Plus: Fact Check: What Politico, FEMA Chief Got Wrong as Florida’s DeSantis Prepared for Hurricane Ian
October 1 2022
Good morning from Washington, where it’s clear some partisans want the suffering imposed by Hurricane Ian to weaken Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis politically. We’ve got commentary from David Harsanyi and an eye-opening fact check by Roman Jankowski. A group founded by former Vice President Mike Pence confronts the Justice Department over attacks on pro-life organization, Mary Margaret Olohan reports. Plus: voters in a battleground state get robbed; time for Biden to get tough with Iran; and the president’s twin problems with refugees and illegal aliens. Sixty years ago tonight, Johnny Carson replaces Jack Paar as host of NBC’s “The Tonight Show,” beginning a three-decade run that establishes him as America’s king of late-night entertainment.
Politico changes a summary of FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell’s remarks about Florida and Hurricane Ian, but only after Gov. Ron DeSantis calls out the misreporting.
Mike Pence’s group Advancing American Freedom leads a conservative coalition in demanding Justice Department records about “ongoing attacks against pro-life organizations.”
A new report finds that DHS “may have admitted or paroled individuals into the United States who pose a risk to national security and the safety of local communities.”
