DeSantis' supporter waiting in mile long line for gas - says DeSantis' broke his promise

[Demovictory9]

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — The parking lot of a Wawa convenience store here was transformed into a sea of red gasoline cans on Saturday as hundreds of residents waited for hours in hopes of powering generators and cars after the city, about 30 miles northwest of Fort Myers, was battered by Hurricane Ian.

The store, one of only a few purveyors of gas that had reopened since Wednesday’s storm, corralled cars into a line that stretched for more than a mile along a suburban road. One woman was pushing her van, which appeared to have run out of gas, as the line inched forward. Hundreds more people arrived carrying empty gas cans or pushing them in wheelbarrows.
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As the line grew longer under the beating sun, several people fumed that much of the national attention appeared to be focused on wealthier areas like Naples or Cape Coral.

One man at the very end of the line, who declined to give his name, said he had not seen any power company workers in his neighborhood and wondered aloud why federal aid had not arrived to help him. He said he needed gas to buy food, but he grew frustrated when he learned that the Wawa was accepting only cash.

At the front of the line was Gary Jaworski, who said he had waited for four hours, beginning at 7 a.m., to fill up four cans of gas. He said that although he fully supported Gov. Ron DeSantis, he was frustrated at what he viewed as a broken promise by the governor — that gas stations would be able to quickly reopen after the storm.

“Where’s all the fuel?” he asked. “Every gas station or filling station was to have a generator prepared to go at all times.”


https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/01/us/port-charlotte-florida-gas-lines-ian.html

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. This voter has to decide what is more important to him, breathing and being alive

or having a governor who hates minorities and Women as much as he does.

[jimfields33]

5. Voter should have filled up car and gas cans before the hurricane

I did on Monday night. We had plenty of warming.

[MerryHolidays]

7. "We had plenty of warming." Global warming, that is! n/t

[Beartracks]

9. Lol

GO

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[Demovictory9]

12. Lol 😀

[Hortensis]

15. Yep.

[paleotn]

34. Yep. It's not like you can't see the damn things coming.

Days in advance.

[onecaliberal]

19. So much this.

[OAITW r.2.0]

2. Jokes on you Gary.

You believed him.

[TheBlackAdder]

38. Guy 🤡 who doesn't want government in his life whines that government isn't in his life!

[bahboo]

43. exactly....jesus...

[Skittles]

3. he believed a promise by Ron DeFascist

hoo boy

[smb]

23. "You Mean The Nice Nigerian Prince LIED To Me?" nt

[Skittles]

27. Face Eating Leopard Party

[TeamProg]

31. I know that line. But from where? Trevor? Stewart? Colbert?

We are the face eating leopard party, vote for us anyway.

Sort of.

[Skittles]

33. not sure, but it nails the ignorance

"I can't believe a leopard ate my face", said a member of the Face Eating Leopard Party

[TeamProg]

36. Apparently from Twitter 2015. Adrian Bott

'I never thought leopards would eat MY face,' sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party.

57.2k retweets. 111k likes.

[Skittles]

37. pure excellence

[Phoenix61]

4. No, they're not. They should but..

A: Florida gas stations issued a certificate of occupancy after July 1, 2006, must be prewired with a transfer switch to enable emergency power after a prolonged power outage, but they are not required to have a backup generator actually on site.

[Srkdqltr]

6. Oh gee sure. Duh. It's not suprising.

[Hortensis]

17. Right. They're required to have backup power up within 36 hours

of a major disaster and be able to run it for a minimum of 72 hours. But requirements apparently don't apply equally to all gas stations; they vary according to the size of the community, distance from an interstate etc, and number of pumps.

Not to wish ill on anyone except MAGAs and their politicians, but I hope this kind of thing keeps DeSantis from earning his Giuliani Certificate for Outstanding Political Grandstanding.

[Phoenix61]

20. Interesting. DeSatan is being royally roasted

for voting against the aid package for Sandy and now sucking up to the entire nation for help. Throw in his Texas to Martha’s Vineyard stunt and the optics, as they say, ain’t good. I wonder how concerned he’s going to be about immigration status when construction crews of that are all immigrants show up to rebuild south Florida. A lot of folks in the panhandle forgot all about that nonsense after Michael. They were just happy to have someone tarp their roof.

[Hortensis]

24. I wouldn't like to have to guess for real. Anti-immigration zealots

are entirely capable of being glad to hire them when needed and strongly approving having them arrested and sent to internment camps while awaiting deportation.

[Phoenix61]

25. Happily, it didn't work that way. It may have been the

first time some people here got to see that they aren’t any different than anybody else. Just a bunch of hard working guys trying to make a better life for themselves and their family.

[Hortensis]

35. Great experience, and it supposedly does make a difference.

We didn't have a lot of fuss on the right about tRump's crimes against humanity, though, and almost all voted to reelect him. Immigration's a very deep-seated issue.

