President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> (D) finally reached out to Florida Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ron-desantis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ron DeSantis</a> (R) Tuesday night after facing backlash throughout the day for not being in touch with the governor ahead of Hurricane Ian&#8217;s landfall on the state.
&#8220;President Biden spoke this evening with Governor DeSantis of Florida to discuss the steps the Federal government is taking to help Florida prepare for Hurricane Ian,&#8221; White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement. &#8220;The President and the Governor committed to continued close coordination.&#8221;
Biden had managed to find time to speak with several Florida mayors ahead of Hurricane Ian’s anticipated landfall but he had not bothered to call DeSantis (R), one of his top political opponents.
Biden held separate calls earlier in the day with Mayor Jane Castor of Tampa, Mayor Ken Welch of St. Petersburg, and Mayor Frank Hibbard of Clearwater to discuss preparations for the potential impacts from Hurricane Ian, the White House <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/09/27/readout-of-president-joe-bidens-calls-with-florida-officials-on-hurricane-ian-preparation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement.
What was notable about the statement from the administration was that it made no mention of Biden reaching out to DeSantis. Biden’s apparent refusal to talk to DeSantis comes after he <a href="https://www.usnews.com/news/elections/articles/2021-01-20/biden-pledges-unity-for-a-nation-on-edge" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pledged</a> “unity” and <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/01/20/inaugural-address-by-president-joseph-r-biden-jr/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">promised</a> to be “a President for all Americans.”
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre did not give any details during the press conference about why the president had not called DeSantis, and FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell dodged a question from a reporter about the matter during the press briefing.
“In the past … President Biden, excuse me, has made calls to governors in situations of natural disasters. Kay Ivey in Alabama or Asa Hutchinson in Arkansas or the governor of Texas,” the reporter said. “Is there any, can you articulate I guess, how those determinations are made and why, why it hasn’t been made in this case to have the president call the governor?”
“Yeah, the president is very focused on making sure that the federal family has the right resources available to support this,” Criswell said. “That is why I contacted the governor right away. And we have a team of my senior leadership that are embedded with the governor to make sure that we’re supporting that.”
“Our focus today is making sure that we have the right measures in place to support the life saving activities that need to happen,” she added. “Any conversations afterwards, will need to be, we need to see what the damages are.”
This is a developing news story; refresh the page for updates.

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Biden Finally Speaks To DeSantis Following Backlash Over Not Reaching Out Ahead Of Hurricane

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Florida Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ron-desantis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ron DeSantis</a> (R) slammed a reporter Tuesday afternoon for apparently trying to politicize the hurricane that is anticipated to hit the state.
The question from the reporter comes after the White House dodged questions earlier in the day about why President Joe Biden (D) has not called the governor despite finding time to call several mayors in the state.
&#8220;FEMA Administrator [Deanne] Criswell said today that she acknowledged concerns that Florida [inaudible] lacks response to the storm so far and that&#8211;&#8221; the reporter began.
&#8220;Whoa, whoa, whoa. Give me a break,&#8221; DeSantis fired back. &#8220;That is nonsense. Stop politicizing, okay? Stop it. We declared a state of emergency when this thing wasn&#8217;t even formed.&#8221;
&#8220;We&#8217;ve had people in here, you&#8217;ve had counties doing, they&#8217;ve done a lot of hard work and honestly, you&#8217;re trying to attack me, I get, but like you&#8217;re attacking these other people who&#8217;ve worked very hard,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;And so that&#8217;s just totally false. I don&#8217;t think we&#8217;ve ever, certainly since I&#8217;ve been governor, declared a state emergency this early. We made sure that we were very inclusive with it. We said that there was a lot of uncertainty and then we&#8217;ve worked to make sure the preparations that have been done and all the stuff, you talk to the people at the counties, when they&#8217;ve needed something, stuff gets there very quickly because of what Kevin and his team have done.&#8221;
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The media can&#39;t help themselves &#8211; everything must be politicized. No opportunity to smear opponents is too low. This reporter misrepresented FEMA Director&#39;s words<a href="https://twitter.com/RonDeSantisFL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RonDeSantisFL</a> won&#39;t accept it. He&#39;ll always stand up for Florida &amp; our world class emergency response professionals <a href="https://t.co/Uemzm5vcPH">pic.twitter.com/Uemzm5vcPH</a>
&mdash; DeSantis War Room 🐳 (@DeSantisWarRoom) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeSantisWarRoom/status/1574898811130060821?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 27, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Governor DeSantis dismantles a false media narrative before it can take hold. 
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DeSantis hit at Biden during some of his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/desantis-fires-back-at-biden-after-no-contact-before-hurricane-hits-we-dont-have-time-for-pettiness">remarks</a> for not reaching out sooner despite finding time to call Mayor Jane Castor of Tampa, Mayor Ken Welch of St. Petersburg, and Mayor Frank Hibbard of Clearwater.
A reporter asked the governor how he would characterize his conversations with Biden as the hurricane prepares to make landfall.
“So I have not personally spoken with the president, but FEMA has approved our pre-landfall request,” DeSantis said.
“We feel like we have a good relationship with FEMA,” he continued. “You know, I’m happy to brief the president if he’s interested in hearing what we’re doing in Florida, you know, my view on all this is like you got people’s lives at stake, you got their property at stake, and we don’t have time for pettiness. We got to work together to make sure we’re doing the best job for them.”
“So, my phone — my phone line is open,” DeSantis concluded. “But we are — we do appreciate the quick approval of the pre-landfall declaration.”
The remarks from DeSantis come as the hurricane is <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/hurricane-ian-become-major-hurricane-overnight-officials-say-rcna49542">strengthening</a> while in the Gulf of Mexico and could make landfall as a category 4 hurricane.
The National Hurricane Center has <a href="https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT4+shtml/271756.shtml">warned</a> that Ian is “an extremely dangerous major hurricane.”

