DeSantis slams claim that climate change is responsible for Idalia
Mabinty Quarshie
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As Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) toured the storm damage in Yankeetown, Florida, he had a particular stance for those who blamed climate change for the devastation of Hurricane Idalia: It’s a “lie.”
During his tour on Sunday, DeSantis was asked about President Joe Biden‘s recent statements that climate change was at fault for natural disasters such as Idalia, which landed in Florida as a Category 3 hurricane.
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“Well, I think if you look, there was a storm that went on this almost exact track in 1896. And it had 125-mile-an-hour winds just like this one,” DeSantis said before referencing another damaging hurricane that hit the Sunshine State. “If you look at the state of Florida, the most powerful storm, hurricane we’ve ever had is, actually, the anniversary is now — it’s the Labor Day hurricane of 1935. It had an 185-mile-an-hour sustained winds.”
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Then taking it one step further, DeSantis said that those who say climate change is responsible for natural disasters are championing a “false” ideology.
“I think that the notion that somehow hurricanes are something new, that’s just false. And we’ve got to stop politicizing the weather and stop politicizing natural disasters. … I think sometimes people need to take a breath and get a little bit of perspective here. But the notion that somehow if we just adopt, you know, very left-wing policies at the federal level, that somehow we will not have hurricanes, that is a lie,” the governor said.
“And that is people trying to take what’s happened with different types of storms and use that as a pretext to advance their agenda on the backs of people that are suffering,” DeSantis said. “And that’s wrong, and we’re not going to do that in the state of Florida.”
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The governor canceled several of his presidential campaign events to return home and help lead Floridians to survive Idalia. While DeSantis was holding a press conference, a 100-year-old oak tree fell on the grounds of the governor’s mansion in Tallahassee, Florida. His wife Casey DeSantis and his children were home at the time, but they were not hurt.
On Saturday, Biden toured the state and told Floridians that “if there’s anything your state needs, I’m ready to mobilize that support.”
He did not appear with DeSantis during his tour of Live Oak, Florida.