St. Petersburg Florida Mayor Praises Biden And More ‘Folks Working Together’ As Hurricane Ian Hits

Hurricane Ian’s impact on Florida is discussed by St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch. "It's good to see folks working together for the benefit of our community, because lives are literally at stake, and certainly our community, and certainly those communities to the south will need a lot of support going forward,” he says after speaking with President Biden and state-level officials.

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[chadleach]

Thank you desantis for prepping the state of Florida so well.

[Rocasso]

Ok this how our leaders should handle things!! Work together not against each We the people are sick 🤢 of the smear Were sick of it

[auburnjewels]

Desantis screwed Florida. What does he have to gain?🤡👎

[markoutlaw]

Prayers go out to the people in Florida, what I really wanted to see the storm do is to tear Mar-A-Lago up🙂

[optimaldefiance]

Ron Desantis is doing a great job handling this situation

[doragreco]

This isn't a war between Republican and Democrats it's about working together as a team and helping each other after a hurricane I don't give a dam who you voted for that not important put people lives above your political party.

[evolutionistheflyingspaghe]

Biden just gave a shoutout to a congress woman who had been killed in a car crash in August. He’s not functioning independently, let alone being “in charge”.

[rmn]

Hey, that's my mayor! So proud of Mayor Welch & my city., St Pete. <3 Thank you President Biden for your help instead of throwing paper towels at us like the Rotting Pumpkin did in PR. ;)

[elizabethclaiborne]

I am still exhausted from Hurricane Ida last year. Watching her twin Ian is giving me the PTSD freak out. I know Floridas pain way too well. Katrina Rita Gustave Ike Ida and all the little storms where we only lost power for a week. 🥴

[ZonDog]

Better fly in immigrants to help rebuild.

[Kiki-envm]

I hope Desantis will not use the money for his political purposes like he did with covid money.

[yourseatatthetable]

It's okay, Mayor Welch, no need to butter up to Biden. Unlike 'some' Presidents, he'll make sure help is on the way.

[MontanaWelldigger]

Biden my foot, he can't even put his jacket on without help.

[al-paciyes]

The naming of hurricanes is not inclusive, zero diversity.

[ryana.]

Make sure you get vaccinated…..ya know…..for the hurricane

[jackthanhauser]

Biden doesn't even know a hurricane came through.

[Andysaid]

No no. Focus on and spend $millions on migrants in Texas. That the priority, right?

[resq]

I'm happy people are coming together to help with this situation. Though I do have to say, because it's easily forgotten that republicans have convinced their base of the necessity of "small government", except when they find themselves in need. No one facing a crisis such as this wants to look up to see there is no help for them. So "small government" really isn't a thing.

[RH]

Maybe we can stop sending billions to Ukraine and help some problems here that the taxpayers pay for

[karyherndon]

That’s great that President Biden is so prepared ...right now. (Look at Cuba! They don’t get federal support... since the hurricane is wiping them out. Holy smokes. ) Be safe ...Florida! 🦋🇺🇸💜