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Florida Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ron-desantis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ron DeSantis</a> (R) slammed President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> during a press conference Tuesday as the state prepares to be hit by a category 3 hurricane.
The remarks from DeSantis come after Biden held separate calls earlier in the day with Mayor Jane Castor of Tampa, Mayor Ken Welch of St. Petersburg, and Mayor Frank Hibbard of Clearwater. An official White House readout of the calls made no mention of the president speaking with DeSantis.
A reporter asked the governor how he would characterize his conversations with Biden as the hurricane prepares to make landfall.
&#8220;So I have not personally spoken with the president, but FEMA has approved our pre-landfall request,&#8221; DeSantis said.
&#8220;We feel like we have a good relationship with FEMA,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;You know, I&#8217;m happy to brief the president if he&#8217;s interested in hearing what we&#8217;re doing in Florida, you know, my view on all this is like you got people&#8217;s lives at stake, you got their property at stake, and we don&#8217;t have time for pettiness. We got to work together to make sure we&#8217;re doing the best job for them.”
&#8220;So, my phone — my phone line is open,&#8221; DeSantis concluded. &#8220;But we are — we do appreciate the quick approval of the pre-landfall declaration.&#8221;
The remarks from DeSantis come as the hurricane is <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/hurricane-ian-become-major-hurricane-overnight-officials-say-rcna49542">strengthening</a> while in the Gulf of Mexico and could make landfall as a category 4 hurricane.
The National Hurricane Center has <a href="https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT4+shtml/271756.shtml">warned</a> that Ian is &#8220;an extremely dangerous major hurricane.&#8221;
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&quot;I’m happy to brief the President if he’s interested in hearing what we’re doing in Florida&#8230; You&#39;ve got people’s lives at stake&#8230;no time for pettiness, we&#39;ve gotta work together to make sure we’re doing the best job for them. So my phone line is open.&quot; <a href="https://twitter.com/RonDeSantisFL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RonDeSantisFL</a> on Biden <a href="https://t.co/d2FkngDq5J">pic.twitter.com/d2FkngDq5J</a>
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White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre did not give any details about why the president has not called DeSantis, and FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell dodged a question from a reporter about the matter during the press briefing.
“In the past … President Biden, excuse me, has made calls to governors in situations of natural disasters. Kay Ivey in Alabama or Asa Hutchinson in Arkansas or the governor of Texas,” the reporter <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-who-pledged-unity-calls-florida-mayors-before-hurricane-but-not-desantis-admin-dodges-questions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “Is there any, can you articulate I guess, how those determinations are made and why, why it hasn’t been made in this case to have the president call the governor?”
“Yeah, the president is very focused on making sure that the federal family has the right resources available to support this,” Criswell said. “That is why I contacted the governor right away. And we have a team of my senior leadership that are embedded with the governor to make sure that we’re supporting that.”
“Our focus today is making sure that we have the right measures in place to support the life saving activities that need to happen,” she added. “Any conversations afterwards, will need to be, we need to see what the damages are.”

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DeSantis Fires Back At Biden After No Contact Before Hurricane Hits: ‘We Don’t Have Time For Pettiness’

Let&#8217;s call a spade a spade: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden&#8217;s America</a> stinks on ice. And it is likely to get even worse as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/inflation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bidenflation</a> is hurting your ability to give out gifts at <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/christmas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Christmas</a> this year.
It is not even Columbus Day yet, but record-high inflation already has American consumers reconsidering their holiday shopping habits. According to <a href="https://dealaid.org/research/2022-holiday-shopping/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a new survey</a> from DealAid, 56.4% of Americans say that inflation is their number one concern this year about the fast-approaching holiday shopping season.
&#8220;Availability of funds is the number two concern with 46.4% of consumers being worried about not having enough disposable income to do their holiday shopping,&#8221; DealAid noted.
According to the group, in 2022, 48.2% more Americans than in 2021 are concerned about not having enough funds to purchase their gifts for Christmas and other holidays.
The survey is similar to <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/select/how-inflation-changes-holiday-shopping-and-how-to-save-money/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">another poll</a> from Bankrate which found that 40% of Americans are planning to change how much they spend on holiday items this year.
Of course, it does not take a poll for most Americans to know that the economy is taking a toll on how much people can afford to buy. They experience it every day.
The Daily Wire has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-announced-a-plan-to-end-hunger-food-inflation-is-still-in-the-double-digits" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that the overall cost of goods between August 2021 and August 2022 rose 8.3%, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Food prices increased 11.4% over the same period.
According to a report from Bank of America, roughly 71% of Americans &#8220;feel the cost of living is outpacing growth in their salary or wages.&#8221;
Anecdotally, it is now fairly common to see parents put food items back in the checkout line at the grocery store, shocked at the cost.
According to White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, however, Biden <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/white-house-midterm-plan-deny-reality" target="_blank" rel="noopener">understands</a> that inflation is a problem and is working to bring it down &#8220;without sacrificing all of the historic gains that we made this past year and life-changing economic gains this country has made over the last 19 months.&#8221;
It is unclear what historic gains she is referring to, as new data from Heritage Foundation revealed that the average American has lost $4,200 in income since Biden became president due to inflation and interest rate hikes.
In light of that reality, it appears that the White House is instead working to push out lies about the economy. Their goal is to convince voters that things aren&#8217;t as bad as they seem.
On Monday, Politico <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/09/26/recession-fears-biden-economic-message-00058724" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ran a story</a> titled, &#8220;Biden’s economic success story could fall flat among people still struggling.&#8221;
&#8220;Joe Biden is ready to hype his economic success story,&#8221; the tagline read. &#8220;But inflation and other market factors could spoil the tale.&#8221;
Or put another way, &#8220;Propaganda might not work on people suffering.&#8221;
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&quot;Propaganda might not work on people suffering&quot; <a href="https://t.co/CT6xvN0MCk">pic.twitter.com/CT6xvN0MCk</a>
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Whichever way you want to characterize the White House messaging strategy, it would appear Biden&#8217;s an ardent believer in the old mantra, &#8220;Never let the facts get in the way of a good story.&#8221;
Unfortunately for Biden, no matter how he tries to spin the economy, he can&#8217;t tell voters their quality of life is better than it is as their hard-earned dollar stretches less and less. This is especially true as Americans head out to shop for Christmas and Hanukkah gifts, only to realize they can&#8217;t afford all that they want to buy their loved ones.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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Biden’s America Stinks On Ice: Inflation Already Hurting Holiday Shopping

