While Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum was managing the city’s response to a hurricane of historic proportions, his supporters were engaged in a separate storm because of a negative campaign ad lobbed by backers of the Democrat’s gubernatorial opponent, Ron DeSantis.

With Hurricane Michael barreling toward Florida’s Big Bend and Panhandle regions, the Republican Party of Florida unleashed a caustic television ad declaring Gillum is “running for governor and also from the FBI.”