{"id":2001446,"date":"2023-08-15T15:33:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T19:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reporters-have-questions-about-maui-wildfires-biden-smiles-waves-and-skips-town\/"},"modified":"2023-08-15T15:34:46","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T19:34:46","slug":"reporters-have-questions-about-maui-wildfires-biden-smiles-waves-and-skips-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reporters-have-questions-about-maui-wildfires-biden-smiles-waves-and-skips-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Reporters inquire about Maui wildfires, Biden smiles, waves, and leaves."},"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\">20<\/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%2Freporters-have-questions-about-maui-wildfires-biden-smiles-waves-and-skips-town%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=2001446&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>President Biden\u200d Dodges\u200d Questions on Maui Wildfires<\/h2>\n<p>Reporters attempted to get some straight\u200b answers out of President Joe Biden on Tuesday \u2014 particularly regarding the\u200d devastating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/paris-hilton-trashed-for-lounging-in-maui-30-miles-from-site-of-deadly-wildfires\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maui wildfires<\/a> and the increasing \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-is-media-hiding-that-illinois-has-more-covid-cases-than-florida\/\" title=\"Why Is Media Hiding That Illinois Has More COVID Cases Than Florida?\">death toll<\/a> \u2014 but were once\u200d again met with little more \u200bthan \u200da clear view of Biden\u2019s back.<\/p>\n<p>Biden smiled and waved \u2063at reporters \u2064\u2014 \u200cwho have \u200bbeen attempting \u200cto get answers from the \u200cWhite House about the response in \u200dMaui for days with little success \u2014 and then he turned on \u2062his heel and \u2063boarded Marine One.<\/p>\n<h3>WATCH:<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Biden again SMIRKS as he\u2064 ignores reporters asking for comment on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-to-show-lockdowns-are-killing-more-people-than-the-virus\/\" title=\"How To Show Lockdowns Are Killing More People Than The Virus\">rising death toll<\/a> of the Maui wildfires <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EYSkUM00e3\">pic.twitter.com\/EYSkUM00e3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch)\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1691474589191217153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 15, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe way Biden is acting makes me \u200cthink Hunter took a secret Cessna to Hawaii, lit a match in \u2063a windstorm, and flew away,\u201d \u2062Kate Hyde <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KateHydeNY\/status\/1691479333053816832\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suggested<\/a> via a post on X.<\/p>\n<p>The president is reportedly headed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbay.com\/2023\/08\/11\/president-biden-visit-wisconsin-tuesday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first to Wisconsin<\/a> for remarks\u200c about the\u200d economy, after which he is expected to visit Camp David\u200c for a <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/biden-yoon-kishida-camp-david-missile-defense-f3ce58da383f2255ee479624645db542\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">summit<\/a> with leaders \u200bfrom Japan and South \u2064Korea before\u200d heading \u2064to Lake Tahoe on Friday \u2014\u2062 where <a href=\"https:\/\/mynews4.com\/news\/local\/president-biden-scheduled-to-spend-several-days-in-lake-tahoe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">no official \u200devents<\/a> \u200b have yet been announced \u2062\u2014 and \u2063the White House has not \u2062confirmed whether the mystery trip will be for \u200bbusiness or pleasure.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, \u200cBiden appears to \u2062have been avoiding almost all contact with the \u2064press since the fires \u2064began. When \u2064he returned to \u200bthe White House on Monday after a weekend at Rehoboth Beach, \u2064Delaware, staffers kept members of\u2063 the press corps <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/white-house-keeps-reporters-outside-shouting-distance-on-bidens-return-from-delaware\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cordoned off<\/a> 100 yards away from where Biden would be walking, ensuring that he couldn\u2019t \u2064hear their shouted questions as he disembarked Marine One and walked across the lawn to the Oval\u200b Office.<\/p>\n<h3>WATCH:<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Biden returns from his beach house in Delaware without answering\u2063 any questions about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sidney-powell-is-an-american-legal-giant\/\" title=\"Sidney Powell Is an American Legal Giant\">special counsel<\/a>\u2062 investigation into \u200dHunter.<\/p>\n<p>He walked\u2062 straight to the Oval Office, far away from the press. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/O3ZMbjHyV5\">pic.twitter.com\/O3ZMbjHyV5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Diana Glebova (@DianaGlebova) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DianaGlebova\/status\/1691109581848535040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 14, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Biden \u2064sparked ire from \u200ba number of\u2063 critics when reporters were able to \u2064catch up with him over the\u200d weekend and ask\u2063 a few questions about \u2062the tragic situation on Maui.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1691837172997000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3L5AES424lnmUopfduGAIe\">CLICK \u2062HERE TO GET \u200dTHE\u2062 DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. President, any\u2064 comment on the rising death toll in Maui?\u201d one reported shouted and Biden approached a \u2064vehicle. The president \u2063paused briefly\u200b before responding, \u201cNo. No comment.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>WATCH:<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Disgraceful response by \u2062President Biden. A \u2018no comment\u2019 and then a smirk when asked about the\u2063 horrendous Maui disaster.. just \u2064appalling.  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4eCXJIkhK2\">pic.twitter.com\/4eCXJIkhK2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Piers Morgan\u2063 (@piersmorgan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/piersmorgan\/status\/1691107234292654080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August \u200d14, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cSecond \u2018no comment\u2019 from Biden in as many days\u2063 on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-ag-barr-attacks-trump-as-unfit-in-upcoming-book\/\" title=\"Ex-AG Barr Attacks Trump as Unfit in Upcoming Book\">horrific disaster<\/a> where the death toll will likely go\u200d well into the hundreds. \u200dGo \u200cahead, ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, MSNBC\u2026\u200b Avoid this altogether or avoid anything <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reporters-have-questions-about-maui-wildfires-biden-smiles-waves-and-skips-town\/\" title=\"Reporters inquire about Maui wildfires, Biden smiles, waves, and leaves.\">resembling harsh\u2063 criticism<\/a> of \u2063such a brazen disregard \u2064for the lives of American citizens by an American president,\u201d The Messenger columnist and \u200cfrequent Fox News contributor Joe Concha remarked.<\/p>\n<p>While Biden appears \u2062to be avoiding questions \u200babout Maui, it is \u2064possible that \u200bthe White House\u200c is preventing him from answering\u2064 questions for reasons that hit closer\u2064 to home.<\/p>\n<p>Following the news that Attorney General Merrick Garland had appointed U.S. Attorney David Weiss to act as special counsel in the case concerning Hunter Biden, the president\u2019s 2024 campaign manager backed out of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-campaign-manager-bails-on-msnbc-interview-to-avoid-hunter-questions-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">scheduled MSNBC appearance<\/a> \u2014 ostensibly to avoid taking any \u200dquestions about \u200cthe president\u2019s son. The White House\u2019s apparently ramped-up efforts to shield Biden\u200b from \u2062direct questions may \u2063be for that reason as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reporters sought answers from President Joe Biden on Tuesday about the Maui wildfires and rising death toll. However, they were met with Biden&#8217;s back as he smiled and waved, offering little more than a clear view. 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