President Biden called Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ® on Thursday about the major disaster declaration he signed for the state in response to Hurricane Idalia.

On the call, Biden also conveyed that he “ordered all available federal resources to help with the continued response to Tropical Storm Idalia,” according to the White House.

And, it added, “the president reiterated that the people of Florida have his full support as they recover from the storm.” The major disaster declaration allows for federal funding to be available to affected individuals in the counties of Citrus, Dixie, Hamilton, Lafayette, Levy, Suwannee and Taylor and for additional assistance to Florida in the form of grants for temporary housing and home repairs and low-cost loans to cover uninsured property losses.

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    Because it’s the right thing to do.

    The people don’t deserve to suffer just because they’re too stupid to vote for a competent leader.

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      It’s not stupidity. It’s malice. Conservatives are malicious. They are proud of their malice, boasting about it at every opportunity. Pretending they are good folks who just don’t know any better is how fascism continues to grow.

      Never give a conservative the benefit of the doubt. They will use it to harm you every time.