{"id":2000192,"date":"2023-08-14T15:37:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T19:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maui-officials-set-record-straight-following-reports-oprah-was-blocked-from-shelter\/"},"modified":"2023-08-14T15:38:40","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T19:38:40","slug":"maui-officials-set-record-straight-following-reports-oprah-was-blocked-from-shelter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maui-officials-set-record-straight-following-reports-oprah-was-blocked-from-shelter\/","title":{"rendered":"Maui officials clarify Oprah shelter incident"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/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%2Fmaui-officials-set-record-straight-following-reports-oprah-was-blocked-from-shelter%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=2000192&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--><p>Maui officials hit back following\u2062 reports that Oprah Winfrey was blocked from entering a wildfire evacuation\u200b shelter.<\/p>\n<p>The County of Maui posted a message on Sunday on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/countyofmaui\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> disputing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2023\/08\/14\/oprah-winfrey-maui-officials-deny-entry-shelter-wildfires-hawaii\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reports<\/a> that Winfrey was not allowed to enter a shelter \u200din Wailuku, explaining she was, in fact, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-city-only-allowing-15000-spectators-in-times-square-new-years-eve\/\" title=\"New York City Only Allowing 15,000 Spectators in Times Square New Year's Eve\">permitted entry<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-knows-he-messed-up-on-fracking-at-debate-and-is-now-doing-damage-control-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Knows He Messed Up On Fracking At Debate And Is Now Doing Damage Control | The Daily Wire\">clarify<\/a>, Oprah\u2062 [Winfrey] was able to visit our shelter and we thank her for \u200cinstructing media journalists and camera crews to\u200b remain outside,\u201d \u2063the post read.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Maui Officials Clarify \u200cReports Oprah Winfrey Denied Entry into \u200cMaui Shelter <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IcvCpgONtf\">https:\/\/t.co\/IcvCpgONtf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u200d TMZ (@TMZ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TMZ\/status\/1691092004682477568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 14,\u200d 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe welcome Oprah to continue to uplift our community\u2019s spirit and give her aloha to victims of the tragic disaster,\u201d it added. \u201cHer visit inside of the shelter today was\u200c truly heartwarming and we appreciate her understanding of our policy of having no camera crews or reporters accompanying\u2063 dignitaries and celebrities in our emergency shelters. Mahalo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p>The former TV talk show host\u200c and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-defends-extraordinary-success-of-afghanistan-evacuation-amid-criticism-over-americas-chaotic-end-to-20-year-war\/\" title=\"Biden Defends \u2018Extraordinary Success\u2019 Of Afghanistan Evacuation Amid Criticism Over America\u2019s Chaotic End To 20-Year War\">long-time resident<\/a> of\u200d the island posted \u2062a \u200bvideo to Instagram on Sunday talking about donating to help those who have\u2062 suffered, noting that it\u2019s going to be a \u201clong and difficult process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0-4\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cYou\u2064 know what this week \u200bhas taught me is that when you don\u2019t know\u2063 what to do \u2026 you do whatever you can,\u201d Winfrey said. \u200d\u201cI went to visit one of\u2064 the big shelters here at the War Memorial [gynmasium] \u2063 and \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/12-year-old-boy-defends-73-year-old-grandmother-who-was-shot-shoots-intruder\/\" title=\"12-Year-Old Boy Defends 73-Year-Old Grandmother Who Was Shot, Shoots Intruder\">asked people<\/a> what it is \u2062they needed and then went shopping for some things, some, you know, basic \u200bthings like towels and sheets and shampoo and other necessities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cAnd at some point, I will make a major donation after all\u200c of the smoke and ash have settled here and we figure out what the rebuilding is going to look \u2063like,\u201d she added, noting that she had spent time at the\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maui-officials-set-record-straight-following-reports-oprah-was-blocked-from-shelter\/\" title=\"Maui officials clarify Oprah shelter incident\">shelter meeting \u201cincredible people<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/heartbroken-native-hawaiian-actor-jason-momoa-reacts-to-devastating-fires-on-maui\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018Heartbroken\u2019: Native Hawaiian \u2063Actor\u2063 Jason Momoa Reacts To Devastating Fires \u2063On Maui<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>enter the Maui County Emergency Operations Center during the recent Maui fires,\u201d the post read. The officials emphasized that Winfrey was treated like any other member of the public and that there was no special treatment given. They also expressed gratitude to Winfrey for her support and concern for the community during the wildfire crisis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":2000193,"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":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2000192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"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\/2000192","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\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}