DeSantis flew back to Tallahassee from Iowa on Saturday night and has since appeared regularly on Florida televisions with updates on Idalia’s path and state efforts to prepare for the approaching storm . His stewardship of the hurricane response and recovery efforts will be closely scrutinized by his political opponents and Republican voters watching whether he can lead through difficult moments comfort the aggrieved and learn from the lessons of past storms . The coming days will present a range of tests to navigate during a critical juncture in his governorship and White House bid . It is not clear when he will return to the campaign trail to manage the crisis at home . The most notable recent exception is Republican Chris Christie who as New Jersey governor in returned to his home state to manage a blizzard amid criticism for putting the presidential race ahead of his elected duties . At the time Christie is once again running for the firstinthenation primary in New Hampshire which was just weeks away from holding the first inthenation . Christie is . away from being a presidential candidate with a storm-strategategorically . away . from being criticized for putting his presidential bid on the presidential campaign trail before he was campaigning in his state to managing the storm response . De Santis team has signaled it would not shy away from showcasing the governors storm response to Republican voters . In the past hours DeSantant said he would not hide away from his storm response. He has vowed to put partisan politics away from the storm. It is unclear when DeSantz said he will be back to the presidential bid. He said he has said that he will continue to be in Florida. The storm. away from politics. He will be in the air. He would not be able to provide a
DeSantis faces new leadership test as Hurricane Idalia barrels toward Florida . DeS
