The state of Florida has battled hurricane HELENE and is gearing to encounter hurricane MILTON as it hit category 5, however there has been dispute between vice president of United State, Kamala Harris and governor Ron DeSantis over unreturned calls.
NBC reported that Gov. DeSantis has in the past couple of days refused to pick the VP’s call to give information regarding the hurricane and as such labelled him ‘selfish’ and wanting to play politics with the life of the people.
However, DeSantis said he was unaware that the vice president had reached out.
“No, I didn’t know she called me. I saw [the report], but I was not aware of that,” DeSantis claimed.
In response to DeSantis’ purported snub, Harris called it “utterly responsible” and “selfish” to play “political games” at a time of crisis.
“People are in desperate need of support right now and playing political games with this moment, in these crisis situations, these are the height of emergency situations, it’s utterly irresponsible, and it is selfish,” Harris told reporters before boarding Air Force Two on Monday afternoon.
The governor did speak with Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Deanne Criswell on Sunday, and federal officials are continuing to work with state emergency managers to prepare for Milton’s landfall.
The governor confirmed he spoke to President Biden in an appearance on “Hannity,” where he also addressed Harris’ comments.
“I’ve been in touch with both FEMA and the president, as well as marshaling all our state agencies and working to support our local communities,” he said.
“She has no role in this,” he added. “In fact, she’s been vice president for three and a half years. I’ve dealt with a number of storms under this administration. She has never contributed anything to any of these efforts, and so what I think is selfish is trying to blunder into this.”
“Time is going to start running out very, very soon,” DeSantis said at a news conference Monday.

Credit: ABC