{"id":2001715,"date":"2023-08-15T19:00:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T23:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-smirks-again-as-he-refuses-questions-about-maui-fires-later-uses-small-stairs-to-board-af1\/"},"modified":"2023-08-15T19:03:26","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T23:03:26","slug":"biden-smirks-again-as-he-refuses-questions-about-maui-fires-later-uses-small-stairs-to-board-af1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-smirks-again-as-he-refuses-questions-about-maui-fires-later-uses-small-stairs-to-board-af1\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden smirks, avoids Maui fire questions, uses small stairs for AF1."},"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\">22<\/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%2Fbiden-smirks-again-as-he-refuses-questions-about-maui-fires-later-uses-small-stairs-to-board-af1%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=2001715&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>Sometimes silence cuts deeper \u200bthan \u2064the sharpest words.<\/h2>\n<p>After four \u200dwhole days, President Joe Biden finally made commented upon \u2063the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-massive-tornadoes-rip-through-kentucky-overnight-killing-at-least-50-state-of-emergency-declared\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Massive Tornadoes Rip Through Kentucky Overnight Killing At Least 50, State of Emergency Declared\">devastating tragedy<\/a> in Maui.<\/p>\n<p>Even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/white-house\/biden-maui-fires-rcna99895\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC News<\/a> called \u2062his long \u200csilence\u200b \u201cthe sort of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-smirks-again-as-he-refuses-questions-about-maui-fires-later-uses-small-stairs-to-board-af1\/\" title=\"Biden smirks, avoids Maui fire questions, uses small stairs for AF1.\">split-screen moment<\/a> that no White House relishes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy wife \u2063Jill \u200dand I are going to travel to\u200d Hawaii \u2062as soon as we can. That\u2019s what I\u2019ve been talking \u2064to the governor about,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/biden-visit-maui-wildfire-aftermath-pledges-support-long\/story?id=102285674\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>. \u201cI don\u2019t want to\u200b get in the way \u200b\u2014\u2063 I\u2019ve been\u2062 to too many disaster areas, but I want to go and make sure we got everything they need. I\u200d want to be sure we don\u2019t \u2063disrupt the\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-issues-statement-over-classified-document-scandal\/\" title=\"Biden Issues Statement Over Classified Document Scandal\">ongoing recovery efforts<\/a>,\u201d \u200cBiden said.<\/p>\n<p>These were the first comments on the disaster since his\u200d comments \u200dlast Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Is there such\u2062 a thing as \u201ctoo many \u2063disaster areas?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Isn\u2019t that the \u2063job?<\/p>\n<p>Or maybe it\u2019s \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/white-house\/photos-president-biden-visit-ukraine-rcna71494\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">only Ukraine<\/a> that doesn\u2019t \u201cget in the way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Tuesday, reporters shouted out\u2062 questions to Biden about the death toll\u200d in Maui.\u200d Biden grinned\u200d and waved as if they were wishing him a good day.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly afterward, he boarded Air Force One\u2062 (taking the short stairs, \u2062as usual) on a trip to Wisconsin\u200d which included a visit to a factory,\u200c which was apparently more important than visiting (or commenting on) Maui.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Biden again SMIRKS\u2063 as he 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) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1691474589191217153?\">August \u206415, \u20642023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Biden, back using\u200c the short stairs, boards AF1 en\u2064 route\u2064 to Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<p>Once again, Biden took zero questions. \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CDhPjUH8Ig\">pic.twitter.com\/CDhPjUH8Ig<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1691479618929225728?\">August 15, \u200c2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Biden tours a \u2063Wisconsin factory \u2014 and still hasn\u2019t spoken to the press about the Maui wildfires since his \u201cno\u2063 comment\u201d on Sunday <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/48NnlrmLil\">pic.twitter.com\/48NnlrmLil<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u200cRNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1691503844566376453?\">August 15, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The confirmed count of lives lost has tragically reached 99 in the Maui wildfires, and there\u200d are fears\u2064 that this toll will rise substantially in the upcoming days, as conveyed by Hawaii Gov. Josh Green \u2063during an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/us\/live-news\/hawaii-maui-wildfires-08-14-23\/h_564fb15196b845bd9896a4eb7780293b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview on CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The blaze, which \u2063destroyed the\u2063 historic\u2064 town of Lahaina, is now the deadliest wildfire in the United States in over a century.<\/p>\n<p>A\u200b significant step in acknowledging the\u2064 extent of the tragedy is expected\u2063 to take place on Tuesday, as officials intend to start disclosing the names of \u2063the deceased.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Biden spent his time \u2064sunning himself on the beach in \u2062Delaware and leisurely cycling, \u2064looking far more like a resident \u2063of The Villages than of The White House.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A video was \u200ccaptured of \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/biden?