A.G. Gancarski
Sometimes, even the Vice President of the United States gets routed to voicemail.
That’s a takeaway from NBC News reporting about Vice President Kamala Harris not being able to get through to Gov. Ron DeSantis in the hours before Hurricane Milton promises a historical and devastating impact to Southwest Florida, the Interstate 4 Corridor and other areas in the path of the fearsome Category 5 storm.
The calls, per a DeSantis aide, “seemed political,” prompting the Governor to ignore them.
“Kamala was trying to reach out, and we didn’t answer,” the claim goes, as reported by Matt Dixon of NBC News.
While President Joe Biden approved the state’s pre-landfall declaration Monday, the lack of dialogue between Harris and DeSantis is the latest data point in a chilly dynamic between the two.
The Governor has called Harris a “vapid San Francisco leftist” and an “economic arsonist” since she became the Democratic presidential nominee.
Before that, he described her as an “insurance policy” to protect Biden from being removed from office.
DeSantis snubbed Biden during his tour of storm damage after Hurricane Helene, scheduling a low-priority press conference a 40-minute flight away from Tallahassee when Biden arrived.
He was coy when asked why.
“No reason. We had this planned,” DeSantis said to reporters during a news conference with other state officials in Anna Maria.
DeSantis has a press conference Monday afternoon, and we will update if he comments on his refusal to talk to Harris.
5 comments
ScienceBLVR
October 7, 2024 at 2:21 pm
It’s just so childish..Gosh, Little Ronnie, what are you,
10 years old? The calls, per a DeSantis aide, “seemed political,” prompting the Governor to ignore them…
Unbelievable.. but wait for it.. Cue the headlines about the Biden Harris administration ignoring Florida because it’s Red and unfortunately home to the Big Trumpkin
Bobblehead Kammy
October 7, 2024 at 2:29 pm
Why does he need to talk to the VP? Up until several weeks ago she was pretty much invisible anyway. She simply wants to get face time. I don’t blame DeSantis.
Stop it!
October 7, 2024 at 3:34 pm
What. In. The. Sam. Hell.
Ron you are a man child and you are absolutely ignorant. We the citizens of pinellas county want help from anybody especially our federal government. Get over yourself and don’t you dare screw up my recovery efforts! I’m a republican, a business owner, and pay my taxes. This political warfare is childish. Stop it! Stop it right now!
Kamala is Brat 🌴🥥🌴
October 7, 2024 at 2:24 pm
The SCOTUS just allowed Georgia’s six week abortion ban to be reinstated! Looks like Republicans just lost another purple state to Democrats!
Bob
October 7, 2024 at 2:46 pm
I suspect he was too busy cleaning the stains out of his pants after he realized that Milton will likely make our homes uninsurable and that will force folks to face AGW and all of Ronnie’s climate change lies. FL, the soon to be the Exit Only state, no bank will provide mortgages to uninsurable homes.