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Tens of thousands of South <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/florida" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Florida</a> residents under mandatory evacuations packed up and hit the interstate highways Tuesday as Hurricane Ian continued to advance toward the coast.
During a press conference on Tuesday morning, Governor Ron DeSantis shared the update that urged Floridians to take necessary precautions as Ian could strike the Gulf Coast as a Category 4 hurricane.
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WATCH: Large number of people evacuating Tampa Bay as Hurricane Ian heads towards <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Florida?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Florida</a>. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HurricaneIan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HurricaneIan</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TampaBay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TampaBay</a> <a href="https://t.co/UgfTCqjRAj">pic.twitter.com/UgfTCqjRAj</a>
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“There’s still uncertainty about with where that exact landfall will be, but just understand the impacts are going to be far, far broader than just where the eye of the storm happens to make landfall,” DeSantis said. “When you have 5 to 10 feet of storm surge, that is not something you want to be a part of — Mother Nature is a very fearsome adversary, so please heed those warnings.”
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TAMPA HURRICANE EVACUATION IN PROGRESS Traffic currently backed up on I-4 to Orlando currently taking an extra 40 minutes <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HurricaneIan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HurricaneIan</a> ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/JimCantore?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JimCantore</a>⁩ <a href="https://t.co/brENmgzcte">pic.twitter.com/brENmgzcte</a>
&mdash; Chris FL Tornado (@ChrisFLTornado) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisFLTornado/status/1574729007958048768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 27, 2022</a></blockquote>
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With water pouring over sea walls in Key West, high wind gusts up to 70 mph, and rows of cars causing traffic jams for up to 40 minutes before heading out of Tampa Bay, residents brace for impact as Ian nears landfall as a Category 3 storm.
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Water is already over the sea wall in Key West. Storm surge here will peak at 2-4 feet. Highest wind gusts could range 60-70mph tonight. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HurricaneIan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HurricaneIan</a> <a href="https://t.co/eGHTHpBXgS">pic.twitter.com/eGHTHpBXgS</a>
&mdash; Brandon Orr (@BrandonOrrWPLG) <a href="https://twitter.com/BrandonOrrWPLG/status/1574787538262319105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 27, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Glades Road and I-95 interchange and <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HurricaneIan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HurricaneIan</a> hasn&#39;t even made landfall but the effects are here! (I give media permission to use this to illustrate the importance of being safe especially those who are evacuating from the West Coast) <a href="https://t.co/h7VzP2EM56">pic.twitter.com/h7VzP2EM56</a>
&mdash; John Harris (@harris1099) <a href="https://twitter.com/harris1099/status/1574815237391486978?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 27, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The National Weather Service <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/09/27/us/hurricane-ian-florida-news">said</a> that storm winds are expected to strengthen Tuesday night in the Florida Keys with the storm surging later this week.
“After the winds subside, there will still be strong rain squalls throughout the Florida Keys, and that’s when the water is expected to rise,” said Jon Rizzo, the warning coordination meteorologist at the National Weather Service-Key West. “We are expecting water to reach its peak on Thursday and continue to flood the streets and the bay side all the way through Friday.”
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Kind of intrigued as to why we are seeing so much traffic going SOUTH on I-75 🤔<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HurricaneIan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HurricaneIan</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/foxweather?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@foxweather</a> <a href="https://t.co/EInjksLScn">pic.twitter.com/EInjksLScn</a>
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WESH 2 <a href="https://www.wesh.com/article/hurricane-ian-watch-warning-florida/41401054">reports</a> that by 5 p.m., Ian reached maximum winds of 120 miles per hour just 230 miles south of Sarasota, Florida, and 50 miles south-southwest of the Dry Tortugas.
Meteorologists measured the large, powerful system at 500 miles wide with a well-defined eye.
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Ian?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Ian</a> continues to grow stronger in the Gulf of Mexico this afternoon. As of 2PM EDT, max sustained winds are 120 mph with a minimum pressure of 955 mb. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/hurricaneIan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#hurricaneIan</a> <a href="https://t.co/drWmPgY1mo">pic.twitter.com/drWmPgY1mo</a>
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Daytona City business owners severely impacted during Hurricane Irma in 2017 began boarding their windows and placing sandbags near entrances.
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In <a href="https://twitter.com/CityDaytona?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CityDaytona</a> downtown Beach Street, which flooded so dramatically during <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HurricaneIrma?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HurricaneIrma</a>, owners of this business where the river literally ran through it, are not taking chances w <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HurricaneIan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HurricaneIan</a>….boarding up &amp; using sandbags <a href="https://t.co/9SqT4QNd4a">pic.twitter.com/9SqT4QNd4a</a>
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As of Tuesday morning, mandatory evacuation orders had been announced for Charlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Levy, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, and Sarasota counties. The areas include parts of Tampa, the largest city in the announced counties, and other highly-populated coastal locations.
Local media <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/ian-forecast-to-take-nearly-the-same-path-across-florida-as-2004s-disastrous-hurricane-charley" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports</a> meteorologists are comparing Ian to Hurricane Charley in 2004, a major Category 4 hurricane that showed a similar projected path and was recorded as one of the strongest hurricanes ever to devastate the United States.
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FLORIDA MAN seen wakeboarding behind truck driving on flooded streets as Hurricane Ian approaches. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FloridaMan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FloridaMan</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Ian?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Ian</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HurricaneIan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HurricaneIan</a> <a href="https://t.co/xG4WOH9lqO">pic.twitter.com/xG4WOH9lqO</a>
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On Saturday, the governor expanded a state of emergency to all 67 Florida counties in preparation for Ian. The declaration has suspended all tolls in the Tampa Bay area to help people more quickly evacuate low-lying areas.
President Joe Biden also approved an emergency declaration for Florida on Saturday ahead of the growing hurricane threat.
Hurricane Ian made landfall over Cuba on Monday on its path toward Florida. Authorities have reportedly <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/hurricane-ian-tracker-2022-news-path-weather" target="_blank" rel="noopener">evacuated</a> more than 50,000 people, with 55 shelters set up across the island nation.
Dillon Burroughs contributed to this report.

