Biden throws Kamala Harris under the bus by praising DeSantis for his hurricane response

President Joe Biden stepped connected Vice President Kamala Harris' quality connected The View connected Tuesday erstwhile helium praised Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' for 'doing a large job' with Hurricane Milton preparations. 

Biden made the remarks during a dueling quality with the vice president who little than 24 hours earlier criticized the Republican politician as powerful Hurricane Milton barrels toward Florida. 

Harris and DeSantis publically butted heads connected Monday erstwhile they accused each different of playing authorities aft DeSantis did not instrumentality calls from the vice president.

But successful an update connected hurricane preparedness connected Tuesday, Biden said helium has spoken to 'all governmental leaders successful the region' and immoderate of them much than erstwhile and shared that helium gave DeSantis his idiosyncratic telephone number.

The president said they person gotten an overwhelming affirmative effect from everyone from 'the politician of Florida up to North Carolina.' 

He said helium spoke with with DeSantis Monday nighttime and gave him his idiosyncratic fig to interaction him successful the White House.

'The politician of Florida has been cooperative. He's said he's gotten each that helium needs,' Biden said successful effect to a question from a reporter. 

'I talked to him yesterday,' Biden said. 'I said "No, you're doing a large job. It's each being done well. We convey you for it." And I virtually gave him my idiosyncratic telephone fig to call.' 

He said each politician has been cooperative and supportive of what the squad is doing. 

It comes aft Harris tore into DeSantis connected Monday for not taking her calls arsenic the hurricane approaches the authorities aboriginal this week.

'You know, moments of crisis, if thing else, should truly beryllium the infinitesimal that anyone who calls themselves a person says they’re gonna enactment authorities speech and enactment the radical first,' Harris said. 

The vice president marque the comments arsenic she spoke to journalists at Joint Base Andrew earlier her departure for New York City.

She said 'playing governmental games astatine this infinitesimal successful these situation situations, these are the tallness of the exigency situations, it's conscionable utterly irresponsible, and it is selfish.'

DailyMail.com confirmed DeSantis did not instrumentality the vice president's calls this week.

When asked astir not taking a telephone during a property league connected Monday, DeSantis said that helium was not adjacent alert she had called.

'I didn't cognize she called me. I saw that, but I wasn't alert of that,' helium told reporters successful Tallahassee. 

At the time, helium besides claimed helium didn't cognize the president called either but insisted the authorities has gotten everything it has asked for. 

'I've been capable to interaction each of the governors,' Biden said Tuesday erstwhile asked astir misinformation. 'They're sticking up for what they asked for. They're pointing retired that they're satisfied with everything they're getting.'

Biden's praise connected Tuesday not lone clashed with what the vice president said connected Monday, but he besides made his remarks astatine the aforesaid clip arsenic his vice president was appearing connected The View.

It is the 2nd clip successful caller days that Biden and Harris person appeared publically for abstracted events astatine the aforesaid time. 

On Friday, erstwhile Biden made his astonishment halt successful the White House property briefing country for the archetypal clip ever, it came conscionable arsenic Harris was acceptable to springiness remarks earlier firefighters and different national workers successful Michigan. 

CNN adjacent accused the president of 'overshadowing' the Democratic statesmanlike nominee connected aerial arsenic the web chopped to the president taking questions from reporters arsenic the vice president was besides holding her lawsuit with a important radical of voters.

But adjacent has the brace clasp dueling events and Biden appeared to propulsion Harris nether the autobus with his remarks, the vice president has had thing but praise for her boss. 

During her quality connected The View connected Tuesday, Harris went truthful acold arsenic to accidental determination is nothing she would alteration successful presumption of what Biden has done during their clip successful the White House.

'There is not a happening that comes to mind,' Harris said.