DeSantis has said President Joe Biden hasn’t done enough to help stranded Americans.
“There was a devoid of leadership so we stepped up and led,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said Sunday night in a video posted on X. | Michael Dwyer/APMIAMI — The first round of flights organized by Gov. Ron DeSantis, carrying Americans stranded in Israel, arrived in Florida Sunday night, highlighting his state’s response to the war in the Middle East.
The flight carrying 270 people landed in Tampa, where DeSantis and Florida first lady Casey DeSantis greeted passengers. Another flight carrying seven people landed in Orlando. DeSantis is offering transportation to Floridians who can’t make it back to the U.S. because of flight cancellations after Hamas’ attack on Israel. DeSantison Thursday that authorizes Florida’s Division of Emergency Management to deliver flights to Israel and deliver needed supplies, including medicine and clothes.
Florida partnered with Tampa-based nonprofit rescue organization Project DYNAMO to arrange the flights. The governor’s office didn’t immediately respond to a question about the flights’ cost and whether the state will be providing more help to get people home if they live in another part of the state. A statement sent by the governor’s office did say that passengers weren’t being charged for the flights.
DeSantis, who’s running for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, has said President Joe Biden hasn’t done enough to help stranded Americans.Florida’s evacuation efforts also gave DeSantis an opening to contrast himself with former President Donald Trump, who remains thefrom contracting with Iranian businesses
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