Thousands Of Residents Flee South Florida As Hurricane Ian Bears Down

Hurricane Ian Advances, Forcing Florida Residents To Flee Their Homes

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President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> (D) has spoken on the phone with numerous Florida mayors ahead of Hurricane Ian&#8217;s anticipated landfall this week, but he has not called Florida Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ron-desantis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ron DeSantis</a> (R), one of his top political opponents.
Biden held separate calls Tuesday with Mayor Jane Castor of Tampa, Mayor Ken Welch of St. Petersburg, and Mayor Frank Hibbard of Clearwater to discuss preparations for the potential impacts from Hurricane Ian, the White House <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/09/27/readout-of-president-joe-bidens-calls-with-florida-officials-on-hurricane-ian-preparation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement.
The president spoke about response efforts at the federal, state, and local levels that officials are taking to be ready for if and when the hurricane hits the state.
What was notable about the statement from the administration was that it made no mention of Biden reaching out to DeSantis. Biden&#8217;s apparent refusal to talk to DeSantis comes after he <a href="https://www.usnews.com/news/elections/articles/2021-01-20/biden-pledges-unity-for-a-nation-on-edge" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pledged</a> &#8220;unity&#8221; and <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/01/20/inaugural-address-by-president-joseph-r-biden-jr/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">promised</a> to be “a President for all Americans.”
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre did not give any details about why the president has not called DeSantis, and FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell dodged a question from a reporter about the matter during the press briefing.
&#8220;In the past &#8230; President Biden, excuse me, has made calls to governors in situations of natural disasters. Kay Ivey in Alabama or Asa Hutchinson in Arkansas or the governor of Texas,&#8221; the reporter said. &#8220;Is there any, can you articulate I guess, how those determinations are made and why, why it hasn&#8217;t been made in this case to have the president call the governor?&#8221;
&#8220;Yeah, the president is very focused on making sure that the federal family has the right resources available to support this,&#8221; Criswell said. &#8220;That is why I contacted the governor right away. And we have a team of my senior leadership that are embedded with the governor to make sure that we&#8217;re supporting that.&#8221;
&#8220;Our focus today is making sure that we have the right measures in place to support the life saving activities that need to happen,&#8221; she added. &#8220;Any conversations afterwards, will need to be, we need to see what the damages are.&#8221;
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DeSantis said during a press conference that more than two million Floridians were under evacuation orders as the category 3 hurricane approached.
“There’s still uncertainty about with where that exact landfall will be, but just understand the impacts are going to be far, far broader than just where the eye of the storm happens to make landfall,” DeSantis <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/more-than-2-million-florida-residents-under-evacuation-orders-as-hurricane-ian-becomes-category-3-storm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “When you have 5 to 10 feet of storm surge, that is not something you want to be a part of. Mother Nature is a very fearsome adversary, so please heed those warnings.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/media-democrats-race-to-make-hurricane-ian-all-about-desantis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Media, Democrats Race To Make Hurricane Ian All About DeSantis</a>

