{"id":1999951,"date":"2023-08-14T12:21:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T16:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/empathizer-in-chief-biden-offers-hawaiians-devastated-by-wildfire-no-comment-from-his-beach-chair\/"},"modified":"2023-08-14T12:22:45","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T16:22:45","slug":"empathizer-in-chief-biden-offers-hawaiians-devastated-by-wildfire-no-comment-from-his-beach-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/empathizer-in-chief-biden-offers-hawaiians-devastated-by-wildfire-no-comment-from-his-beach-chair\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden, the &#8216;Empathizer-In-Chief,&#8217; stays silent on Hawaiian wildfire devastation from his beach chair."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fempathizer-in-chief-biden-offers-hawaiians-devastated-by-wildfire-no-comment-from-his-beach-chair%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1999951&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure>\n        <!-- Image --><br \/>\n      <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Nearly 100 people have \u2064been \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/d-c-police-identify-calif-woman-killed-during-demonstration\/\" title=\"D.C. Police identify Calif. woman killed during demonstration\">confirmed dead<\/a> \u2063after\u2064 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/empathizer-in-chief-biden-offers-hawaiians-devastated-by-wildfire-no-comment-from-his-beach-chair\/\" title=\"Biden, the 'Empathizer-In-Chief,' stays silent on Hawaiian wildfire devastation from his beach chair.\">catastrophic wildfire raged<\/a> through \u2062Lahaina, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-no-comment-response-to-deadly-maui-wildfires-raises-eyebrows\/\" title=\"Biden's silence on Maui wildfires raises concerns.\">historic \u2064town<\/a> on the island of Maui, but President Joe Biden\u200c is too busy vacationing \u200bnear his Delaware beach home to care.<\/p>\n<p>As of Sunday, the deadly fire was \u200clargely contained but rescuers had only picked through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mprnews.org\/story\/2023\/08\/13\/as-death-toll-from-maui-wildfire-reaches-93-effort-to-find-and-identify-the-dead\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">3 percent of the\u2064 charred ruins<\/a>. They warned that the\u200c death toll on Hawaii\u2019s second-largest island is expected to\u200b rise significantly\u2064 as the search for some <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/estimated-1000-people-missing-in-hawaii-amid-wildfires-7642760\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1,000 missing people<\/a> \u200d continues. \u2063The cost of damage to the\u200b island\u2019s infrastructure, which Gov. Josh Green estimated to\u200d be close to\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/lifestyle\/hawaii-wildfires-billion-dollar-disaster-blow-to-economy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$6 billion<\/a>, is also expected to rise.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hawaii-fire-death-toll-rises-to-67-as-firefighting-efforts-continue\/\" title=\"Hawaii fire death toll climbs to 67, firefighting ongoing.\">deadliest wildfire<\/a> in modern U.S. history deserves more attention not just from the media but also from the White House. Biden, \u2062however,\u200d offered\u200c reporters <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/justinsink\/status\/1690861939746852864?s=46&#038;t=iqVGJ7p59_ixT6pAAvvDQA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cno comment\u201d<\/a> on the tragedy, its victims, or its survivors as he wrapped \u2064up his tanning time on Rehoboth\u2062 Beach on Sunday.<\/p>\n<figure>\n      <!-- Image --><br \/>\n    <\/figure>\n<p>The\u200d president could have easily mentioned the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2023\/08\/09\/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-the-wildfires-in-hawaii\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">White House\u2019s official \u200dstatement<\/a> released on Wednesday \u2062ordering \u201call available Federal assets on \u200bthe Islands to\u200d help\u2064 with response.\u201d Biden also \u200ccould have pulled a talking point\u2064 or two\u2064 from his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/biden-expands-us-aid-hawaii-wildfires-grip-maui-2023-08-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Thursday \u2063speech \u200dabout the calamity<\/a>.\u2063 Instead, he refused to \u2062say a word of compassion.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s \u201cno comment\u201d shows yet again that he\u2019s incapable of thinking on his feet or on his\u200c own. When Biden is on the clock\u2062 and\u200c has a script written by his team, Maui will get <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/video\/hawaii-wildfires-government-programs-disaster-planning-and-response-fires-e0fe498a205e4c09860b8bac5ccbb33d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201ceverything\u2062 it needs.\u201d<\/a> When \u200dhe\u2019s on \u2063vacation\u2062 and asked \u200bto respond off the cuff, Biden has no words of comfort or plan of action.<\/p>\n<p>When Biden \u2064kicked off\u2064 his 2020 presidential campaign,\u2064 his handlers and the \u2062corporate media\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/johnbaldoni\/2020\/08\/20\/how-empathy-defines-joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">painted<\/a> him as the only empathetic candidate in the\u200d race.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEmpathy \u200dis on the ballot,\u201d\u2064 Jill Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrBiden\/status\/1319358189222191106\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tweeted<\/a> shortly before Election Day.<\/p>\n<figure>\n      <!-- Image --><br \/>\n    <\/figure>\n<p>After he took office, Biden and \u200dthe media continued to frame his every action as <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/biden-politics-united-states-government-steve-ricchetti-alabama-26b87b21b459c8a707e45a91d884cd74\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">driven by \u201cempathy.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the two and half years since he was inaugurated, however, Biden and his\u200b \u201cempathy\u201d have\u200b spent more than\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/gop.com\/rapid-response\/365-days-of-vacation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">365 days<\/a> hanging\u2064 out away from his duties and the White House.<\/p>\n<p>This past week\u2019s disaster in Hawaii is not the first time Biden and his \u200cadministration have blown off a national crisis to enjoy some sun. When the Taliban quickly overtook\u200d the capital\u2064 of Afghanistan in 2021, the president <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/08\/16\/as-kabul-burns-biden-is-awol-and-psaki-is-on-vacation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hid out\u2063 at Camp David<\/a> while his \u2063then-Press Secretary Jen Psaki enjoyed her vacation away \u2064from\u2062 her desk. Biden\u2019s Secretary of Transportation Pete\u2063 Buttigieg, similarly, refused to answer a reporter\u2019s question about the chemical catastrophe in East Palestine, Ohio, earlier this year because he was taking some <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/02\/22\/buttigiegs-message-to-east-palestine-residents-in-ohio-im-taking-some-personal-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cpersonal\u200d time.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Jordan Boyd is a staff writer at The Federalist and co-producer of The Federalist Radio Hour. Her work has also been featured in \u2062The Daily Wire, Fox News, and RealClearPolitics. Jordan \u200cgraduated from Baylor University\u200d where she majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow\u200b her on Twitter @jordanboydtx.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div data-image data-amount=\"5\">\n<h2>Popular<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly 100 deaths have been confirmed in Lahaina, Maui, due to a devastating wildfire. However, President Joe Biden seems indifferent as he vacations near his Delaware beach residence. The fire is mostly contained, but only 3% of the affected area has been searched by rescuers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":490,"featured_media":1999952,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1999951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1999951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/490"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1999951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1999951\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1999952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1999951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1999951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1999951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}