{"id":2000404,"date":"2023-08-14T17:57:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T21:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-touts-whole-of-government-response-to-maui-fires-when-pressed-on-bidens-beach-vacation\/"},"modified":"2023-08-14T17:59:21","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T21:59:21","slug":"white-house-touts-whole-of-government-response-to-maui-fires-when-pressed-on-bidens-beach-vacation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-touts-whole-of-government-response-to-maui-fires-when-pressed-on-bidens-beach-vacation\/","title":{"rendered":"White House highlights comprehensive government action in Maui fires amidst questions about Biden&#8217;s beach vacation."},"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\">30<\/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%2Fwhite-house-touts-whole-of-government-response-to-maui-fires-when-pressed-on-bidens-beach-vacation%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=2000404&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--><h2>The \u2064White House Defends President Biden&#8217;s Beach Vacation Amidst Maui \u2062Fire Fallout<\/h2>\n<p>The\u200d White House found \u200ditself facing \u2062criticism on \u200cMonday as President Joe Biden spent \u200da \u200cweekend\u2063 at\u2062 the beach while \u2064a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-touts-whole-of-government-response-to-maui-fires-when-pressed-on-bidens-beach-vacation\/\" title=\"White House highlights comprehensive government action in Maui fires amidst questions about Biden's beach vacation.\">devastating fire wreaked havoc<\/a> on the\u200d Hawaiian island of Maui. Press\u200d Secretary Karine \u2063Jean-Pierre was questioned about the president&#8217;s decision to vacation in Delaware while the death toll approached 100 and \u200bsearch and rescue \u2064efforts continued.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">REPORTER: &#8220;How does the White\u2062 House respond to \u200dcritics who \u200dhave suggested that the president should not have been \u2064vacationing\u200c at the\u2062 beach?<\/p>\n<p>KARINE JEAN-PIERRE: &#8220;He \u2064has \u2063mobilized a whole of government\u2062 approach here\u2026The president has also committed to\u2064 being there\u2026for as long\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SfM3DFfCb4\">pic.twitter.com\/SfM3DFfCb4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Townhall.com (@townhallcom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/townhallcom\/status\/1691161475857993728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 14,\u2063 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Jean-Pierre defended Biden&#8217;s actions, emphasizing his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elizabeth-warren-calls-on-sec-to-investigate-potential-market-manipulation-cautions-against-internet-trading-schemes-a-flash-mob-with-money\/\" title=\"Elizabeth Warren Calls On SEC To Investigate Potential \u2018Market Manipulation,\u2019 Cautions Against \u2018Internet Trading Schemes,\u2019 \u2018A Flash Mob With Money\u2019\">deep concern<\/a> for the people of\u200b Maui and the\u200b mobilization of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-whitmer-media-caught-in-another-lie-anarchist-arrested-for-plot-to-kidnap-and-kill-whitmer-hates-president-trump-trump-is-a-tyrant-video\/\" title=\"Gov. Whitmer, Media Caught in Another Lie - Anarchist Arrested For Plot to Kidnap and Kill Whitmer Hates President Trump, 'Trump is a Tyrant' (VIDEO)\">federal agencies<\/a> to \u2063provide\u2064 aid.\u2062 She stated that Biden \u2062had committed to supporting the government\u2063 of Hawaii\u2062 and\u200d the people of Maui for as \u200blong \u2062as\u2062 necessary.<\/p>\n<p>However, it was\u200c revealed that Biden&#8217;s commitment did not include an immediate visit to \u2063Hawaii, as he\u200b had\u2062 other official \u200bengagements, including spending several days in Lake Tahoe later in the week. When \u2062asked about\u2063 a potential visit, Jean-Pierre had no announcement\u200b to make, and FEMA\u2063 Administrator Deanne Criswell\u200c explained \u200bthat the focus was on assisting the community in identifying missing individuals.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time the\u2063 White House has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/south-dakota-lowers-unemployment-to-pre-pandemic-levels-after-state-rejected-lockdowns\/\" title=\"South Dakota Lowers Unemployment to Pre-Pandemic Levels After State Rejected Lockdowns\">faced criticism<\/a> for Biden&#8217;s \u200dabsence during a\u200c crisis. In the aftermath \u2063of a train derailment \u200din East Palestine, Ohio, Biden received flak for not visiting the site. The \u200cWhite\u200b House \u2062had previously claimed that Biden planned to visit, but to date,\u2063 no visit has occurred.<\/p>\n<p>The cause of the Maui fire is under investigation, and Hawaii Attorney General Anne\u200c Lopez is\u200c leading a\u200c review of the\u2063 emergency response. Recovery \u200cefforts are ongoing, but some residents have expressed frustration with the government&#8217;s response. Despite approving \u200ba disaster declaration to unlock federal\u2062 resources, the government\u200c has been criticized for not doing enough.<\/p>\n<p>President\u200b Biden faced negative press when he responded with &#8220;no \u2062comment&#8221; to questions about \u200cthe \u200brising \u2064death toll \u200cin Maui while he was at the beach in Delaware. In an attempt to address the \u2063criticism, Biden posted a breakdown of the \u2063government&#8217;s response to the disaster, expressing\u2063 condolences and\u2064 promising full support for the affected residents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White House addressed criticism on Monday regarding President Joe Biden&#8217;s beach trip following a destructive fire in Maui. Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was questioned about the response to critics who claimed the president should have prioritized the disaster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":2000405,"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-2000404","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\/2000404","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\/1588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}