When we (ex-Californians) built a house in GA, the foundation trenches had to be hand-dug in our rock hillside. The contractor had a well-paid permanent crew of Guatemalans because natives wouldn't do it, and what I loved and will never forget was the men singing cheerfully as they picked our trenches. Just a normal day's work. They were so impressive, and I remember thinking how great it was for people to see them working around the county.

[XanaDUer2]

8. Don't believe DeSantis. Now you know nt

[belpejic]

10. Republicans don't believe in governing

So naturally they are terrible at governing.

They are great at winning elections and tearing down government, satisfying their wealthy benefactors and convincing those at the margins who push them over the edge that they're getting something, when they're actually being stripped blind and just hurting others.

[FloridaBlues]

11. This area got the eye of the storm one would think we would a priority as well.

This is the county I live and not a wealthy area so that tells you every thing about republican help. Not a power truck to be found, 1 pharmacy only open these maga companies you think they would have generators. What a mess in Florida

[Phoenix61]

22. I'm right next to Tyndall AFB. We didn't get squat.

DeSatan didn’t start showing up until after the infrastructure bill passed then he acted like it was his money. POS

[IcyPeas]

13. don't worry. you'll have gas in... 2 weeks.

2 weeks.....

trump/desantis: just keep kicking the can. keep delaying. soon they'll forget.

[Roland99]

14. Just like I always say...

Conservatives say "It hasn't happened to me so I don't care"

Liberals say "It shouldn't happen to anyone that's why I care"

[Alexander Of Assyria]

16. Yes indeed! The political implications of the aftermath of the storm is going to cause a political

storm I think.

-having to request Federal relief aid (imagine if he hadn’t), given the nation watched as the request was accepted by Light Brandon, with grace. Hypocrisy unveiled.
-the lack of State government preparedness witnessed by this article. And it’s gas, folks want their gas! Light Brandon may take note of this and fuel their desires, perhaps?
-returning to MAGA fascism may be permanently put on hold as a result, and political stunts will not be given a pass by corporate media…could fascism in the open now finally cross a line with them…I can dream!

I hope for Floridians but I hope as much Hurricane Ian brought some needed changes of heart and minds and opens eyes.
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[sakabatou]

18. I wonder if this supporter, and others, will still vote for the dipshit

[Cha]

21. Idiot! You're fully

Supporting a Fascist Sadistic Liar

[area51]

30. +1 n/t

[SharonClark]

26. That's the DeSantis lie he chooses to get upset

about? Too bad so sad.

[liberal N proud]

28. If your blaming Brandon for gas prices, you are dumb enough to blame DeSatin for no gas

And continue to support him because you are dumb enough to belive his lies even when you know they are lies.
Damn they are dumb!

[plimsoll]

29. We will probably never change the mind of the Right Wing voter,

But we can point out that both sides don't.

Democrats have made natural disasters worse too, but if you want to really get f*cked one by Mother Nature vote Republican. That way when the sh*t hits the fan they'll make sure it is pointed right at you. And quote P.T. Barnum at you.

[Xolodno]

32. Really happy I didn't accept that job in Florida.

Actually, it was two that I turned down.

[ShazzieB]

39. DeSatan made a promise he didn't keep?

I'm shocked! Shocked, I tell you! 😱

[dchill]

40. A good time to note that beliefs are not facts. And vice versa.

[Wednesdays]

41. Four years of DeSantis' BS, and THAT'S what turned him off?

Well, whatever.

[Midnight Writer]

42. How did Florida do when Crist was Governor and a hurricane hit?

May be an interesting contrast that voters should be made aware of.

I'm afraid DeSantis is sucking the air out of the election with his antics and stunts.

I hear very little about Charlie Crist, even though I would think he is a credible challenger.

[Traildogbob]

44. The ass at the end of the line that "wondered aloud", "where's the federal aid"

Is the exact sentiment Ronnie and Fox will push. He will direct that Federal Socialist aid Joe sends, that we pay for, to his wealthy bro’s and purposely not help the poor or middle class to use them as victims of Biden’s failure to help. You can bet he will send his media there to let em rage about Biden’s neglect. (Their made up excuse) that will rile em up to help them vote the damn Dems out. Soon it will all be V Demimgs taught.
He will abuse them to create a hate, not for his failure, to blame it on Dems. Even let many die for this newest stunt.
It sure does not create a dire need impression when media constantly shows stacks and stacks of boats that cost more than many peoples homes, as tragic losses. Many of the worst hit could pay for the homes they lost for the cost of one of those yachts.

[Yavin4]

45. In the last FLA governors race, I called it the race to be "the governor of climate change"

From now on, the most important agenda item for FLA voters should be how the state and local government create resilient infrastructure and efforts to mitigate the damage of climate change.

Anger at immigrants or at the LGBTQ community is not going to do jack shit for you.

[Warpy]

46. De Satan either talking out his asshole, as usual, or

he is too pig ignorant that gas pumps don't work without power and a lot of those stations don't have generators and/or the owners are home and trying to pick up their own pieces.

In any case, he promised something he had no way of delivering, again as usual.