The Florida governor has not spoken to the vice president as his state prepares for a potentially catastrophic storm, multiple outlets reported.
The anonymous DeSantis aide said the governor declined to take Harris’ calls because they “seemed political.” They were unsure if DeSantis had been in communication with Presidentabout the evaded calls at Joint Base Andrews on Monday. “It’s just utterly irresponsible, and it is selfish, and it is about political gamesmanship instead of doing the job that you took an oath to do.”primarily about storm prep on Monday, DeSantis said he wasn’t aware Harris had tried to contact him.
Milton is projected to make landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast by Wednesday. It has rapidly intensified over the last 24 hours from Category 1 to a now Category 5 storm—sustaining wind speeds over 157 miles per hour. Milton’s maximum wind speeds are currently 180 miles per hour, according to the most recent update from the National Hurricane Center.
At his press conference on Monday, the Florida governor said he didn’t know the White House had tried to contact him since then. “Biden called me a couple days ago with Helene when I was on a helicopter. I didn’t have any issues, they had helped us with what we’d done. I’m not aware that he’s tried to call since then—he certainly hasn’t tried to call my phone. So I don’t know quite where they’re getting that information.
“So look, we’re going to do our job,” Jean-Pierre said. “We’re going to do what we need to do to make sure communities have what they need as this hurricane is coming our way at potentially Category 5.”
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