Comment on DeSantis, Dark Brandon, And CNN Hit Kamala With Laser Eyes Over Hurricane 'Phone Call' Stunt

• 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.

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  • realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    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.

    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?

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    • 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.

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      • realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        DeSantis thought it would be political, not DeSantis knew it would be political.

        Who cares? People take actions based on what they think will happen.

        Take the goddamn call, and then if it’s not something that actively helps the people of your state, end it.

        And that’s fine, but you’re not explaining why not taking a political call is a bad thing to do.

        …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.

        You think, or you know?

        Again: Kemp is doing this the smart way.

        When did I ask about Kemp?

        Kemp comes out looking good

        Wait so is this about being political, or not being political? You seem confused.

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