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To be a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/search/news?query=&amp;page=1&amp;refinementList%5Btaxonomies.post_tag%5D%5B0%5D=White%20House">White House</a> press secretary, you need to be a skilled liar.
I covered the White House for a dozen years as a correspondent for a national newspaper and have watched a couple dozen secretaries come and go over my 30+ years covering politics, so trust me.
Another skill the official spokespeople need is the ability to obfuscate. When Ari Fleischer, press secretary for President George W. Bush, would hold daily briefings, I remember plenty of times when he&#8217;d say something and I&#8217;d think, &#8220;OK, that&#8217;s a good quote to build a story around.&#8221;
Then I&#8217;d read the transcript later only to find out that he didn&#8217;t say what I thought he said, that he talked all around a subject without really saying anything at all.
So it&#8217;s unusual when you get a press secretary to utter a declarative sentence &#8212; especially if it&#8217;s a frank admission that&#8217;s detrimental to their own party. That&#8217;s just what Jen Psaki, former press secretary for President Joe Biden, did this week.
In an appearance on NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Meet The Press,&#8221; Psaki referenced a video clip that had just played with House Republican Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA).
&#8220;Look, I think that Democrats, if the election is about who is the most extreme, as we saw, you know, Kevin McCarthy touch on there with Marjorie Taylor Greene, I’ll say her name, sitting over his left side, then they&#8217;re going to win,&#8221; she said.
Then she went there. &#8220;If it is a referendum on the president, they will lose, and they know that,&#8221; Psaki said. &#8220;Crime is a huge vulnerability for Democrats, I would say, one of the biggest vulnerabilities.&#8221;
Indeed it is. And Psaki is exactly right: If voters go to the polls in a mid-term election to express their displeasure with the president, it&#8217;ll be a bloodbath for Democrats.
Biden&#8217;s approval ratings have been in the dumper ever since he took office, dipping all the way down to the mid-30s. Americans are being crushed by inflation, skyrocketing gasoline and food prices, but soaring crime rates across the country will also be a big driving factor in the November elections, too.
Nationwide polling shows voters see Republicans as more capable to handle public safety &#8212; a recent <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/09/16/upshot/september-2022-times-siena-poll-crosstabs.html">survey</a> by The New York Times/Siena College released earlier this month showed the GOP holds a 10-point margin.
&#8220;The full picture on crime rates is nuanced. Homicides soared in 2020 and 2021 before decreasing slightly this year,&#8221; the Times wrote. &#8220;An analysis of crime trends in the first half of 2022 by the Council on Criminal Justice, a nonpartisan policy and research group, found that murders and gun assaults in major American cities fell slightly during the first half of 2022, but remained nearly 40 percent higher than before the pandemic. Robberies and some property offenses posted double-digit increases.&#8221;
The party in the White House almost always loses House and Senate seats in the midterm elections, in which voters often cast their ballots based on kitchen table issues like the economy &#8212; another point Psaki, now a contributor to MSNBC, conceded.
&#8220;So, yes, the economy is hanging over everything, but you have [to] look at state-by-state factors, and crime is a huge issue in the Pennsylvania race,&#8221; Psaki said.
Right again. And a frank admission from a die-hard Democrat.
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The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent for a national newspaper. He was also the a.m. editor of the Drudge Report for four years. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.

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The <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/white-house" target="_blank" rel="noopener">White House</a> announced a plan on Tuesday to “end hunger” through the expansion of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/welfare" target="_blank" rel="noopener">welfare</a> programs.
A <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/09/27/executive-summary-biden-harris-administration-national-strategy-on-hunger-nutrition-and-health/">press release</a> noted that the United States had not ended food insecurity since President Richard Nixon held the White House Conference on Food, Nutrition, and Health in 1969. On Wednesday, President Joe Biden is slated to <a href="https://health.gov/our-work/nutrition-physical-activity/white-house-conference-hunger-nutrition-and-health">resurrect the event</a>.
“There is no silver bullet to address these complex issues, and there is no overnight fix,” the White House explained. “Making progress requires collective, sustained action and mobilization across every segment of society. That is why President Biden announced a goal of ending hunger and increasing healthy eating and physical activity by 2030 so fewer Americans experience diet-related diseases — while reducing related health disparities.”
Among other initiatives, the White House intends to increase access to free school meals by expanding the Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) program and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) eligibility, piloting medically tailored meals via Medicaid, and increasing Medicaid and Medicare beneficiaries’ access to nutrition and obesity counseling. The plan likewise contains a push toward physical activity, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) planning to expand the State Physical Activity and Nutrition Program nationwide.
“Too many families don’t know where they’re going to get their next meal,” Biden said in a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=53&amp;v=AU5BeZ3Gtuc&amp;feature=emb_logo">video message</a> discussing the conference. “There are too many empty chairs around the kitchen table because a loved one was taken by heart disease, diabetes, or other diet-oriented diseases, which are some of the leading causes of death in our country. And the toll of these diseases is not distributed equally — it’s higher in certain racial and ethnic groups.”
Price levels between August 2021 and August 2022 rose 8.3%, according to <a href="https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm">data</a> from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/august-inflation-report-shows-several-nasty-surprises-biden-claims-victory-anyway">prices for food</a> increasing 11.4% over the same period. The cost of food at home, a category that includes grocery store or supermarket food purchases, rose 0.7% from the previous month. According to a <a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bank-of-america-study-finds-84-of-employers-now-say-offering-financial-wellness-tools-helps-increase-employee-retention-301634130.html">report</a> from Bank of America, roughly 71% of Americans “feel the cost of living is outpacing growth in their salary or wages.”
Meanwhile, Biden has signed multiple federal stimulus packages during his tenure, including the $740 billion Inflation Reduction Act and the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, which <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/collections/bidenomics">economists argue</a> have contributed to inflationary pressures and low labor market participation.
The announcement of the expanded federal hunger initiatives comes days after Biden <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-vows-cancer-moonshot-but-heres-what-his-own-cancer-charity-spent-on-research">unveiled</a> the Cancer Moonshot initiative with the intent of creating “a cancer research and care system that most people think we already have, but don’t realize until they already have cancer that we don’t.” The announcement came exactly 60 years after President John F. Kennedy’s historic vow to land astronauts on the Moon.
However, the Biden Cancer Initiative, a charity launched by the Biden family in 2017, raised nearly $5 million and spent more than $3 million on staff salaries during its first two years, according to a <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/11/14/biden-cancer-initiative-spent-millions-on-payroll-zero-on-research-report/">report</a> from The New York Post. The group spent $56,738 on conferences and $59,356 on travel during the first year — figures which swelled to $742,953 and $97,149 in the second year.

