response-to-hurricane-ian-i-think-hes-done-a-good-job">said</a> earlier this month. “I think he’s done a good job.”</p>
<p>&#8220;Look, I&#8217;m proud that we had 42,000 linemen staged, ready to go, an unprecedented array of first responders,&#8221; DeSantis said during the debate. &#8220;We were able to get in in a record time, effectuate thousands of rescues, get the power back on for millions of people in record time.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;And when the bridges got wiped out in Pine Island and in Sanibel people thought those islands were going to be severed from the mainland for six months to a year, we did the Pine Island Restoration in three days and we did the Sanibel causeway restoration in two weeks,&#8221; DeSantis continued. &#8220;Now those islands have the ability to recover.&#8221;</p>
<p>DeSantis then turned his focus to Crist and what Crist was doing during and after the hurricane hit the state.</p>
<p>&#8220;You know what he was doing during this? He was hiding out in Puerto Rico,&#8221; DeSantis said. &#8220;He wasn&#8217;t helping his community here. And then when he got back, what did he do? His campaign was <a href="https://twitter.com/TommyHicksGOP/status/1577359398485245968">soliciting</a> campaign contributions from storm victims. That is unacceptable and that&#8217;s not what a leader would do and a time of despair.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Governor DeSantis SLAMS <a href="https://twitter.com/CharlieCrist?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CharlieCrist</a> for soliciting campaign donations from <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HurricaneIan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HurricaneIan</a> victims 🔥 <a href="https://t.co/YENVK8eqIE">pic.twitter.com/YENVK8eqIE</a></p>
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