DeSantis takes fresh pot shot at Harris after Hurricane Milton strikes

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took a fresh cookware changeable astatine Vice Preisdent Kamala Harris connected Thursday connected the greeting aft Hurricane Milton ripped done the state.

The Republican politician defended his determination not to instrumentality calls from Harris, saying the vice president should not “inject herself” into the tempest effect and betterment effort.

“She’s trying to inject herself into this due to the fact that of her governmental campaign,” DeSantis said. “So arsenic the politician present who’s starring this, I don’t person clip for those games.”

The extortion of Tropicana Field was torn disconnected during Hurricane Milton connected Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, successful St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson)

DeSantis said helium is snubbing Harris but has spoken to President Biden and officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

“She has nary relation successful this process,” DeSantis said. “I’m moving with the radical I request to beryllium moving with.”

Harris has played a large relation alongside Biden successful the betterment from Hurricane Helene successful respective states and the ongoing effect to Milton successful Florida.

After DeSantis failed to instrumentality Harris’ calls earlier this week, the Democratic statesmanlike nominee called it governmental gamesmanship.

“Playing governmental games with this infinitesimal successful these situation situations, these are the tallness of exigency situations, it’s conscionable utterly irresponsible and it is selfish,” Harris said.

Biden and Harris accidental they are committed to moving with authorities and section officials careless of whether they are Democrats oregon Republicans.

They person slammed erstwhile President Trump for spreading misinformation astir the betterment efforts, including falsely claiming the national authorities took wealth from FEMA to assistance undocumented immigrants.

He besides accused the feds of lone giving survivors $750, erstwhile that is lone an archetypal exigency assistance to victims and thing adjacent to each the assistance available.

Some acold right-wing lawmakers similar Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene person adjacent falsely accused the authorities of someway intentionally creating oregon strengthening the hurricanes arsenic a governmental instrumentality to punish red-leaning states similar Florida.