With a strengthening Hurricane Ian churning north through the Gulf of Mexico, the White House has postponed President Joe Biden’s Tuesday trip to Florida.
Biden was scheduled to pitch his proposals to lower health care costs and protect Medicare and Social Security at a Fort Lauderdale gathering before heading to Orlando for a Democratic National Committee rally Sept. 27 on behalf of Democratic candidates.
While Rep. Charlie Crist (D-Fla.), the former GOP governor running against incumbent Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, was among candidates set to attend the Orlando rally, several announced plans to be elsewhere. Biden’s approval rating among Florida voters was 43 percent, according to a Sept. 8 Insider Advantage FOX 35 Orlando poll. He lost in 2020 by roughly 3 percentage points to former President Donald Trump….