Messaging Memo: Ron DeSantis blasts N.C. response to Hurricane Helene

Here are downloadable video clips you can use in your messaging

North Carolina’s lackluster response to Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina is drawing national attention.

Earlier this week, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis blasted the state and federal response to the disaster in off-the-cuff remarks related to the wildfires in California.

“We had Hurricane Helene: Florida, we're locked and loaded for this, we respond. Then you go to North Carolina, and it's a third-world country all of a sudden. There was no sense of urgency from the federal government; I think the state government didn't do very well.

So I'm sending my assets up there to help rescue people. Florida State Guard is up there doing that, and I think the administration was asleep at the switch.”

You can watch the full video on X here, but I’ve also clipped shorter versions you can use in your messaging. See them below.

The top priority for state government right now should be helping western North Carolina, and it’s worth pointing out the urgency of these efforts. Clips like this can he…