Biden praises Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as ‘very gracious’ amid hurricane relief effort

President Biden praised Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for being "gracious" arsenic helium spoke with him astir mitigating aggregate hurricanes hitting Florida.

There has been an ongoing feud betwixt Vice President Kamala Harris’ squad and DeSantis successful caller days. NBC News reported Monday that DeSantis has been denying telephone calls from Harris' team, but it seems the politician and the president are connected acold amended terms. 

During a property briefing astatine the White House connected Wednesday, Real Clear Politics newsman Philip Wegmann asked, "Mr. President, does Governor DeSantis request to instrumentality Vice President Harris’s calls?"

"All I tin archer you is I’ve talked to Governor DeSantis," Biden answered. "He's been precise gracious. He thanked maine for each we've done. He knows what we're doing, and I deliberation that's important."

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President Joe Biden delivers remarks connected the national government's effect to Hurricane Helene and preparations for Hurricane Milton successful the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024, successful Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden has had aggregate telephone calls with DeSantis since Hurricane Helene began barreling down connected the southeast 2 weeks ago, followed by Hurricane Milton making landfall precocious Wednesday, and told some DeSantis and Tampa Mayor Jane Castor to "call him directly" if immoderate further enactment is needed. 

DeSantis, meanwhile, noted Tuesday greeting that each his national requests for much enactment person been answered. 

Harris has accused DeSantis of "playing governmental games" amid the hurricanes.

"People are successful hopeless request of enactment close present and playing governmental games with this moment, successful these situation situations, these are the tallness of exigency situations, it's conscionable utterly irresponsible, and it is selfish," Harris told reporters Monday. 

Biden, by contrast, had alternatively referred to the Florida politician arsenic "cooperative."

"The politician of Florida has been cooperative. He said he’s gotten each that helium needs. I talked to him again yesterday, and I said – nary – you're doing a large job, it's each being done good and we convey you for it," Biden said astatine a property league from the White House Tuesday. "There was a unsmooth commencement successful immoderate places, but each governor, each politician – from Florida to North Carolina – has been afloat cooperative and supportive."

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Democratic statesmanlike nominee Vice President Kamala Harris arrives astatine LaGuardia Airport, Monday Oct. 7, 2024, successful New York. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

NBC News reported precocious Wednesday, "Biden hadn’t been briefed astir the dynamic involving Harris and DeSantis, the idiosyncratic acquainted with the concern said." That root told the outlet that Biden "wasn’t tracking a circumstantial back-and-forth" and was "focused connected the effect itself."

After a DeSantis staffer told NBC connected Monday that the Florida politician had chosen not to instrumentality the vice president's call, DeSantis aboriginal clarified that helium was ne'er adjacent alert Harris was trying to interaction him. The politician alternatively argued that Harris was the 1 engaging successful governmental gamesmanship.

"I’ve worked connected these hurricanes nether some President Trump and President Biden. Neither of them ever tried to politicize it. She has ne'er called connected immoderate of the storms we’ve had since she’s been vice president until seemingly now," DeSantis told "Fox & Friends" Tuesday greeting pursuing reports of the vice president's criticism. "Why, each of the sudden, is she trying to parachute successful and inject herself erstwhile she’s ne'er shown immoderate involvement successful the past? We cognize it’s due to the fact that of politics, we cognize it’s due to the fact that of her campaign."

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DeSantis' bureau declined to remark to Fox News Digital astir Tuesday’s reporting, but pointed to the governor's comments connected some "Fox & Friends" and "Hannity," respectively. 

Fox News Digital besides reached retired to the Harris run for comment, but did not person a effect successful beforehand of work time.

Fox News' Alec Schemmel contributed to this report.