Waldman: Blue America tells Florida, 'You're welcome'

[Nevilledog]

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Dear Florida,
On behalf of Blue America, let me say: You're welcome.

And we're happy to help! But maybe the next time you start crapping all over the places lots of liberals live, you'll remember.

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Opinion | Blue America tells Florida, ‘You’re welcome’
Maybe conservatives will remember this aid next time they pour contempt on the places liberals live.
12:30 PM · Oct 6, 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/06/florida-hurricane-ian-democrats-aid/

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As a denizen of Blue America, allow me to offer a message to the people of Florida from here in the nation’s capital: You’re welcome.

You’ve suffered a terrible natural disaster, and we’re here to help. That was the message President Biden brought to Florida when Hurricane Ian hit; his White House took a series of actions to expedite aid to the affected areas, and he promised that the federal government would pay 100 percent of the cost of cleanup in the worst-hit counties.

It’s no more than we expect a president to do, and it’s what the Republicans who dominate the state’s politics, starting with Gov. Ron DeSantis, asked for. Biden even explicitly praised DeSantis’s handling of the disaster. Given the venom DeSantis usually hurls at Biden, it would have been understandable if the president had declined to be so complimentary even as they were pledging to work together.

Not everyone is feeling thankful, however. Before Biden arrived in Florida, DeSantis groused that the “national regime media” were hoping the storm would do more destruction and kill more people because if it did they’d be able to “use it to pursue their political agenda.”

DeSantis didn’t explain how that was supposed to work. But presumably, in this fantasy, the vicious “regime media” would be able to use dead Floridians to make DeSantis himself look bad.

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[Johnny2X2X]

1. Reminder

48% of Floridians voting for Biden.

Florida is purple, despite their fascist governor, there are a lot of good Democrats in the state.

[Nevilledog]

2. And your governor is a fascist.