Kamala Harris tweeted an edited video of a post-hurricane call to Florida’s mayor to address self-praise and concerns about the speed of aid

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris has set the pace of federal aid.

The Democratic presidential candidate tweeted footage of her speakerphone conversation with Mayor Ken Welch – with 38 seconds of the two-minute conversation left on the cutting room floor – as the storm approached the Gulf Coast.

A more complete version of the tape of Welch’s final stop, obtained by The Post, shows that the Harris team edited out the 59-year-old’s saying, “I’m a religious officer, but I know the bureaucracy and red tape.” hinder the timely completion of tasks.”

Republican politicians, including Harris’ Nov. 5 election rival Donald Trump, have sharply criticized the federal response to Hurricane Helene, particularly the slow initial delivery of aid to western North Carolina, local officials said.

In another revision, the video Harris tweeted removed her coach Welch, also a Democrat, to put on a brave face in the event of a disaster – as federal officials at the time feared Milton would be “the storm of the century.”

The full version shows Harris saying, “Your people look into your eyes to make sure and to see something in you that lets them know everything is going to be okay, and sometimes you know everything is going to be okay.”
Be okay, sometimes not.

In the released version of the video, Harris was edited out saying, “Sometimes you know everything’s going to be okay, sometimes you don’t.”

Other minor revisions included removing an instance of Harris using the filler phrase “you know,” which communications experts recommend avoiding.

The edited footage Harris tweeted has been viewed more than 2.4 million times on X.

This was shared as Harris sought to demonstrate her commitment to the federal response to devastating storms – and after Florida’s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis refused to heed the Veep’s call by saying she had not been interested in hurricanes in recent years and accused her of self-aggrandizement for political reasons.

Hurricane Milton ultimately caused less severe damage than feared.

Spokespeople for the Harris-Walz campaign and the vice presidential office did not immediately respond to The Post’s requests for comment.

The revisions follow other editing controversies involving Harris — including editing the vice president’s interview remarks on CBS News’ “60 Minutes” for live broadcast, which Republicans say was an attempt to make her answers appear more considered.