{"id":111639,"date":"2024-10-08T03:26:56","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T20:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=111639"},"modified":"2024-10-08T03:26:56","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T20:26:56","slug":"ron-desantis-is-refusing-to-take-harris-call-on-hurricane-helene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=111639","title":{"rendered":"Ron DeSantis is refusing to take Harris&#8217; call on Hurricane Helene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"\">Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is not taking calls from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/kamala-harris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vice President Kamala Harris<\/a> about storm recovery just over a week after Hurricane Helene hammered parts of his state.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">A source familiar with the situation said he was dodging the Democratic presidential nominee\u2019s calls because they \u201cseemed political,\u201d according to a DeSantis aide.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cKamala was trying to reach out, and we didn\u2019t answer,\u201d the DeSantis aide told NBC News.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The same person said \u201cnot to my knowledge\u201d when asked if DeSantis had spoken to President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Last week, DeSantis said Biden had called him, but he was flying at the time so could not take the call. Biden was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtxl.com\/southwest-tallahassee\/president-biden-to-tour-storm-damage-in-the-big-bend-and-south-georgia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in north Florida<\/a> 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.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">DeSantis has been in direct contact with Federal Emergency Management Director Deanne Criswell.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"styles_inlineImage__yAWZ0 styles_medium__OMa6x\"><picture class=\"styles_image__1qciH\" data-testid=\"picture\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-560w,f_avif,q_auto:eco,dpr_2\/rockcms\/2024-10\/241007-ron-desantis-al-1057-f166fe.jpg 2x, https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-560w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2024-10\/241007-ron-desantis-al-1057-f166fe.jpg 1x\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 320px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_avif,q_auto:eco,dpr_2\/rockcms\/2024-10\/241007-ron-desantis-al-1057-f166fe.jpg 2x, https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2024-10\/241007-ron-desantis-al-1057-f166fe.jpg 1x\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2024-10\/241007-ron-desantis-al-1057-f166fe.jpg\" alt=\"Ron DeSantis\" height=\"1667\" width=\"2500\"\/><\/picture><figcaption class=\"caption styles_caption__Pe5JC\" data-testid=\"caption\"><span class=\"caption__container\" data-testid=\"caption__container\">Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has not spoken with Vice President Kamala Harris or President Joe Biden about the hurricane response. <\/span><span class=\"caption__source\" data-testid=\"caption__source\">Jared C. Tilton \/ Getty Images file <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"\">White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked about NBC News&#8217; report on Monday afternoon and whether politics was seeping into the hurricane response. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;That&#8217;s really for the governor to speak to, right?&#8221; she replied, saying that the White House invited DeSantis to survey the storm damage with Biden. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;It was his decision&#8230;to not attend or not be there with the president. &#8230; It is up to him,&#8221; she added. &#8220;We are doing our part, in the Biden-Harris administration, working  \u2014 obviously FEMA is work \u2014 is on the ground, all hands on deck, whole of government. Robust approach here. And so, again, that&#8217;s for Gov. DeSantis to speak to.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Hurricane Helene made <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/amp-video\/mmvo220279365508\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">landfall<\/a> on Florida\u2019s Big Bend region on Sept. 27, devastating some of the state\u2019s rural north Florida counties and swamping cities along the Gulf Coast with storm surge. Many of those cities, including the heavily populated Tampa region, are still dealing with significant flood damage and debris removal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">After landfall, remnants of Helene continued to cut a path through the Southeast, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/weather\/live-blog\/hurricane-helene-live-updates-rcna173767\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">leaving more than 200 dead<\/a> and swamping the region, including historic flooding in western North Carolina.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In Helene\u2019s immediate aftermath, DeSantis said that \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcmiami.com\/news\/local\/helene-aftermath-florida-gov-desantis-provides-update\/3430685\/?os=av&amp;ref=app\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">we have it handled<\/a>\u201d in reference to storm cleanup and that the federal government should focus on North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Other governors have offered more praise for the federal response, with Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp saying he had spoken to Biden and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GovKemp\/status\/1841865233872114046\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">thanked him for the assistance<\/a>, and South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster, also a Republican, saying it had been \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/Z_tqxiiE8Uw?t=3620s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">superb<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In what he dubbed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/article\/operation-blue-ridge-hurricane-helene-recovery-florida\/62434094\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Operation Blue Ridge<\/a>, DeSantis also sent Florida resources to North Carolina, including members of the Florida National Guard and officials from several state agencies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Over the weekend, DeSantis said those assets are now returning to Florida as the state expects a midweek landfall of Hurricane Milton, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/amp\/rcna174229\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">major storm<\/a> that is expected to affect huge swaths of the state, including coastal cities flooded by Hurricane Helene.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">That storm is expected to make landfall in the central portion of Florida\u2019s Gulf Coast on Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Two other officials with DeSantis\u2019 office said that so far, there has been no effort by Biden to reach out to the governor on Hurricane Milton. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Former President Donald Trump has talked about Hurricane Helene at length, and at times in overt political terms \u2014 including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/trump-georgia-governor-brian-kemp-unable-talk-biden-hurricane-helene-rcna173236\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pushing<\/a> false <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/false-claims-fema-disaster-funds-migrants-pushed-trump-rcna173955\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">information<\/a>. At one point he claimed on social media that a photo Harris had posted on social media getting a storm briefing was \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/realdonaldtrump\/status\/1840845084780011590?s=42\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FAKE and STAGED<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"endmark\">Trump visited Georgia in the days after the storm and appeared at an event with Kemp. He also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbc26.com\/science-and-tech\/natural-disasters\/trump-gofundme-for-hurricane-helene-victims-raises-more-than-4-million\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">launched a GoFundMe<\/a> to help organizations doing relief work in the region.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"expanded-byline-contributors articleBylineContainer\">\n<div class=\"expanded-byline article-expanded-byline\" data-activity-map=\"expanded-byline-article-bottom\">\n<div class=\"byline-thumbnail byline-thumbnail--has-image expanded-byline__thumbnail\" data-testid=\"byline-thumbnail\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/author\/matt-dixon-ncpn1303556\"><picture data-testid=\"picture\"><source media=\"(min-width: 320px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-60x60,f_avif,q_auto:eco,dpr_2\/newscms\/2024_24\/3651229\/240610-matt-dixon-mn-1410.jpg 2x, https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-60x60,f_auto,q_auto:best\/newscms\/2024_24\/3651229\/240610-matt-dixon-mn-1410.jpg 1x\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-60x60,f_auto,q_auto:best\/newscms\/2024_24\/3651229\/240610-matt-dixon-mn-1410.jpg\" alt=\"\" height=\"48\" width=\"48\"\/><\/picture><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"byline-name expanded-byline__name\" data-testid=\"byline-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/author\/matt-dixon-ncpn1303556\">Matt Dixon<\/a><\/span><span class=\"byline-social expanded-byline__social\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mdixon55\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"byline-social--link\"><span class=\"icon icon-twitter\"\/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/kamala-harris\/mailto:matt.dixon@nbcuni.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"byline-social--link\"><span class=\"icon icon-email\"\/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"expanded-byline__bio-wrapper\">\n<p class=\"byline-bio expanded-byline__bio\">Matt Dixon is a senior national politics reporter for NBC News, based in Florida.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Gabe Gutierrez<!-- --> <!-- -->contributed<!-- -->.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/kamala-harris\/ron-desantis-harris-call-hurricane-helene-political-rcna174276\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Gov. 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