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As the old saying goes, politics ain&#8217;t beanbag.
The phrase comes from a 19th-century novel by writer Finley Peter Dunne. One of his characters, Mr. Dooley, an Irish American, often talks politics in his favorite Chicago bar. At one point, he says: &#8220;Sure, politics ain’t bean-bag. ‘Tis a man’s game, an’ women, childer, cripples an’ prohybitionists’d do well to keep out iv it.&#8221;
Politics has been a rough and tumble game all the way back to the beginning, sharp elbows and hardball at the same time. Even the Founding Fathers dabbled in personal attacks and disinformation to achieve their goals.
President Joe Biden knows all about the ugly side of politics and has played the blood sport for nearly half a century.
So it was beyond ironic when he said last week that his predecessor &#8220;made it all so personal.&#8221;
In an <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/president-joe-biden-60-minutes-interview-transcript-2022-09-18/">interview</a> on CBS&#8217; &#8220;60 Minutes,&#8221; Scott Pelley said to Biden: &#8220;Concerning politics, Mr. President, you were elected to the Senate in 1972. You were 29 years old. And in those days, it seemed that the parties worked together to move the country forward. And I think many Americans feel that that no longer happens, and, in fact, may be impossible now.&#8221;
Putting on his most avuncular mask, Biden said: &#8220;Well, I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s impossible. But it&#8211; it&#8211; it&#8217;s changed. What we do today, think about it, it&#8217;s all personal attacks. It&#8217;s about motive.&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s not about, &#8216;I disagree with you on the &#8212; on the subject matter. And secondly, I think that &#8212; it&#8217;s &#8212; I think it&#8217;s fair to say that we&#8217;ve not had a president like the last president, who has made all of it so personal.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;ve had six Republican senators, I promised I&#8217;d never say their names and I won&#8217;t, come up to me in the last two years and say, &#8216;Joe, I agree with you, but if I &#8212; if I vote this way it&#8217;s gonna&#8217; &#8212; they&#8217;re gonna&#8217; primary me. I&#8217;m gonna&#8217; lose an election. It didn&#8217;t used to be that way. But it&#8217;s coming back a little bit. It&#8217;s coming back,&#8221; Biden said.
But Biden has been personally attacking nearly half of the country &#8212; the 74 million Americans who voted for former President Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election.
“You need to vote to literally save democracy again,” Biden said at an Aug. 25 rally in Rockville, Maryland. “Trump and the extreme MAGA Republicans have made their choice to go backwards, full of anger, violence, hate and division, but we’ve chosen a different path &#8212; forward.”
And earlier this month, Biden said: &#8220;MAGA forces are determined to take this country backwards, backwards to an America where there is no right to choose, no right to privacy, no right to contraception, no right to marry who you love.&#8221;
&#8220;Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our Republic,&#8221; he later added. &#8220;MAGA Republicans do not respect the Constitution. They do not believe in the rule of the law. They do not recognize the will of the people. They refuse to accept the results of a free election.&#8221;
That&#8217;s among the top talking points by Democrats these days as the country heads toward the mid-term elections in November. Even former President Bill Clinton has popped up again, saying, &#8220;democracy is fragile right now.&#8221;
The whole new narrative by Democrats amused Fox News host Laura Ingraham.
&#8220;These people have been personally hunting Donald Trump for what, five and a half years, and he&#8217;s worried about it getting personal,&#8221; she <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/ingraham-angle-bidens-60-minutes-int">said</a> on her show. &#8220;They called Romney every name in the book, Bush was a warmonger. These people invented the politics of personal destruction.&#8221;
And a guest on her show, John Ratcliffe, former director of national intelligence under Trump, echoed the same sentiment.
&#8220;It&#8217;s more than a little bit ironic, Laura, to hear them talking about threats to democracy. When you look at the last two years, under democratic rule, things have been about as undemocratic and about as personal as they can be, you know, parents are terrorists, Republicans are terrorists, Republican leadership or opposition leaders like Donald Trump must be rated or they must be arrested,&#8221; he said.
&#8220;The message is very clear: obey the state, do what we say, nobody is safe. So I think it&#8217;s very clear that when things are personal, it&#8217;s that democratic rule has been personal against anyone that would oppose what&#8217;s been happening,&#8221; Ratcliffe said.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent for a national newspaper. He was also the a.m. editor of the Drudge Report for four years. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.

