{"id":111795,"date":"2024-10-08T13:38:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T06:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=111795"},"modified":"2024-10-08T13:38:01","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T06:38:01","slug":"desantis-ramps-up-his-beef-with-harris-after-ducking-her-hurricane-calls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=111795","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis Ramps Up His Beef With Harris After Ducking Her Hurricane Calls"},"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>Florida Gov. <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TrackingLink LinkWrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/keyword\/ron-desantis\">Ron DeSantis<\/a> had harsh words for Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday night, picking a fight with the Democratic nominee after he reportedly failed to answer her calls about preparations for Hurricane Milton.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day Harris called the Florida governor\u2019s actions \u201cselfish\u201d and \u201cutterly irresponsible\u201d\u2014a characterization that DeSantis apparently resented.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor Kamala Harris to try to say that my sole focus on the people of Florida is somehow selfish is delusional,\u201d DeSantis said during an interview on Fox News\u2019 <em>Hannity<\/em>. \u201cShe has no role in this. In fact, she\u2019s been vice president now for three and a half years\u2014I\u2019ve dealt with a number of storms under this administration. She has never contributed anything to any of these efforts. What I think is selfish is her trying to blunder into this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The feud between the two politicians began after multiple outlets reported DeSantis was dodging calls from Harris about the massive storm, which is currently expected to make landfall over the next few days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKamala was trying to reach out, and we didn\u2019t answer,\u201d an anonymous DeSantis aide told <a class=\"LinkWrapper LinkWrapper--external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/kamala-harris\/ron-desantis-harris-call-hurricane-helene-political-rcna174276\">NBC News<\/a> on Monday. A source close to the governor also confirmed the same to <a class=\"LinkWrapper LinkWrapper--external\" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/florida-gov-ron-desantis-refuses-call-vp-kamala\/story?id=114570089\">ABC News<\/a> hours later.<\/p>\n<p>The anonymous DeSantis aide said the governor declined to take Harris\u2019 calls because they \u201cseemed political.\u201d They were unsure if DeSantis had been in communication with President <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TrackingLink LinkWrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/keyword\/joe-biden\">Joe Biden<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Harris offered her own harsh words for the governor after <a class=\"LinkWrapper LinkWrapper--external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/07\/politics\/video\/hurricane-milton-harris-desantis-call-report-lead-digvid\">reporters asked her<\/a> about the evaded calls at Joint Base Andrews on Monday. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a <a class=\"LinkWrapper LinkWrapper--external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/video\/1528084\">press conference<\/a> primarily about storm prep earlier on Monday, DeSantis said he wasn\u2019t aware Harris had tried to contact him. \u201cI didn\u2019t know that she had called,\u201d DeSantis told reporters. \u201cSo I\u2019m not sure who they called, they didn\u2019t call me. And their characterization of it was something that they did, it wasn\u2019t anything that anybody in my office did in terms of saying it was political.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis said he was prepared to \u201chop on the phone very quickly\u201d if they need any more federal resources from the White House or FEMA. \u201cWe have gotten approvals for everything that we\u2019ve asked for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not a time for politics,\u201d the governor later added when reporters pressed him on the missed calls.<\/p>\n<p>By Monday night, the Florida governor was irate. Speaking to Fox News\u2019 Sean Hannity, DeSantis accused Harris of trying to \u201cpoliticize the storm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis accused the vice president of using the storm to gain an edge in the presidential campaign. \u201cI don\u2019t have time for political games,\u201d DeSantis told the Fox host.<\/p>\n<p>Milton is projected to make landfall on Florida\u2019s Gulf Coast by Wednesday. It has rapidly intensified over the last 24 hours from Category 1 to a now Category 5 storm\u2014sustaining wind speeds over 157 miles per hour. Milton\u2019s maximum wind speeds are currently 180 miles per hour, according to the most recent update from the National Hurricane Center.<\/p>\n<p>The storm is projected to hit the Sunshine State less than two weeks after Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida\u2019s Big Bend region as a Category 4 storm.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about the dodged calls, <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TrackingLink LinkWrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/keyword\/white-house\">White House<\/a> press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said \u201cthat\u2019s really for the governor to speak to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe invited the governor to come and survey the damaged areas with the president,\u201d Jean-Pierre said at a press briefing on Monday, referring to <a class=\"LinkWrapper LinkWrapper--external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/politics-government\/state-politics\/article293414469.html\">Biden\u2019s trip<\/a> to visit the states damaged by Hurricane Helene last week. \u201cIt was his decision not to attend and not be there with the president,\u201d said Jean-Pierre.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis was in the Tampa Bay area for a scheduled press conference at the same time Biden was visiting northern Florida.<\/p>\n<p>At his press conference on Monday, the Florida governor said he didn\u2019t know the White House had tried to contact him since then. \u201cBiden called me a couple days ago with Helene when I was on a helicopter. I didn\u2019t have any issues, they had helped us with what we\u2019d done. I\u2019m not aware that he\u2019s tried to call since then\u2014he certainly hasn\u2019t tried to call my phone. So I don\u2019t know quite where they\u2019re getting that information.