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#biden<\/a> leisurely cycling\u2064 in his hometown and he even \u200bsaid that \u201cthe matter is under investigation\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>I just can\u2019t understand that while the fires \u200din\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Hawaii?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Hawaii<\/a> and Texas are \u2063raging like \u2064this, you are still \u200bin the mood\u2063 to go cycling.\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5HUWVIFmeN\">pic.twitter.com\/5HUWVIFmeN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Inter Breaking \u200b(@Philipcong31) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Philipcong31\/status\/1690966516584579073?\">August\u200b 14, \u200d2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">As Biden was leaving the beach from his vacation he was asked \u200babout \u2064the situation in Hawaii.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo comment\u201d\u200d was his response.<\/p>\n<p>Absolutely sickening and\u2062 heartless. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uFNLePRyRH\">pic.twitter.com\/uFNLePRyRH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1691092963949199360?\">August 14, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-notices-nasty-thing-biden-giving-no-comment-rising-death-toll-maui\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">didn\u2019t mince\u200d words<\/a> \u2064about \u200bthis lack\u2062 of response, saying\u2064 in a video released Monday that the president\u2019s two-word <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-heartless-two-word-response-asked-death-toll-devastating-maui-fires\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cno \u200dcomment\u201d<\/a> with a laugh and\u200d a smile\u201d was\u200b \u201chorrible and unacceptable,\u201d and \u200b\u201ca\u200d disgraceful thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Statement from President Donald J.\u200b Trump on Devastating Maui Wildfires\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ReHhmhfYj6\">pic.twitter.com\/ReHhmhfYj6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Team Trump (Text TRUMP to 88022) (@TeamTrump)\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeamTrump\/status\/1691218219481067520?\">August\u2064 14, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Humanity differentiates \u2062itself \u200bfrom animals in \u2064that we have the ability to feel empathy, even \u200dfor those who may not be in our immediate circle.<\/p>\n<p>But \u200dalthough Biden seems to \u200cbe willing to go out of his way, even to \u200bthe point of criminality, to help his family, he often acts as if he doesn\u2019t possess the trait of \u2062empathy toward his\u2063 fellow humans.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s that incident where he tried to \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-asked-want-marine-injured-afghan-explosion-not-even-worst-part\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shake the hand<\/a> of a \u200dmarine who had just lost it in combat and\u200b then asked him\u200d what \u200bhe wanted.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s\u200c the \u200bfact that he has not yet visited the city of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-3-word-message-biden-landing-east-palestine-visit-victims-train-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">East Palestine, Ohio,<\/a> residents\u2063 of which are still experiencing\u200d symptoms of the \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-east-palestine-residents-impacted-by-train-disaster-chant-no-more-joe-as-they-await-trump-arrival\/\" title=\"WATCH: East Palestine Residents Impacted By Train Disaster Chant \u2018No More Joe\u2019 As They Await Trump Arrival\">toxic chemical spill<\/a> from the devastating \u200btrain derailment.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Joe Biden\u2019s flight \u2064from DC to\u200c Milwaukee today flew almost directly over East Palestine, Ohio.<\/p>\n<p>Biden promised to visit\u2062 the town on March 2nd. He has yet to do so. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vSw9eipfyL\">pic.twitter.com\/vSw9eipfyL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alec Sears (@alec_sears)\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alec_sears\/status\/1691488793965080581?\">August 15, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>For a man who has no empathy to \u2063be \u2064the leader of the nation\u200b is like appointing a tone-deaf person to be the conductor of the Vienna Philharmonic.<\/p>\n<p>It \u2064leaves the citizens feeling \u2064hopeless and disillusioned.<\/p>\n<p>And in the eyes of the world \u2062\u2014 in Trump\u2019s words \u2014 \u201cits a disgraceful thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post \u2063 <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-smirks-refuses-questions-maui-fires-later-uses-small-stairs-board-af1\/\">Biden Smirks \u200bAgain as He Refuses Questions\u2064 About\u2063 Maui Fires, Later Uses Small\u200c Stairs to Board AF1<\/a> appeared first \u2062on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes, silence hurts more than words. President Joe Biden&#8217;s delayed response to the tragic events in Maui lasted four days. Even NBC News criticized his prolonged silence, calling it an unfavorable situation for the White House. Biden eventually stated that he and his wife, Jill, plan to visit Hawaii soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2105,"featured_media":2001716,"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":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2001715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"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\/2001715","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\/2105"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2001715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2001715\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2001716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2001715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2001715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2001715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}