{"id":111731,"date":"2024-10-08T09:28:43","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T02:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=111731"},"modified":"2024-10-08T09:28:43","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T02:28:43","slug":"desantis-and-biden-speak-on-storm-recovery-after-reports-gop-governor-hadnt-returned-calls-from-president-vice-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=111731","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis and Biden speak on storm recovery after reports GOP governor hadn\u2019t returned calls from president, vice president"},"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 data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\"\/><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">CNN<\/span><br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1zevxfy001l26nn473a4j87@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The White House said that Ron DeSantis and Joe Biden spoke Monday night following reports that the Republican governor of Florida had refused calls from the president and Vice President Kamala Harris as officials continue <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/weather\/live-news\/hurricane-milton-florida-10-07-2024\/index.html\">hurricane recovery efforts<\/a> and prepare for another to make landfall later this week.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1zpo94f00003b6letd0drea@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Senior assistant White House press secretary Emilie Simons said Monday in a post on X that \u201cTonight, @POTUS spoke with @GovRonDeSantis and Tampa Mayor Jane Castor to get a report on recovery efforts for Hurricane\u00a0Helene\u00a0and preparations for Hurricane Milton,\u201d which is forecast to make landfall in Florida on Wednesday.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1zq0t99000g3b6lcocspkyh@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cHe asked both to call him directly if anything can be done to further support response and recovery efforts,\u201d Simons added.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1zeynpf00073b6mmds32w1k@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Harris, a White House official told CNN, had reached out to DeSantis multiple times in the time since Hurricane Helene made landfall in his state, but the governor had not taken the vice president\u2019s calls. When Biden visited Florida last week to survey storm damage on the ground, DeSantis declined to join him, instead holding a press conference with reporters four hours south of the area the president toured.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1zeynpg00083b6mph1g5l2b@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cWe invited the governor, right, to come and survey the damage areas with the president \u2013 obviously, we were in Florida, we invited the governor of Florida to come, it was his decision not, to not attend or not be there with the president,\u201d White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters earlier Monday. \u201cThe president has reached out around Hurricane Helene. He reached out. It is up to the governor, it is really up to the governor.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1zimr2r00023b6l4tqu4fld@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            DeSantis told reporters Monday that he had not been aware of the vice president\u2019s reach outs, claiming at a press briefing in Tallahassee, \u201cI didn\u2019t know she called me.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1zimy1v000a3b6l5wamllmh@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The governor said he was thankful to Biden for approving everything they needed thus far, adding that if they need additional help, he \u201cwill not hesitate\u201d to give him a call.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1zimy1v000b3b6l2cizyj77@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cWe want to use whatever resources are available to be able to help Floridians prepare and respond to this storm. But everything we\u2019ve asked for from President Biden, he has approved, and we do think we\u2019ll get more approvals for some of the individual assistance and the debris removal after landfall,\u201d DeSantis said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1ziq366000g3b6lwe8etxjs@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Harris also responded to reports of DeSantis not taking her calls Monday, saying that \u201cmoments of crisis, if nothing else, should really be the moment that anyone who calls themselves a leader says they\u2019re going to put politics aside and put the people first.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1zj2qma000l3b6lb5d0srul@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cPeople are in desperate need of support right now, and playing political games at this moment, in these crisis situations \u2013 these are the height of emergency situations \u2013 is just utterly irresponsible, and it is selfish, and it is about political gamesmanship instead of doing the job that you took an oath to do, which is putting the people first,\u201d the vice president told reporters on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1zeynpg00093b6mygllxznn@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            CNN has reached out to the White House, the Harris campaign and DeSantis\u2019 office on details surrounding outreach between Biden, Harris, and DeSantis.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1zewo8o00003b6m3ewfk15c@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            NBC News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/kamala-harris\/ron-desantis-harris-call-hurricane-helene-political-rcna174276\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first reported<\/a> on DeSantis having not taken Harris\u2019 calls.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1zf9wn3000j3b6myxh7w9hq@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            It\u2019s not the first time the Florida governor has eschewed a meeting with Biden following a natural disaster. In 2023,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/09\/01\/politics\/desantis-biden-florida-meeting\/index.html\">he declined to meet with Biden on a trip to the state following Hurricane Idalia<\/a>, even after the president said he\u2019d planned to meet with the Republican governor.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1zeynpg000a3b6mzon3h13h@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell connected Sunday with DeSantis to discuss preparations for Hurricane Milton.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1zeynpg000b3b6m5uh9xah5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cShe spoke with him yesterday in regards to Milton,\u201d Jean-Pierre said. \u201cAnd we\u2019re going to continue to certainly pre-position on the ground, and we\u2019re going to support the communities with whatever they need and whenever. That is our commitment.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1zj3war000o3b6lietv7vn4@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Harris on Monday urged people in the path of Hurricane Milton to heed the warnings of state and local officials after she had also just spoken with Criswell.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1zj5a6w000x3b6lbhbd1jw4@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cI cannot stress enough to all the folks in Florida, in the Tampa area, please listen to evacuation orders,\u201d she said. \u201cPlease listen to your local officials, because I know a lot of folks out there have survived these hurricanes before \u2013 this one is going to be very, very serious, and I urge you to please just grab whatever you need, listen to the orders you\u2019re getting from your local officials.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1zeynpg000c3b6mnyhj82xp@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Jean-Pierre insisted that the federal government remains focused on disaster recovery in the state regardless of whether DeSantis returns calls from the president or vice president.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1zeynpg000d3b6mxlixukzu@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThat is something for the governor to speak to himself. If you have the president and you have the vice president reaching out to offer up assistance provided to your constituents, the people who live in your state, to make sure we are doing everything that we need to do from a federal response, and we\u2019re reaching out, offering our support, that\u2019s for the governor, it\u2019s up to him if he wants to respond to us or not,\u201d she said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1zfhu5x000t3b6mau496di8@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            She continued: \u201cBut what we\u2019re doing is we\u2019re working with state and local officials to make sure that we are pre-positioned to make sure that we are ready to be there for the communities that are going to be impacted \u2013 we are doing the job that is needed.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1zeynpg000e3b6mpmgk7ypq@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Federal officials, the press secretary said, will provide a \u201crobust all-of-government\u201d response.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1zfizre000v3b6mwul080kl@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cAnd anything else, I would have to leave it to the governor to his actions, to how he wants to move forward in this. That is for him, that is a question for the governor,\u201d she said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1zjbxsj00003b6mxblxjnup@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <em>This headline and story have been updated with additional details. <\/em>\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph paragraph_contributors inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_contributors\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1zimw6a00063b6lug4h6vyt@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            CNN\u2019s <em>Kit Maher contributed to this report.<\/em>\n    <\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/correction\/instances\/cm1zhaptq00053b6mh9i4soyt@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"correction\" class=\"correction inline-placeholder\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n  Correction: This story has been updated to accurately reflect where DeSantis held his press conference in relation to Biden last week.\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<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<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.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/07\/politics\/desantis-harris-biden-hurricane-recovery-calls\/index.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN \u00a0\u2014\u00a0 The White House said that Ron DeSantis and Joe Biden spoke Monday night following reports that the Republican governor of Florida had refused calls from the president and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=111731\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=111731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111731\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=111731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=111731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=111731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}