A spokesperson for Gov. Ron DeSantis said Friday that there are no plans for the Republican to meet with President Joe Biden when he travels to Florida on Saturday . Biden had told earlier Friday that yes he did plan to meet the Florida governor while surveying damage from Hurricane Idalia in the state over the weekend . The two men had largely worked in harmony multiple times in the last couple years to respond to the condo collapse in Surfside in and Hurricane Ian in . But the two men are far from friends in the aftermath of the storm . Biden and DeSantiss have not shied away from intensely criticizing each other in the moments when they havent been brought together by disaster . The president frequently says he wants to wait to visit an area affected by a disaster so his presence and the massive security apparatus that comes with it doesnt affect the work of first responders . The visit was planned in close coordination with FEMA as well as state and local leaders to ensure there is no impact on response operations to Idalia . The White House says the visit was being planned to disrupt the recovery efforts as little as possible . The vice president has a more compressed schedule than usual over the next week and is not likely to be back in the US until the second week of September and is likely to travel to the G in New Delhi India at the end of September . The trip is scheduled to take place at the beginning of September. The visit to Florida has been planned to not take away from recovery efforts. The president and the governor is not expected to interrupt the recovery . DeSantsantantis is running to oust DeSantz said. The governor did not raise those concerns. DeSisantantis said to have raised those concerns with Biden’s
DeSantis’ office says no plans to meet with Biden in Florida despite president saying
