{"id":2004182,"date":"2023-08-17T19:31:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T23:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hawaii-official-blasted-online-and-blamed-for-delayed-response-to-maui-fires\/"},"modified":"2023-08-17T19:33:46","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T23:33:46","slug":"hawaii-official-blasted-online-and-blamed-for-delayed-response-to-maui-fires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hawaii-official-blasted-online-and-blamed-for-delayed-response-to-maui-fires\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawaii official criticized online for slow response to Maui fires."},"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\">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%2Fhawaii-official-blasted-online-and-blamed-for-delayed-response-to-maui-fires%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=2004182&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>One Hawaii Official Under Fire for Response\u200c to Maui Fires<\/h2>\n<p>One Hawaii official has found himself at the center of a \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hawaii-official-blasted-online-and-blamed-for-delayed-response-to-maui-fires\/\" title=\"Hawaii official criticized online for slow response to Maui fires.\">viral online controversy<\/a> as people point fingers at him for his handling of the four fires in Maui. M. \u200bKaleo Manuel, the deputy director for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flashback-hawaii-official-who-allegedly-withheld-water-from-firefighters-says-equity-comes-first\/\" title=\"FLASHBACK: Hawaii Official Prioritizes 'Equity' Over Firefighters' Water Supply\">water resource management<\/a> at the Department of Land and Natural Resources,\u2063 has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/josh-hawley-becomes-gop-cash-cow-despite-dem-targeting\/\" title=\"Josh Hawley Becomes \u2018GOP Cash Cow\u2019 Despite Dem Targeting\">faced intense criticism<\/a>\u200c after allegations surfaced that he\u2063 procrastinated in \u200dsending water to \u200bthe affected island.<\/p>\n<p>When the Honolulu Civil Beat published a story citing sources that accused Manuel of delaying water release, the public took to social media to express their outrage. \u200cPeople on X,\u2062 formerly known as Twitter, didn&#8217;t hold back\u200d in their criticism of Manuel&#8217;s actions.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Meet M. Kaleo Manuel, the official who refused to release water in Maui, contributing to up to 106 deaths,&#8221; Jeremy Kauffman\u2062 wrote on X, citing the original article. &#8220;A Hawaiian Studies major, Kaleo prefers a traditional, holistic &#8216;One \u2062Water&#8217; approach where water is revered, not used. Water requires &#8216;true conversations\u2063 about equity.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Kauffman, the CEO of a bitcoin \u2063company, even shared a Zoom interview video of Manuel that was posted \u2064on YouTube about 10 \u2063months ago. In the video, Manuel discusses his views on water and its significance.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Native Hawaiians treated water as one of the earthly manifestations of a god,&#8221; \u200bManuel said in the video.\u2063 &#8220;We&#8217;ve become used to looking at water as something that we use and \u2063not something that\u2063 we revere.\u2062 &#8230; We can reconnect to that\u2063 traditional value set.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Another critic, Charlie Kirk,\u200b the founder of Turning Point USA, tweeted about Manuel&#8217;s philosophy on water and its\u2064 impact on the Maui fires.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Here is\u2062 M. Kaleo Manuel, the Hawaii water official who refused to release water resources and let landowners fight the Maui fire, explaining his &#8216;philosophy&#8217; about water,&#8221; Kirk wrote. &#8220;I&#8217;m sure all the victims of the Maui fire are grateful their leaders were focused on worshipping water rather than using it to\u200b save their lives.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/va-school-board-member-tells-high-school-graduates-to-remember-jihad\/\" title=\"Va. school board member tells high school graduates to \u2018remember Jihad\u2019\">controversy grew<\/a>, it was revealed that Manuel \u200bis an Obama\u200b Foundation &#8220;Asia Pacific Leader&#8221; and a climate activist who believes in revering water above all\u2064 else.\u2063 This revelation sparked further outrage, with GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy criticizing the DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) agenda and its potential consequences.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Now we\u2019re learning\u2063 that\u200c the official who delayed the approval is an Obama Foundation &#8216;Asia Pacific Leader&#8217; and a climate activist who believes water should be &#8216;revered&#8217; first and foremost,&#8221; Ramaswamy wrote. &#8220;The DEI agenda is literally \u2062costing people their lives. Hawaii\u2019s Democratic\u2064 governor, Josh Green, said\u2064 there are\u2064 people &#8216;fighting against the release of\u200d water to fight fires&#8217; &#038; that it needs to \u200bbe explored further. The No. 1 responsibility of government is to protect its citizens. The victims and their families deserve the TRUTH.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Amidst the public outcry, White House press \u200dsecretary Karine \u200cJean-Pierre \u200bexpressed support\u2064 for an investigation into the Maui wildfires during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/social-media-companies-want-to-defend-biden-the-scoop-ceo-steeve-strange-says-in-he-was-permanently-banned-from-facebook-after-creating-patriots-against-joe-biden\/\" title=\"\u201cSocial Media Companies Want To Defend Biden\u201d: The Scoop CEO Steeve Strange Says In He Was Permanently Banned From Facebook After Creating \u2018Patriots Against Joe Biden\u2019 Group\">television interview<\/a>. Jean-Pierre assured viewers that the White House is committed to uncovering the truth and\u200c understanding what happened.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200d death toll in Maui has tragically \u200creached 106 as of Wednesday, making it the deadliest\u2063 fire incident in the past\u200c 100 years. Due to the severity of the burns, only a small \u200cminority of the deceased have been identified.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, two \u200dof\u2062 the original four\u200b fires have been contained, and as\u2064 of Tuesday, one of \u2063them has been completely extinguished.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One Hawaii official, M. Kaleo Manuel, faced online backlash for his handling of four fires in Maui. As the deputy director for water resource management at the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Manuel was accused of procrastinating in sending a response. The Honolulu Civil Beat reported on this, leading to his viral notoriety.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2004183,"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":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2004182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"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\/2004182","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2004182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2004182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2004183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2004182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2004182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2004182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}