Gov. Ron DeSantis is weighing in on another recent national tragedy: the widespread fires in Maui.
The Governor, who had criticized President Joe Biden in the past, turned his focus instead to “corporate media” which is apparently “totally incurious” about the circumstances surrounding the blaze.
“It’s interesting how incurious our corporate media is about what happened in Maui. I mean, I don’t see them interviewing parents who can’t find their kids, but we know there’s a lot of people missing,” DeSantis said in Yankeetown Sunday, adding that it’s “really heartbreaking to hear some of the stories, even though they’re not being publicized.”
It’s unclear how DeSantis is hearing the stories if they are not publicized. But the Governor’s comments represent a break from the Biden bashing of previous Maui comments.
During a pre-debate rally in Fort Walton Beach last month, DeSantis blasted the President for being too slow to respond, “protected” by the media in the process.
“But, you know, I just had a thought experiment: if we had a Republican President who in the midst of these fires and their aftermath decided not to go engage to help the victims, but to go sit on the beach, what would the media say if they tried to do that? They would be screaming bloody murder and yet, what do they say about Old Joe just sitting out there? They don’t say anything, they protect him. That’s what they’re trying to do,” DeSantis said.
DeSantis had this “thought experiment” a few days prior also. He told an Atlanta crowd the President was derelict in addressing the “utter devastation” and that the “media” gives him a free pass because he’s a Democrat.
“Biden, what is he doing? He ends up on the beach and then he’s asked about it and he says, ‘Oh, no comment.’ If a Republican had tried to do that, what do you think the media would do? They would go crazy. In fact, they would blame the Republican for the fires happening in the first place,” DeSantis said, drawing laughter from the crowd.
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