Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said the federal government has provided all the resources he needed to deal with the storm. The statement came amid widespread rumors questioning the federal government’s recovery efforts. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that DeSantis has been “cooperative” with the federal government ahead of Hurricane Milton’s landfall on Wednesday. The comment follows Vice President Kamala Harris’s accusation that DeSantis did not answer her phone call ahead of the hurricane. Biden said that DeSantis, a Republican, “has been cooperative” and has “gotten all that he needs” from the White House.
“I literally gave him my personal phone number to call,” Biden added, referring to DeSantis. “So I don’t know—there was a rough start in some places, but every governor, every governor from Florida to North Carolina, has been fully cooperative and supportive and acknowledged what this team is doing.”