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With Hurricane IanWhile Hurricane Michael is dominating news coverage in Florida, CNN, ABC and MSNBC have all taken time to criticize Gov. Ron DeSantis (R.) and warn about the impacts of climate change on The Sunshine State.
On Tuesday, MSNBC’s far-left host Joy Reid suggested that those temporarily leaving the state under hurricane evacuation orders were no different from migrants crossing the border in search of work in the U.S., connecting it to DeSantis’ stunt sending migrants to Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts.
“It’s a bit ironic now that you might have Floridians having to pour over the borders and go north and get out of the state of Florida in the exact same crisis we have been talking about on a trolling level in that state for a long time,” She said.
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A map showing Hurricane Ian as it approaches Florida’s coast.
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DeSantis should not attack people who need to move in order to save their lives or safety, as you never know who will need to do so. Reid joked that DeSantis will have to do more than just “own the libs” because of the Florida emergency.
The 11th Hour’s commentaries on the storm continued with Stephanie Ruhle as host. She opened the segment with a harsh critique of DeSantis, hitting on climate change and the state of Florida’s property and insurance markets.
Ruhle stated, “Florida Governor DeSantis is making more headlines for cruelty that governing lately in state where the property market and insurance market have almost collapsed as insurance companies have folded/left the state completely,” Ruhle. “Climate change making the storms bigger and more costly—while Florida’s Republican legislatures mostly ignore the threat completely.”
On Wednesday, DeSantis also drew the attention of ABC’s “The View,” with the panel mocking and slamming him as he called on the federal government and other states for help.
Whoopi Goldberg, in a reaction to DeSantis’s interview, said that he should and the president should be able to work together for the benefit of the people of Florida. Co-hosts reacted to Goldberg’s attempt to promote a message about political civility. Joy Behar interjected.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and a member of Florida Department of Transportation shake hands as he leaves a press conference about toll relief at District 6 Headquarters in Miami, Wednesday, September 7, 2022.
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“Isn’t it socialism when the government helps you?” Behar smirked.
Sunny Hostin then joined the fray, adding that Republicans believe it when it comes to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
“Yeah, and the fire department’s got to come, and the police, I mean socialism,” Behar said as she did her best to appear scared.
Behar took out a notecard with a DeSantis quote and declared that he wasn’t among those who considered themselves “global warming leftists” moments later.
Behar remarked, “This is his view of climate change, and now his state is getting struck with one the most severe hurricanes they will ever experience.”
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An American flag is seen amongst the debris left by Hurricane Michael in Mexico Beach (Florence, U.S.A. October 11, 2018).
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CNN has also been promoting discussions on climate change over the past two days.
One back-and-forth on climate change, CNN’s Don Lemon was shut down by Jamie Rhome, who serves as the acting director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Hurricane Center.
Lemon asked Rhome how climate change has affected him, as he spoke on the concerns of meteorologists that Hurricane Ian could enter “another phase of rapid intensification.”
“We can always come back to talk about climate change later. Let’s focus on the present and immediate. The rapid intensification of the climate is likely to be over. There could be a little bit more intensification as it’s still over the warm waters of the eastern Gulf of Mexico, but I don’t think we’re going to get any more rapid intensification,” Rhome said.
“Listen, I’m just trying to get, you said you want to talk about climate change. What effect does climate change have now on this phenomena? These storms seem to be getting worse. That’s the question,” Lemon asked.
Rhome replied he did not believe that climate change could be linked to any one event, and said that while climate change on the whole may make storms worse, he cautioned against pointing to singular events as directly related to a change in the Earth’s climate.
“Listen, I grew up there and these storms are intensifying—something is causing them to intensify,” Lemon said.
CNN chief climate correspondent Bill Weir also discussed climate change while reporting in a rain jacket as heavy winds and rain battered him and his surroundings in Punta Gorda.
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Weir began by sharing some historical information, noting that the Florida coastal town was the first to implement a “climate adaptation” plan after Hurricane Charlie’s 2004 impact.
Weir said, “This will be the challenge.” “It’s hard to build power lines or building codes for a 17-foot storm surge, though. That’s the crazy variable here right now. This is the first time anyone has ever seen it. So we don’t know what that looks like. However, this is precisely what climate scientists warn about since a long time. Now we can see it up close.
