DeSantis to Feds: Add Madison County to List of Major Disaster Spots

'I want to make sure that we've got support available for folks'

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis gestures as he speaks in the Spin Room following the first Republican Presidential primary debate at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee on Aug. 23, 2023. Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images

Florida governor Ron DeSantis held a press conference on Sept. 1 while observing the hurricane damage in North Florida, during which he emphasized the need for the federal government to add another county to its major disaster declaration.

“We definitely need to get the federal government to add Madison County to the individual assistance of that declaration,” he said. “They got hit. They clearly merit it, [and] I think we’re gonna probably get that because there was a lot of damage that had happened there.”