Just days after Hurricane Ian devastated Florida, killing at least 88 people, nearly every Florida Republican in U.S. Congress voted against a bill containing billions in funding for disaster relief.
in asking for emergency funding but still voting against or abstaining from voting for the bill.
“The same week that Hurricane Ian brought so much chaos and destruction to Florida, not a single Florida [U.S. House] Republican cared enough to vote in favor of Hurricane relief for the people in their own state hit hardest by the storm,” said Florida Democratic Party Chair Manny Diaz, per the. “That is a level of callous indifference and political opportunism that boggles the mind.
Congressional Republicans have come under fire in the past decade for voting against disaster relief in the wake of a hurricane. In 2012, for instance,voted against relief for Hurricane Sandy, including Florida’s far right Ron DeSantis, then a representative in the House. In fact, opposing disaster relief funding appears to be supported by a large portion of the Republican caucus. As the
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