Florida Governor Ron DeSantis reportedly refused to take calls from Vice President Kamala Harris after Hurricane Helene. “Kamala was making an attempt to succeed in out, and we didn’t reply,” a Desantis spokesperson informed NBC News, thought the calls “appeared political.”
When requested about these claims throughout a press convention centered on the restoration efforts from Hurricane Milton, DeSantis acknowledged, “I didn’t know she referred to as me. … I used to be not conscious of that.”
NBC News first additional cited a supply who claimed that any communication between President Joe Biden and DeSantis was “to not my data.”
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During the press convention, DeSantis acknowledged, “The president has authorized what we requested for. We’re grateful for that. If there’s one thing we want that they don’t approve, I can’t hesitate to name him. … But every part we’ve requested for, from President Biden, he has authorized.”
The Hill reported that President Biden had held separate calls with each Governor DeSantis and Tampa Mayor Jane Castor. “The governor, it’s as much as him if he needs to reply to us or not,” White House Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre informed CNN.
Harris referred to as DeSantis ‘egocentric’, Florida Gov fires again
When Vice President Harris was requested about DeSantis reportedly declining her calls, she criticized the Florida governor for enjoying “political video games” throughout such an important time.
“Playing political video games with this second, in these disaster scenario[s], these are the peak of emergency scenario[s], [is] totally irresponsible, and it’s egocentric and it’s about political gamesmanship as a substitute of doing the job that you just took an oath to do, which is to place the folks first,” Harris lambasted Florida Governor throughout a Monday interview.
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DeSantis ramps up the meat whereas speaking with Fox News. “For Kamala Harris to attempt to say that my sole give attention to the folks of Florida is in some way egocentric is delusional,” he mentioned.
“She has no function on this. In truth, she’s been vp now for 3 and a half years—I’ve handled numerous storms below this administration. She has by no means contributed something to any of those efforts. What I believe is egocentric is her making an attempt to blunder into this.”