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A Sunday poll from ABC News and The Washington Post found that the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/republican-party" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Republican Party</a> leads the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/democratic-party" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Democratic Party</a> on <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/economy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">economic</a> issues by double-digit margins.
The <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-struggles-party-democrats-2024-poll/story?id=90427262">poll results</a> painted a generally dismal picture for the Democrats less than two months away from the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/2022-midterms" target="_blank" rel="noopener">midterm elections</a>. As the approval rating of President <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> reaches new lows, 74% of Americans now believe that the economy is in bad shape — an increase from 58% in the spring of 2021. Only 35% of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents want the commander-in-chief to run for a second term.
The economy and inflation are key issues among voters, with 84% considering the former to be a top factor on their minds. The Republicans lead the Democrats by a 16% margin and a 19% margin with respect to trust on handling the economy and inflation respectively, according to the poll.
Price levels between August 2021 and August 2022 rose 8.3%, according to <a href="https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm">data</a> from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, marking a slight moderation from an 8.5% year-over-year increase in July and a 9.1% year-over-year increase in June. Nevertheless, month-to-month prices for food, shelter, and medical services <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/august-inflation-report-shows-several-nasty-surprises-biden-claims-victory-anyway">ticked upward</a>, while core inflation — a metric that excludes food and energy, which tend to be more volatile — continued to rise.
The <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/federal-reserve">Federal Reserve</a> responded last week by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/heres-what-the-federal-reserves-recent-rate-hike-means-for-the-economy">increasing</a> the target federal funds rate by 0.75% — a move that triggered a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/if-hes-elected-the-stock-market-will-crash-trumps-2020-warning-about-biden-comes-true">stock market selloff</a> and sent the Dow Jones more than 1,500 points lower than the level seen on the day of Biden’s inauguration.
A rapid increase in energy prices has fueled much of the inflation observed over the past two years. Indeed, Biden has advanced renewable energy policies while <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-administration-severely-cuts-back-on-oil-and-gas-leases">leasing less federal land</a> for oil drilling since the conclusion of World War II and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/keystone-pipeline-dead-killed-by-biden-thousands-of-jobs-lost">nixing expansions</a> to the Keystone XL pipeline project at the beginning of his tenure.
The national average price of gasoline was $2.38 per gallon when Biden assumed office and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gas-prices-are-1-50-higher-since-biden-took-office-cnn-business-america-got-a-raise">increased</a> to $3.53 per gallon by the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. After surpassing <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gas-prices">$5.00 per gallon</a> in early June, prices have subsided to $3.73 per gallon as of Monday, according to <a href="https://gasprices.aaa.com/">data</a> from AAA.
In the aftermath of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade — broadly considered one of the largest conservative political victories in more than a generation — many Democratic operatives hope that abortion will drive high turnout among left-leaning voters. However, abortion trails economic concerns in the poll, with only 62% of respondents calling abortion a top issue — although respondents prefer the Democrats more than Republicans on the matter by a margin of 20%.
Among second-order issues, voters favor Democrats on education and climate change respectively by 6% and 23%. On the issue of crime, Republicans boast a 14% lead — including a 34% lead among independents. Twelve of the major American cities which set <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/twelve-major-cities-with-new-homicide-records-in-2021-all-led-by-democrats">new homicide records</a> last year were run by Democrats.
In more than 100 polls from ABC News and The Washington Post since 1982, Americans have typically favored Democrats over Republicans on managing “the main problems the country faces in the next few years” by a 5% margin. In the most recent poll, however, the two major parties were evenly split.

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Greetings, global citizens! Some things happen in politics that are a bit too on the nose.
For example, conservatives have warned that &#8220;America Last&#8221; globalists in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/washington-d-c" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Washington, D.C.</a>, are wasting federal money on pet causes such as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/it-is-pretty-ironic-radio-interview-with-teen-climate-activist-goes-sideways-in-3-2-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">climate change</a>. At the same time, these self-appointed moral betters are pushing the entire world into having the same set of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/globalism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rules, customs, and culture</a>. Those same elites remain oblivious that enemies like China are completely flouting those standards.
Critics say that is all a conspiracy and fear-mongering.
To help alleviate those fears, Democrat President Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden, Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE), and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) addressed the Global Citizen Festival this past weekend.
All four bragged about the fact that the United States is spending billions on leftist causes while shipping U.S. tax dollars overseas. Jill even went a bit further and pushed the notion that the entire world should adopt left-wing American values.
Via video address, Biden joined the first lady for an urgent message for the event Saturday evening. The festival was started in 2012 and is sponsored by some of the largest corporations in the world. It aims to alleviate &#8220;extreme poverty&#8221; through global collectivist efforts.
&#8220;Last month I signed the biggest climate bill in history, the biggest ever. $369 billion to slash emissions by nearly half,&#8221; Biden bragged as a doting Jill nodded along. &#8220;This is a whole new chapter for America and for the planet. We have to do more, I pledged $11 billion a year to help poor countries fight climate change.&#8221;
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The comments came just a week after John Kerry, the White House&#8217;s special climate envoy, warned poorer nations in Africa that they would have to sacrifice for the good of the world and choose which sort of fossil fuel they want to power the continent.
&#8220;We are not saying no gas,&#8221; Kerry <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/climate-czar-john-kerry-warns-africa-natural-gas-bring-power-millions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> at a conference in Dakar, Senegal.
&#8220;What we are saying is, over the next few years, gas replaces coal or replaces oil,&#8221; he added in promotion of a transition to green energy.
For all his bluster, Kerry does not seem too concerned with the threat of fossil fuels himself. According to Fox News, Kerry&#8217;s family jet has emitted 300 metric tons of carbon dioxide since the Biden administration began.
Saturday afternoon, Schumer and Coons similarly amped up the crowd by promising to look after the citizens of other countries. Coons was particularly laudatory of &#8220;global citizens.&#8221;
&#8220;As chair of the Senate subcommittee that funds all of our foreign assistance, I will keep working with Senator Schumer to fund issues like climate change and improve the lives of millions and millions of families across the globe,&#8221; Coons told the crowd.
&#8220;Thank you Global Citizens for everything you do!&#8221; he added. &#8220;You are the wind beneath our wings!&#8221;
&#8220;You are the greatest,&#8221; Schumer chimed in. &#8220;And we are in a New York State of Mind.&#8221;
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Did you get that? Global citizens are the pinnacle of model human beings, according to Schumer and Coons.
MAGA Republicans, on the other hand, are threats to democracy and a basket of deplorables. Democratic leaders have zero interest in representing anybody not on board with their collectivist agenda.
The first lady also made it abundantly clear that the entire world is in a battle against American conservatives. For her part, Jill called on the whole planet to come together at this time.
&#8220;From the Paris agreement to defending democracy to standing up to the NRA, we’ve seen what’s possible when we come together, when we vote, when we raise our voices, and work for change,&#8221; the first lady said during the video address. &#8220;The world is counting on us, all of us, to stand up for the values we hold dear.&#8221;
It is not entirely clear what fighting a second amendment advocacy group in the U.S. has to do with feeding starving children abroad, but the first lady evidently thought it was necessary to mention her party&#8217;s fight against the NRA. &#8220;Defending democracy,&#8221; as readers well know, is a codeword for using the might of the federal government against Americans who support former President Donald J. Trump of the MAGA philosophy.
Of course, as America suffers from open borders, sends billions to places like Ukraine with zero oversight, and inflation runs wild, it&#8217;s obvious that the Democratic Party has other priorities than improving the lives of the average American or standing up to our enemies.
Well, now we know in their own words, they are focused on &#8220;global citizens.&#8221; Meanwhile, China is focused on <a href="https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/china-has-built-14-overseas-coal-plants-since-vowing-no-new-ones-1.1822049" target="_blank" rel="noopener">opening up another</a> coal plant.
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Democrats Praise ‘Global Citizens’ At The Global Citizen Festival: ‘You Are The Wind Beneath Our Wings!’

