Hurricane Ian's Wrath Temporarily Tames DeSantis' Attacks on Biden

President Joe Biden and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis appeared to have temporarily set their political conflict aside weeks before the midterm elections to work together and help residents after Hurricane Ian churned the state.

Criticisms from both men have dramatically tamed as DeSantis and Biden appeared to have privately resumed their working relationship that began last year after a condominium's collapse in Surfside.

From claiming that Biden has treated conservatives like "second-class citizens," DeSantis now says that they are getting enough help from the federal government.

“We really appreciate FEMA’s responsiveness to this disaster,” he told one of Biden’s officials at a news conference on Friday. “So thank you very much and thank you for being here."

A prominent Biden critic, DeSantis said in an interview with Fox News early September that those who stand up against the president's "bad policies" like Florida will be "writ[ten] ... out over who is acceptable as an American citizen."

Biden, on the other hand, said DeSantis complimented him in a recent conversation and thanked him for the federal government's "immediate response."

“It’s not a matter of my disagreements with him on other items," Biden said.

According to The Washington Post, Biden and DeSantis spoke three times this week and a White House spokesperson said that the two have now spoken six times since the president won in 2020.

Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre declined to answer a question on Friday regarding how DeSantis handled the storm but told the Washington Post that both men had a “working relationship that is about the people of Florida.”