At a press conference today, a combative Governor DeSantis attributed the loss of life and property damage from Ian not to bad disaster planning and climate change denial, but to the wrath of God. According to DeSantis, God was angry at the spread of woke ideology in America (particularly in Florida) and was taking vengeance on the state. Instead of throwing money at insurance companies and climate mitigation measures, which would be inconsistent with the GOP’s views on limited government, he vowed to redouble his efforts to root out every possible manifestation of wokeness in his state and to make Christianity our state religion.
The portion of the reactionary base that was still alive after Ian applauded vigorously.