Democrats Praise ‘Global Citizens’ At The Global Citizen Festival: 'You Are The Wind Beneath Our Wings!'

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Jill Biden

When President Joe Biden recently sat down for an <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11225877/Biden-Classified-documents-Mar-Lago-raise-concerns.html">interview</a> with &#8220;60 Minutes,&#8221; host Scott Pelley went there.
&#8220;Some people ask whether you are fit for the job, and when you hear that, I wonder what you think,&#8221; Pelley said.
&#8220;Watch me,&#8221; Biden said. &#8220;Honest to God, that&#8217;s all I think.&#8221;
&#8220;If you think I don&#8217;t have the energy level or the mental acuity, then you know, that&#8217;s one thing,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It&#8217;s another thing, you know, just watch and, you know, keep my schedule. Do what I&#8217;m doing.&#8221;
&#8220;I respect the fact that people would say, you know, &#8216;You&#8217;re old.&#8217; But I think it relates to how much energy you have and whether or not the job you&#8217;re doing is one consistent with what any person of any age would be able to do.&#8221;
Bad call. A week or so later, Biden appeared to get lost and confused while walking off stage following remarks at the Global Fund Conference in New York.
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Where ya going, Big Guy? <a href="https://t.co/hvMjZlprWb">pic.twitter.com/hvMjZlprWb</a>
&mdash; RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href="https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1572695406915604481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 21, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The scene went viral.
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HANKE&#39;S BELIEVE IT OR NOT! Following a speech, Pres Biden was literally LOST ON STAGE. Our fearless Commander in Chief is UNABLE to get on and off stage. Take a look:<a href="https://t.co/TvCf4z4IRd">pic.twitter.com/TvCf4z4IRd</a>
&mdash; Steve Hanke (@steve_hanke) <a href="https://twitter.com/steve_hanke/status/1573133257104707584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 23, 2022</a></blockquote>
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But Newsweek came to Biden&#8217;s defense in a <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/joe-biden-lost-viral-video-fact-check-un-stage-video-speech-global-fund-1745716">piece</a> headlined, &#8220;Fact Check: Did Joe Biden Get &#8216;Lost&#8217; on UN Stage in Viral Video?&#8221;
&#8220;The clips of Biden leaving the stage show about 30 seconds of footage, from applause as his speech ends, to the camera shifting towards a new speaker at the end,&#8221; the mag wrote.
&#8220;Biden can be seen heading to the left of the podium (stage right), where some photographers can be seen as he briefly freezes, possibly to pose briefly for a photo or wait for guidance (as he has been seen doing on past occasions).&#8221;
&#8220;The latter point is supported by the next few seconds, where it appears that Biden is speaking to someone out of shot. While it is unclear what is being said, Biden&#8217;s reaction to the response—stopping in his tracks rather than exiting the stage—suggests that he was told to remain until further notice.&#8221;
&#8220;Indeed, moments later he and other world leaders are called up on the main stage to take a photo together, providing a likely explanation for why the president awkwardly lingered at the side of the stage after his speech,&#8221; Newsweek reported.
The liberal outlet also said Biden &#8220;showed an understanding of where the stairs to get off the stage were.&#8221; You can watch the unedited video below.
<iframe loading="lazy" title="President Biden delivers remarks at the Global Fund&#039;s Seventh Replenishment Conference" width="500" height="281" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3not5VF6G50?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
But from a watch of the video, it&#8217;s clear Biden is at least confused about where he was supposed to go and what he was supposed to do.
Biden said, &#8220;watch me.&#8221; And we are.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent for a national newspaper. He was also the a.m. editor of the Drudge Report for four years. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.

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Did Biden Really Get ‘Lost’ On Stage?

Did President Joe Biden Really Get Lost On Stage?

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