Hawaiians are livid at President Joe Biden, who finally showed up to Maui two weeks after wildfires ravaged Lahaina, killing 114 and leaving over 850 missing - only to crack inappropriate jokes and lie about his wife 'almost' dying in a fire.
"You guys catch the boots out here? That’s a hot ground, man," Biden joked.
JUST IN: President Biden jokes about how hot the ground is in Maui after a fire ripped through, killing hundreds.
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) August 21, 2023
“You guys catch the boots out here? That’s a hot ground, man,” he joked.
Despite media reports of roughly 100 deaths from the fires, locals estimate that at least… pic.twitter.com/mRlVuN9kns
At another point, Biden told the Mayor of Maui County: "You look like you played defensive tackle for, I don't know who, but somebody good," before calling the wildfires a "national travedy."
Biden says to the Mayor of Maui County: "You look like you played defensive tackle for, I don't know who, but somebody good" and then says the wildfires are a "national travedy." pic.twitter.com/ZbQDx5ZW3i
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) August 21, 2023
Then Biden lied about almost losing his wife in a 2004 kitchen fire. In truth, the fire was "under control in 20 minutes" and firefighters "got it pretty early."
Fact check: Biden is lying. pic.twitter.com/gySGLRURBW
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) August 22, 2023
I also just picked up on the fact that he said he was in DC doing a tv show when the fire happened and then said he somehow made it all the way back to Wilmington, Delaware in time to watch the firefighters put it out when, according to the report, it under control in 20 minutes https://t.co/KGkUBAjfE6
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) August 22, 2023
Watch Biden's entire speech below:
Residents are pissed...
"Hearing you talk about your house that, you know, had a little fire... you almost lost your cat and your Corvette," said one enraged resident, adding: "There were children that were incinerated to as," after Gov. Josh Green (D) said on Sunday that "it's possible that there will be many children" among the missing.
"You're so out of touch with the common man, you don't even know how to speak to them," he continued, adding "the only way you think you can establish commonality with them is to lie - that the 'same thing happened to you' "
"You're a disgusting, despicable bastard."
Watch:
CITIZEN RESPONSE TO JOE BIDEN’S SPEECH IN MAUI *
— The_Real_Fly (@The_Real_Fly) August 22, 2023
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I did not realize until today that the potential death toll was this high
— PoIiMath (@politicalmath) August 21, 2023
If the death toll is even close to this, that would make this one of the 3 deadliest natural disasters in the US in the 21st century
How is this not the only thing we are talking about? https://t.co/UoVgOerwdk
"Fuck You" shouted more residents as Biden's motorcade rolled down the street.
F*CK YOU: Maui residents BLAST Joe Biden after he finally shows his face 13 DAYS after fires 🔥
— Eric Spracklen🇺🇸 (@EricSpracklen) August 22, 2023
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Military finally flies into Maui. To deliver 2 of Biden's limousines and his executive helicopter.
— NEWS MAKER (@NEWS_MAKER) August 21, 2023
🚨 JOE BIDEN IS ON MAUI
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) August 21, 2023
While Biden flies around in circles above Maui, residents are TRAPPED on closed roads for the next several hours.
Biden will then be meeting with pre-selected “residents” and will NOT be taking media questions.
Go figure.
Police are telling me that… pic.twitter.com/JiR1iZganY
That's definitely what it looks like.
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) August 21, 2023
Why the relatively muted media response to one of the deadliest natural disasters in US history? Theories abound.
I did not realize until today that the potential death toll was this high
— PoIiMath (@politicalmath) August 21, 2023
If the death toll is even close to this, that would make this one of the 3 deadliest natural disasters in the US in the 21st century
How is this not the only thing we are talking about? https://t.co/UoVgOerwdk
Still amazed that Hawaii officials themselves admitted that they withheld water and audible warnings in the name of equity but the media is loudly and joyously blaming climate change for the deaths.
— The Dank Knight 🦇 (@capeandcowell) August 21, 2023
We have no hope when nobody is ever held accountable and we blame make-believe…
Governor of Hawaii:
— TimOnPoint (@TimOnPoint) August 21, 2023
-We didn’t manage the unnatural savanna from fallow plantations.
-We didn’t use our emergency alert system.
-We didn’t use any water to fight the fire until it was too late.
-The electrical grid was poorly maintained.
-Described his desire to clame the… https://t.co/ZfvCq9NbG0
Stay classy, Joe. And Maui Mayor Richard Bissen (D)...
