{"id":2003706,"date":"2023-08-17T13:37:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T17:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maui-residents-have-a-message-for-joe-biden-ahead-of-his-visit-we-dont-want-you-here\/"},"modified":"2023-08-17T13:39:05","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T17:39:05","slug":"maui-residents-have-a-message-for-joe-biden-ahead-of-his-visit-we-dont-want-you-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maui-residents-have-a-message-for-joe-biden-ahead-of-his-visit-we-dont-want-you-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Maui locals to Joe Biden: Stay away!"},"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\">14<\/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-residents-have-a-message-for-joe-biden-ahead-of-his-visit-we-dont-want-you-here%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=2003706&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>Residents \u2062of fire-ravaged Maui, Hawaii, Reject President Biden&#8217;s \u200cVisit<\/h2>\n<p>Residents of fire-ravaged Maui, Hawaii, have made it clear they do not want President Joe Biden\u2062 around as\u200c they try\u200d to pick up the pieces following the devastating blazes last week.<\/p>\n<p>At least 110 people died in the \u200cwildfires, and\u2062 many more are missing, specifically in Lahaina, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/08\/16\/us\/hawaii-maui-wildfires-death-toll-wednesday\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a> \u200dreported Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-smirks-refuses-questions-maui-fires-later-uses-small-stairs-board-af1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden<\/a> was late\u200d to comment on the disaster, and when \u2064asked about 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> over the weekend, he told a\u2063 reporter, \u201cNo comment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maui-residents-have-a-message-for-joe-biden-ahead-of-his-visit-we-dont-want-you-here\/\" title=\"Maui locals to Joe Biden: Stay away!\">reaction generated negative headlines<\/a>, the White House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2023\/08\/16\/statement-from-white-house-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-on-the-president-and-first-lady-traveling-to-hawaii\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> Wednesday that he will tour the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/epa-waives-fuel-regulations-in-bid-to-keep-up-supply-after-colonial-pipeline-cyber-attack\/\" title=\"EPA Waives Fuel Regulations In Bid To Keep Up Supply After Colonial Pipeline Cyber Attack\">affected areas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Press secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/busted-despite-denials-kjp-subtly-reframing-joe-hunter-business-ties-narrative\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Karine\u2064 Jean-Pierre<\/a> said Biden and first lady <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jill-biden-seen-photo-smiling-ear-ear-drag-queens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jill Biden<\/a> will travel to the island next week.<\/p>\n<h3>Residents Express Their Displeasure<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cThe President\u2062 and First Lady will travel to Maui\u200c on \u2063Monday, \u200dAugust 21 to meet with first responders, \u2064survivors, as\u200b well as federal, \u200dstate, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/late-night-restaurant-owners-want-to-play-fair-so-far-they-say-newsom-hasnt\/\" title=\"Late-night restaurant owners want to play fair. So far, they say, Newsom hasn't\">local officials<\/a>, in the wake \u2062of deadly wildfires\u2063 on the island,\u201d Jean-Pierre said.<\/p>\n<p>Numerous residents of Maui told the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/08\/16\/hawaii-locals-lash-out-against-bidens-visit-to-maui-after-wildfires\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York \u2063Post<\/a> they would prefer \u200dif Biden didn\u2019t bother.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want him\u200c here,\u201d\u2063 Lahaina resident Jay Awan \u200dsaid. \u201cHe\u2019s just coming to Maui to look good in front of the cameras.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Awan\u2062 said \u200chis home had been reduced to\u2062 ashes and he doubted \u200dit would ever be fully rebuilt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s\u200d like a f***ing warzone here,\u201d the 45-year-old cook and tiki carver told the Post. \u201cMaui\u2019s never going to be the same. Lahaina\u2019s never going to be the same.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Awan said he \u200cexpected <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hawaiis-first-line-defense-likely-failed-maui-fires-says-congresswoman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">affected properties<\/a> to be purchased from destitute individuals by major corporations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re going to \u200bput resorts up all along\u2062 here \u2014 Lahaina is going to lose its character as an old whaling village,\u201d he\u200c said. \u2063\u201cWe can\u2019t get the historical sites back.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-spend-week-ritzy-vacation-town-maui-suffers-complete-utter-devastation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maui<\/a> \u200cresident, \u206366-year-old Peter Friedgen, told the Post that people\u200d \u201cdon\u2019t care if the president comes\u201d as the\u2063 area is set to be inundated \u2064with visitors.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a waiting game now for someone to show up \u2014 the \u200bgovernment, insurers,\u201d Friedgen said. \u201cI\u2019ve \u2063just been down the beach, waiting for people to get \u200binto town.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, one woman who lives on Maui said she \u2063wants\u200d Biden to visit \u2014 but only out of\u200c hope \u200dthat it will inspire some empathy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe haven\u2019t had federal support,\u201d Kristi Bowman said. \u201cWe\u2019ve had\u200c local support, not \u2063federal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 60-year-old accountant \u201cscoffed\u201d at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/sick-new-detail-emerges-biden-gold-star-families-afghanistan-disaster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the president\u2019s<\/a> plan to \u200bgive people who \u2064have lost everything a one-time \u2062payment of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2023\/08\/15\/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administrations-response-to-the-maui-wildfires\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$700<\/a>, the Post reported.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/maui-residents-message-joe-biden-ahead-visit-dont-want\/\">Maui Residents Have a Message \u200dfor Joe Biden Ahead of His\u2063 Visit: We Don&#8217;t Want You Here<\/a> appeared first \u2064on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The\u2063 Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Residents in fire-ravaged Maui, Hawaii, expressed their disapproval of President Joe Biden&#8217;s presence as they strive to recover from the recent devastating blazes. CNN reported that the wildfires claimed the lives of 110 individuals, with numerous others still unaccounted for, particularly in Lahaina. Biden&#8217;s delayed response drew criticism from the affected community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2006,"featured_media":2003707,"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-2003706","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\/2003706","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\/2006"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2003706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2003706\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2003707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2003706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2003706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2003706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}