'You've got to step up and lead when time calls for it,' the 2024 hopeful said.
Florida Governor Ron Desantis and his family greets passengers arriving from Israel on a chartered flight organized by Project Dynamo in Tampa, on Oct. 15, 2023. The flight landed at Tampa International Airport with 270 evacuees rescued by Project Dynamo from Israel including 91 children and four dogs.Florida Gov.
As DeSantis swung through the early voting state of Iowa for seven events on Saturday, he touted his role in organizing the flights. Since that assault, Israel has launched a slew of retaliatory military operations on Hamas in Gaza, the neighboring Palestinian territory controlled by the extremists.A chartered flight organized by Project Dynamo arrives to Tampa International Airport on Oct. 15, 2023. The flight organized by Project Dynamo had 270 evacuees from Israel including 91 children and four dogs.DeSantis' staff connected with Project Dynamo through state Sen.
Kevin Madden, a Republican communications expert who worked on Mitt Romney's presidential campaigns in 2008 and 2012, told ABC News that a significant event like the war in Israel "sort of shifts the frame of the coverage of the race and shifts the frame with which voters start to judge candidates." On Monday, he told a radio host that the plane that landed in Tampa on Sunday held "mostly Floridians."
In an interview with NewsNation, Florida Emergency Management Director Kevin Guthrie said the total cost of the flight that landed in Tampa was around $4 million, all paid for by the state.
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