CNN contributor Scott Jennings received little pushback and some agreement when he took Vice President Kamala Harris to task for politicizing Hurricane Milton with her attack on Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis.
Harris this week called DeSantis “selfish” for allegedly not returning her call about the coming hurricane, though, notably, DeSantis says he didn’t know Harris called him, and “has no role” in his efforts to prepare for the hurricane.
Reporter: There are reports that DeSantis is ignoring your calls..
Kamala Harris: Playing political games at this moment…It’s utterly irresponsible and it is selfish and it is about political gamesmanship instead of doing the job that you took an oath to do pic.twitter.com/lySDD98xO9
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 7, 2024
“She’s attacking the governor of a state that’s about to get lashed with one of the most historic hurricanes we’ve ever seen,” Jennings said Tuesday on CNN. “Is she crazy?”
“She was talking broadly about the politicization of the storms,” CNN correspondent Abby Philip incorrectly interjected.
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“I think she was talking about Ron DeSantis,” Jennings continued. “He did not ignore her call, and, in fact, according to what I’ve read tonight, he’s actually spoken to the President of the United States.”
“He did speak with President Biden,” Philip confirmed.
Another CNN panelist said Jennings was right: “Yeah, I hate to agree with Scott on anything, but I agree in this case.”
“There’s too much disinformation, misinformation, or things that are not factual swirling around about the hurricane. I actually think the facts are bad enough,” Jennings continued. “When the storm came ashore, Biden was at the beach, Harris was raising money, and that was on September 26. On September 27, we had devastation in North Carolina. It wasn’t until October the second that the president mobilized the military. And it wasn’t until the fifth that they mobilized search-and-rescue out of the military.”
“There is a conversation to be had here about spending priorities and also about presidential decision-making,” Jennings added. Philip agreed with Jennings on spending priorities.
Kamala Harris going after Ron DeSantis in regard to Hurricane Milton is probably the biggest unforced error she has made this entire campaign.
Just watch this takedown by @ScottJenningsKY last night on CNN. pic.twitter.com/kLBy57gMCL
— Dustin Grage (@GrageDustin) October 8, 2024
Notably, President Joe Biden undermined Harris’ narrative on Tuesday when he told the press that he was working well with DeSantis, whom he said was doing a “great job.”
Holy crap, Joe Biden just said Ron DeSantis has his direct number, is doing a great job on hurricane response, directly undercutting Kamala. Biden hates her. Not hiding it now: pic.twitter.com/Bm95Nh75Iq
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) October 8, 2024
DeSantis, too, has called out Harris, emphasizing that she’s never helped with any hurricane preparations and that President Biden has approved all that he’s asked for.
Ron DeSantis just took Kamala Harris to the cleaners this morning on Fox News.
Absolutely brutal takedown. pic.twitter.com/PNE3OVaNj7
— Dustin Grage (@GrageDustin) October 8, 2024
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