Kamala Harris tears into 'utterly irresponsible and selfish' Ron DeSantis for refusing to take her calls during hurricanes

Vice President Kamala Harris connected Monday tore into Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for not taking her calls arsenic different hurricane was barreling toward his state's coastline. 

Harris spoke to journalists astatine Joint Base Andrew arsenic she departed for New York Monday up of a bid of interviews successful the Big Apple. 

Earlier Monday reports came retired that said DeSantis ignored a telephone from Harris specifically due to the fact that helium believed the determination was politically motivated - arsenic she's the Democratic nominee for president. 

'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 connected the tarmac.  

She pointed retired that 'people are successful hopeless request of enactment close now.' 

'And 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, and it is astir governmental gamesmanship alternatively of doing the occupation that you took an oath to do, which is to enactment the radical first,' Harris added. 

DeSantis claimed that helium wasn't alert of the outreach from Harris and President Joe Biden. 

Biden was successful the authorities past week to survey harm and DeSantis didn't articulation him.  

When Biden sought to scope retired to DeSantis past week, the politician was flying and incapable to instrumentality the call, helium claimed. 

DailyMail.com tin corroborate that the politician besides did not instrumentality Harris' telephone this week.

And erstwhile Biden was successful Florida past week to survey tempest harm from Hurricane Helene, DeSantis was already holding a antecedently scheduled property league successful different portion of the state. 

The 2 did not meet.

When asked astir not taking the telephone during a property league connected Monday, DeSantis said that helium wasn't adjacent alert that the VP had called him. 

'I didn't cognize she called me. I saw that, but I wasn't alert of that,' helium said to reporters successful Tallahassee, besides claiming that helium didn't cognize the president called either. 

'We've gotten approvals for everything we asked for,' helium assured.  

Biden's Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters connected Monday: 'It's up to the politician if helium wants to respond to america oregon not.'

After the decease and demolition of Hurricane Helene, parts of Central and Northern Florida are bracing to beryllium deed by different tempest by Wednesday.

White not successful nonstop interaction with the president oregon vice president, DeSantis has been speaking with Federal Emergency Management Director Deanne Criswell.

Asked whether authorities is affecting hurricane alleviation response, Jean-Pierre said: 'That's truly for the politician to talk to, right?'

'It was his decision...to not be oregon not beryllium determination with the president,' she added.

'We are doing our part, successful the Biden-Harris administration, moving — evidently FEMA is enactment — is connected the ground, each hands connected deck, full of government. Robust attack here. And so, again, that's for Gov. DeSantis to talk to.'

A batch of speculation has swirled connected the Republican broadside that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is not doing capable to assistance relieve those dealing with hurricane fallout.

Some theorize that excessively overmuch wealth was allocated for lodging migrants and amerciable immigrants and truthful nary is near for hurricane relief. 

Others are pushing conspiracies that if families judge the assistance past the national authorities tin past instrumentality their home, which is starring Americans to not scope retired for the assistance they need.

Hurricane Milton is expected to deed landfall by Wednesday arsenic Florida remains successful betterment mode from the devastation of Hurricane Helene.