CNN senior political commentator Scott Jennings on Wednesday criticized Vice President Kamala Harris for not responding to calls from Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis before Hurricane Milton made landfall, calling it a “huge mistake in the campaign.” ” was committed.
Harris previously accused DeSantis of “playing politics” after not responding to his calls about the devastating hurricanes heading toward Florida, but President Joe Biden on Monday said he would not respond to DeSantis’ calls regarding the devastating hurricanes heading toward Florida. He acknowledged that he has been in contact with Florida’s governor for “direct reporting.” Jennings appeared on CNN and criticized Harris, attacking the governor and saying the weather emergency should not be politicized.
“No matter what we do in our public communications, we must always show the American people that we have our fellow Americans in our hearts,” Jennings said. “This is a historic storm, and some people will not survive it. There will be widespread destruction of property. We have to show the empathy that people would expect from the president of the United States. I think that’s campaign communication number one. Number two, what she can’t do is try to bring politics into this issue. Honestly, Kamala Harris was preparing for this hurricane. I think that was a big mistake on her part in the campaign when she attacked Ron DeSantis.”
“She shouldn’t have done that, but Biden came out and corrected the record and said he and DeSantis worked well together. That was the appropriate response,” Jennings continued. .
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In this segment, former White House communications director Kate Bedingfield said Republican candidate Donald Trump accused the Biden administration of spending Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) money on illegal immigrants and He claimed that he was playing politics. He said politics “should take a backseat” as the state and federal governments grapple with the damage Hurricane Milton will cause.
DeSantis said He had no idea Harris was trying to contact him and had “zero time” to pay attention to the vice president’s “political maneuvering” during Tuesday’s interview on “Fox & Friends.” (Related article: Former Clinton aide is ‘silent’ about Harris, Biden’s ‘cavalier indifference’ to hurricanes)
“It’s not about you, Kamala,” DeSantis said. “This is about the people of Florida. My focus is exactly where it should be, and I can tell you this, I’ve worked on these hurricanes in both the Trump and Biden administrations. Neither of them ever tried to politicize hurricanes. She’s clearly never caused a storm like the one we’ve had before, so why not? Are we going to suddenly parachute in and give injections? We know it’s because of politics, and we know it’s because of her campaign. There’s no time to enjoy it.”
Jennings praised DeSantis’ response to the historic storm that hit the state, calling him “the best emergency management executive in America.”
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