Comment on DeSantis, Dark Brandon, And CNN Hit Kamala With Laser Eyes Over Hurricane 'Phone Call' Stunt
HelixDab2@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Reputable sources have indicated that DeSantis did refuse a call from Harris because he believed it to be political in nature.
…Which means he’s playing politics with the citizens of Florida.
realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club 1 month ago
Can you break down how that’s playing politics with the citizens of Florida?
HelixDab2@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Easily.
Refusing to take the call from someone that has some measure of power over FEMA and the federal response to a natural disaster, ESPECIALLY while campaigning with a guy that plans to cut those emergency funds, is putting political ambitions over people. He’s making it more difficult for the fed. gov’t to coordinate a response by dodging calls because he doesn’t think it looks good. That’s a dumb move.
Kemp, in Georgia, has the right way of doing it. He’s talking to Biden and Harris while coordinating recovery, while still staying on good terms with Trump. Kemp is playing both sides, and making sure that people in Georgia are getting the help they need.
realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club 1 month ago
Didn’t the quote you copied say that DeSantis thought that the call would be political? Maybe I should put my question in a different way; how does a political call help the residents of Florida during a hurricane? Are the citizens supposed to vote the storm away or something?
HelixDab2@lemm.ee 1 month ago
DeSantis thought it would be political, not DeSantis knew it would be political. Take the goddamn call, and then if it’s not something that actively helps the people of your state, end it.
…Unless, of course, the “political” aspect that DeSantis was worried about was that Biden and/or Harris would actually do something that would be helpful for Floridians, and therefore that would harm his political ambitions in some nebulous way. E.g., he didn’t want them to be able to do something that was actually part of the job of being president and/or vice president, and also didn’t want to do his job as governor.
Again: Kemp is doing this the smart way. He’s getting the help from the feds, and he’s delivering it to the people in Georgia (…even as MTG and Clyde have voted against FEMA funding, which is esp. dumb since Clyde’s district was one of the ones in GA that got hammered…); Kemp comes out looking good, like he cares about people and getting shit done, instead of looking petty and uncaring.