Posted on 10/07/2024 1:39:25 PM PDT by DFG
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is not taking calls from Vice President Kamala Harris about storm recovery just over a week after Hurricane Helene hammered parts of his state.
A source familiar with the situation said he was dodging the Democratic presidential nominee’s calls because they “seemed political,” according to a DeSantis aide.
“Kamala was trying to reach out, and we didn’t answer,” the DeSantis aide told NBC News.
The same person said “not to my knowledge” when asked if DeSantis had spoken to President Joe Biden.
Last week, DeSantis said Biden had called him, but he was flying at the time so could not take the call. Biden was in north Florida last week to survey storm damage, but DeSantis was holding a news press conference that had already been scheduled in another part of the state so they did not meet. A source familiar with the planning said that the Biden team had invited DeSantis to the event in north Florida.
DeSantis has been in direct contact with Federal Emergency Management Director Deanne Criswell.
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Is she trying to unburden?
AMERICA’s GOVERNOR!
Hey Christie, see how it’s done?
Treat her as if she doesn’t exist.
She wants to know where state recovery & aid centers will be located, so she can send in FEMA to screw with them.
I don’t blame him. He’s got more important things on his hands.
Ron doesn’t have time to listen to the word salad queen.
“ Hey Christie, see how it’s done?”
He’s a dem
Nothing stopping Harris from speaking to FEMA.
Token attempt on her part, just to be able to say she did.
Why would he…I doubt he’s looking for sex advice right now.
Why would he take a phone call from the Vice President? Unless she’s really the one running the country...
Just kidding, she and Dementia Joe don’t have a collective IQ high enough to balance a household budget.
video op, see I’m reaching across the aisle.
Honestly she doesn’t exist..Obama is the one that is running the show..Harris doesn’t give a rats ass about Florida, just like she doesn’t give a rats ass about North Carolina, Tennessee, or Georgia
Why would the VP be calling?
On speaker phone, no doubt.
Well, what could she do anyway BUT make it more difficult? It seems that FEMA doesn’t have any money and it doesn’t take a VP or candidate to bring in state guardsmen and resources.
They’ve (Harris/Biden) have already done their damage by late action. Coming in now and going through federal protocols and rules/regs to ‘federalize’ the whole thing adds more delay, IMO.
SEND MONEY AND NEEDED SUPPLIEs and ASK state and local government first responders where it all should go now, not until after the fed gets up to speed.....
the beings that control obama, to be precise
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