DeSantis Defends His Refusal To Take Kamala Harris's Phone Calls About Hurricanes Helene And Milton

At a press briefing, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) defended his refusal to take calls from Vice President Kamala Harris.

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[stevenrogers]

The media in this country has become an embarrassment

[jmack]

Desantis did a great job of handling nasty press

[charlesrataj]

The call should have come from Biden and he did. Harris has no business calling.

[kimbee]

Good job. DeSantis calling out reporters nonsense.

[AnitaLSmith-dyuh]

They want to make him look bad. He will not be involved in their BS.

[questfortruth]

THIS is what a leader looks like, and sounds like!

[richs]

He didn’t say he refused a call he said he is UNAWARE of a call from her. This headline is total BS.

[MyndMeMee]

There’s a time to politic and a time to be serious. Thank God someone knows the difference.

[christopherbaranet]

He responds with a straightforward answer, like a gentleman. Kamal responded by trashing him, and stirring up hate for Gov Desantis because he supports Trump..

[quantumac]

An *unbiased* title for the video would have been: "DeSantis Says He Is Unaware Of Any Attempt By Kamala Harris To Contact Him."

[raytor]

DeSantis is actually busy dealing with the problems

[larrybruce]

Glad to see DeSantis calling out media BS ! ! !

[Forex-jevr]

Are you guys joking with this headline? "Defends His Refusal To Take Kamala Harris's Phone Calls"? He says in very plain terms -- "I didn't even know that she had called. I'm not sure who they called, but they didn't call me."

[clevercollectibles]

She probably didn’t call. She’s probably making it up to try to make Desantis look bad.

[RichardJackson-fw]

He has better things to do, than fuel the fake media. Well said Ron.

[spidermanfan]

The irony here that Forbes titled this very video to make it seem political...

[kdaniel]

"This is not a time for for you, Ron!!
Focus on what is REALLY important.

[elgato]

He would have been a great president...

[jeffwest]

He never said he refused to answer her call. The media always twisting things.

[Militarybrat]

Governor has to take care of his people because we all know FEMA will not