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"min-height:180px\">\n<figure class=\"PictureWrapper Ag9VL InlineImage InlineImage--with-caption InlineImage--with-credit\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 703px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.thedailybeast.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,d_placeholder_euli9k,h_2333,w_3500,x_0,y_0\/dpr_1.5\/c_limit,w_655\/fl_lossy,q_auto\/hurricane_milton_1_uocc3m\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 1031px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.thedailybeast.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,d_placeholder_euli9k,h_2333,w_3500,x_0,y_0\/dpr_1.5\/c_limit,w_770\/fl_lossy,q_auto\/hurricane_milton_1_uocc3m\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 1032px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.thedailybeast.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,d_placeholder_euli9k,h_2333,w_3500,x_0,y_0\/dpr_1.5\/c_limit,w_690\/fl_lossy,q_auto\/hurricane_milton_1_uocc3m\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Debris from Hurricane Milton\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"2333\" width=\"3500\" src=\"https:\/\/img.thedailybeast.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,d_placeholder_euli9k,h_2333,w_3500,x_0,y_0\/dpr_1.5\/c_limit,w_690\/fl_lossy,q_auto\/hurricane_milton_1_uocc3m\"\/><\/picture>\n<div class=\"Caption\">\n<div class=\"Caption__title-and-caption\"><figcaption class=\"Caption__caption\">\n<div class=\"Mobiledoc\">\n<p>Debris left over from Hurricane Helene is piled up outside the Pass-A-Grille Women&#8217;s Club in St. Petersburg, Florida for authorities to pick up before Hurricane Milton strikes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><svg class=\"Caption__camera-icon\" style=\"height:13px;width:13px\"><use xlink:href=\"#camera\"\/><\/svg><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"Caption__credit-text\">BRYAN R. SMITH\/Getty<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIf 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 the federal response and we\u2019re reaching out offering our support\u2026 it\u2019s up to him if he wants to respond to us or not,\u201d Jean-Pierre said.<\/p>\n<p>Jean-Pierre confirmed that FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell has spoken with DeSantis as the state prepares for Hurricane Milton and that the White House had been in contact with state and local officials in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo look, we\u2019re going to do our job,\u201d Jean-Pierre said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to do what we need to do to make sure communities have what they need as this hurricane is coming our way at potentially Category 5.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"min-height:180px\">\n<figure class=\"PictureWrapper Ag9VL InlineImage InlineImage--with-caption InlineImage--with-credit\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 703px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.thedailybeast.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,d_placeholder_euli9k,h_2000,w_3000,x_0,y_0\/dpr_1.5\/c_limit,w_655\/fl_lossy,q_auto\/hurricane_milton_2_unkrr9\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 1031px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.thedailybeast.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,d_placeholder_euli9k,h_2000,w_3000,x_0,y_0\/dpr_1.5\/c_limit,w_770\/fl_lossy,q_auto\/hurricane_milton_2_unkrr9\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 1032px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.thedailybeast.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,d_placeholder_euli9k,h_2000,w_3000,x_0,y_0\/dpr_1.5\/c_limit,w_690\/fl_lossy,q_auto\/hurricane_milton_2_unkrr9\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Tropicana Field\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"2000\" width=\"3000\" src=\"https:\/\/img.thedailybeast.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,d_placeholder_euli9k,h_2000,w_3000,x_0,y_0\/dpr_1.5\/c_limit,w_690\/fl_lossy,q_auto\/hurricane_milton_2_unkrr9\"\/><\/picture>\n<div class=\"Caption\">\n<div class=\"Caption__title-and-caption\"><figcaption class=\"Caption__caption\">\n<div class=\"Mobiledoc\">\n<p>Tropicana Field, the MLB stadium where the Tampa Bay Rays play, prepares beds to serve as a temporary storm shelter in Pinellas County.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><svg class=\"Caption__camera-icon\" style=\"height:13px;width:13px\"><use xlink:href=\"#camera\"\/><\/svg><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"Caption__credit-text\">Octavio Jones\/Reuters<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<p>Meanwhile, DeSantis has been busy directing his state\u2019s preparations for Milton, which is currently projected to make landfall in the Tampa Bay area. Mandatory evacuation orders have so far been issued for parts of Pasco, Pinellas, and Hillsborough counties.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, DeSantis announced a \u201c24\/7\u201d operation to remove as much debris leftover from Helene before Milton is projected to hit\u2014likely late Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning, according to the <a class=\"LinkWrapper LinkWrapper--external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/graphics_at4.shtml?start#contents\">National Hurricane Center\u2019s<\/a> latest predictions.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis also defended his decision to send National Guardsmen and other state resources to North Carolina and other states that suffered worse effects from Helene, the <a class=\"LinkWrapper LinkWrapper--external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/hurricane\/2024\/10\/07\/florida-desantis-milton-helene-debris-cleanup-emergency\/\">Tampa Bay Times<\/a> reported. \u201cYou had people that were dying in the mountains there, and we\u2019re all Americans, and we step up and we do the right thing,\u201d DeSantis told reporters on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody\u2019s back,\u201d DeSantis later told the <a class=\"LinkWrapper LinkWrapper--external\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/weatherchannel\/status\/1843420215431880852\">Weather Channel<\/a> in an interview. \u201cWe\u2019re going to have 8,000 guardsmen activated to respond to this storm\u2026 This will definitely be all hands on deck.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/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.thedailybeast.com\/harris-fires-back-at-selfish-desantis-for-ducking-her-hurricane-calls\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Gov. 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