President Biden declined to offer details to reporters on Thursday about his upcoming trip to Hawaii following the devastating wildfires on the island of Maui.
Social media users attacked his evasive response.Fellow conservative commentator Kate Hyde joked,"Biden hasn’t been briefed on Hawaii. He thinks he and Jill are going for vacation, no one told him it’s for disaster relief yet. Please leave him alone.""Truly he can’t speak," Washington Post columnist Marc Thiessen tweeted."Most transparent administration," social media influencer ALX declared.
MAUI RESIDENT ‘NOT GETTING WHAT I NEED’ FROM BIDEN GOVERNMENT: 'WE NEED SUPPORT ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL' "After a couple hours on the Rehoboth beach, @potus was asked about the rising death toll in Hawaii," Sink wrote on X. He said that the president responded with"no comment" before he went home. Video later confirmed his account, showing as Biden paused briefly before responding and getting into his transportation.during a speech on Tuesday that he and First Lady Jill Biden were planning to visit the area.
"My wife Jill and I are gonna travel to Hawaii as soon as we can, and that's what I've been talking to the governor about. I don't want to get in the way. I've been to too many disaster areas, but I want to go and make sure they've got everything they need, and I want to be sure we don't disrupt the ongoing recovery efforts," Biden said.
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