Ron DeSantis at a Monday afternoon press briefing in response to reports that the Republican has refused to answer phone calls from President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris about hurricane relief efforts. “It’s up to him if he wants to respond to us or not,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters with a shrug Monday, confirming the reports. It was his decision not ― to not attend or not be there with the president,” Jean-Pierre said. Advertisement“Kamala was trying to reach out, and we didn’t answer,” a DeSantis aide told NBC News of the Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee. The aide added that the Republican governor was screening the calls because they “seemed political.”When Biden visited Florida last week, DeSantis also decided not to meet with him.

Source: Huffington Post October 08, 2024 03:57 UTC