Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Friday says he has no plans to meet with President Biden during his trip to survey the damage on the state’s Gulf Coast after Hurricane Idalia made landfall in the area earlier this week.
DeSantis’s office said having the two meet up could put strain on the state’s disaster response.
“In these rural communities, and so soon after impact, the security preparations alone that would go into setting up such a meeting would shut down ongoing recovery efforts,” DeSantis spokesman Jeremy Redfern said in a statement.