[Hoot Gibson]

Whether the reports are true or not, Trump should have offered to postpone or move his event out of respect for DeSantis and the family members of the victims. That offer should have been extended unilaterally and not in response to a request by DeSantis. Republicans cannot afford to lose Florida over a political turf battle and Pensacola or Panama City would have been good alternatives to Sarasota. 

I hope that if Trump decides to run in 2024, he runs a cleaner primary campaign than he ran in 2016. DeSantis would be a substantial upgrade to Mike Pence on a Trump ticket and if Trump does not run, DeSantis will be the strongest candidate in the field. (IMO, DeSantis will be the strongest candidate in the field whether Trump runs or not but Trump will be a formidable candidate if he chooses to run because he earned a second term in 2020.)

Until Joe Biden visits the disaster that he created along our southern border and does something to fix it, he should steer clear of all disaster sites. If Biden cannot be bothered to fix a disaster that he alone created, then he should not be adding to other disasters by creating distractions.