9mo ago

Ron DeSantis is refusing to take Harris' call on Hurricane Helene

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is not taking calls from Vice President Kamala Harris about storm recovery just over a week after Hurricane Helene hammered parts of his state.

A source familiar with the situation said he was dodging the Democratic presidential nominee’s calls because they “seemed political,” according to a DeSantis aide.

“Kamala was trying to reach out, and we didn’t answer,” the DeSantis aide told NBC News.

The same person said “not to my knowledge” when asked if DeSantis had spoken to President Joe Biden.

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9mo ago

Ron DeSantis is refusing to take Harris' call on Hurricane Helene

www.nbcnews.com /politics/kamala-harris/ron-desantis-harris-call-hurricane-helene-political-rcna174276

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TN governor did this too. Refused Biden’s efforts to stage relief crews prior to the storm, then the night the storm hits he calls the White House to ask for aid. These petulant children shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near government leadership positions
- Sounds like something that demands an LBJ-style federal response.
  
  Forcing the governors to talk to him while he's taking a shit with the door open?
  
  Isn’t this happening? I read that Biden is sending a thousand troops to these areas to help under a federal order that bypasses these boneheaded state officials … unless I misunderstood.
Two other officials with DeSantis’ office said that so far, there has been no effort by Biden to reach out to the governor on Hurricane Milton.
This is such a bullshit thing to say. If the sadistic antihuman monster known as DeSantis didn't accept contact from them regarding Helene, why would he expect them to immediately reach out to him on Milton? Current administration's efforts would be better spent coordinating with someone who is actually interested in the well-being of Floridians.
- "They haven't said a word about Milton... I mean, they're calling us every hour on the hour but I assume it is about Helene."
No fucking duh it's political, she is an a political post, you are in a political post. Not all politics is bad, some of it is about finding a way to get the government to actually help people in need
- get the government to actually help people in need
  This is the part conservatives cannot do.
  If you want to save some money, just remind them that vulnerable groups have also been impacted. They will refuse all help just to make sure the out-groups continue to suffer.
  
  "Government doesn't work! Vote for me and I'll show you just how poorly it can be run!"
  
  The GOP gave up on attempting to even put up a facade of "we're trying to help you" at least a decade ago. At this point, they've convinced their voters that we cannot afford to help everyone, so we only help minorities. And because of that, they would rather we just help nobody.
  When the reality is, we could very easily provide for all of the needs of every citizen several times over if people actually paid their fair share in taxes.
  But you add in the "temporarily embarrassed millionaire" mindset that has infected the minds of American workers, and you end up with a bunch of sad, angry, jingoistic people who do everything they can to make sure nobody gets any help for anything.
  Well, that is, until they personally need it. Then it's different.
  Almost as if there's been a concerted effort for decades to push concepts like "rugged individualism" over collectivism, and "American exceptionalism," while literally sabotaging our own education system so that people remain ignorant enough to continue voting against their interests...
- some of it is about finding a way to get the government to actually help people in need
  And here is where you lose conservatives, and why, at its core, it is a rotten ideology.
  Until it is literally them that needs the help. But then its different. They're different.
Inb4 DeSantis claims the Government is ignoring Florida when it comes to hurricanes
Coward
He’s such a petty little bitch. Put your heels on and just take the call, Ronnie.
If Biden's team bypasses DeSantis entirely and coordinates directly with the impacted counties and communities, that would make DeSantis look 100% useless on the national stage.
- I truly hope that’s what they’re doing.
DeSantis was allowing Helene to flatten his state. What a weak man.
- No doubt. What kind of man would let a hurricane named Helene push him around. He should meet her at landfall and tell her to go to a liberal state instead.
Party before country, right?
You would think any man that short would want all the help he can get when the water starts rising.
Tampa's mayor should get in contact directly. This is going to be very bad, and they are going to need all the help they can get.
This is where the democrats fail to gain favor amongst conservative voters. They should be playing ads throughout the state showing they have attempted to provide assistance and have been prevented from doing so by the little bitch they call governor, give them a way to bypass their bullshit of a local government and go directly to the federal government for support.
- It would make them liars though. Desantis did talk to Biden, they will get the aid, and it will just show Desantis not treating Harris seriously, which Publicans would love. And they'd flop it as Democrats fake news with evidence...
  Would be a horrible ad to run
- Most conservatives have been conditioned to believe everything they hear from News and/or "libs" is fake...
  This would actually just make things worse.
- Actually only their candidate is. “They” are not
I’ll say this, if trump had won I don’t know a democratic governor who would consider not taking a call from pence after a national disaster. Every governor pulling this needs recalled
Imagine endangering the lives of your constituents because politics.
Remember, federal government disaster aid is Socialism.
I knew this was gonna happen. I honestly wondered a few hours ago “I wonder how many times the WH has tried to call Desantis and he just didn’t take the call to be petty.”
If he’s got legit governor stuff to do when there’s a Cat 5 on the way, I get it. I live on the coast. But I knew he would pull a stunt like this just to be a dick.
- Pretty sure they have an auto dialer.
What a little piss baby loser
Run down the chain then. Local county officials have a lot less to lose by working with the federal government to save their constituents.
Seriously… they act like schools children.
What a petty little man-child.
No one's bringing politics into this except for Governor MoRon DiSaster.
What a clear example of these politicians not giving a rat's ass about their citizens. Even if it was just a chance for her to have a political talking point, ISN'T THAT BETTER THAN HAVING YOUR CITIZENS SUFFER???
They would rather people's lives get ruined than give Biden/Harris a possible win. I'm sure as people's homes are getting swept away they'll be comforted by the fact that Harris didn't get one over on DeSantis.
He cant take the call, he's too busy modeling his white stripper boots infront of the mirror and thinking about how damn sexy and amazing he is, and how the damn voters should have picked him over trump.
Her win
What a fucking piss baby. I have friends directly in the path of eye of hurricane Milton. I hope Gov. DeathSentence doesn't get them killed in the name of neo fascist virtue signaling.
DeSantis is still a piss baby

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