‘It’s not about you Kamala!’ DeSantis lashes out at Harris as they spar over Hurricane Milton

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy As Hurricane Milton bears down on the U.S, Florida governor Ron DeSantis has accused Kamala Harris of politicizing storm preparations, after the vice president called the Republican “selfish” for reportedly ignoring her calls. “Why all of sudden is she trying to parachute in and inject herself when she’s never shown any interest in the past?” DeSantis said, adding, “I have zero time to entertain these political games.” In fact, in 2022, Harris visited South Florida to announce $1bn in federal aid to prepare for extreme weather. Ron DeSantis said he wasn’t aware Kamala Harris had been attempting to contact him because he was focused on the hurricane response “This one is going to be different,” she said. “Kamala was trying to reach out, and we didn’t answer,” a DeSantis aide told NBC News, adding that the calls “seemed political.” In response, the vice president accused DeSantis of “political gamesmanship.” “Moments of crisis, if nothing else, should really be the moment that anyone who calls themselves a leader says, I’m going to put politics aside and put the people first,” Harris told reporters on Monday.