{"id":2007405,"date":"2023-08-21T19:36:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T23:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wh-spox-says-biden-has-been-there-since-day-one-for-maui-heres-where-he-actually-was\/"},"modified":"2023-08-21T19:38:23","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T23:38:23","slug":"wh-spox-says-biden-has-been-there-since-day-one-for-maui-heres-where-he-actually-was","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wh-spox-says-biden-has-been-there-since-day-one-for-maui-heres-where-he-actually-was\/","title":{"rendered":"WH Spox: Biden&#8217;s Support for Maui Since Day One. Here&#8217;s Where He Truly Was."},"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\">28<\/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%2Fwh-spox-says-biden-has-been-there-since-day-one-for-maui-heres-where-he-actually-was%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=2007405&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>Absence of\u200b President Biden During Maui Wildfires Raises\u200c Concerns<\/h2>\n<p>A spokesperson for President\u200c Joe Biden said that when Biden arrived in Maui \u2014 nearly two weeks after wildfires swept through western \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/hawaii-governor-josh-green-1000-people-still-unaccounted-for-after-devastating-maui-fire\">Maui<\/a> \u2014 one of his priorities would be to make \u200bsure\u200d residents were aware that he had \u201cbeen there since day one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u2062president and First\u2062 Lady Jill Biden traveled\u200c to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/maui-residents-blast-biden-for-absence-following-fires-why-are-we-being-ignored\">Maui<\/a> on Monday \u2014 after reporters pressed Biden several times about when he planned to make the trip \u2014 to\u2064 tour the\u2064 damage\u200c to the historic town of\u2062 Lahaina and\u2062 the surrounding areas.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Biden spokesperson\u2063 Olivia Dalton says Biden \u2062will &#8220;make sure that he communicates to [Maui residents] that\u2064 not only have we been there since day one, \u2064has he been there since day one\u2026&#8221; \ud83e\udd14 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NgK2quOhxf\">pic.twitter.com\/NgK2quOhxf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1693669138026434988?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August\u200c 21, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But in response to the claims \u200bmade \u200cby spokesperson Olivia Dalton \u2014 namely \u200bthat\u2062 Biden had been there \u201csince day one\u201d \u2014 \u2062critics pointed out that on \u201cday one\u201d of\u200c the deadly fires\u2064 that \u200chave left more than 100 dead and hundreds still missing, the president was actually on vacation.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">Day 1 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ecxh1X85Ol\">https:\/\/t.co\/ecxh1X85Ol<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JoCnvVWyee\">pic.twitter.com\/JoCnvVWyee<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/redsteeze\/status\/1693675770756071537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 21, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>When members of\u2062 the press caught up with President Biden\u2062 in \u200cRehoboth Beach,\u200b Delaware, they asked him directly 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> in Maui. His response, when asked whether he had anything to say on the subject, was simple: <strong>\u201cNo, no comment.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Several days later, when he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/reporters-have-questions-about-maui-wildfires-biden-smiles-waves-and-skips-town\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">left Washington again<\/a>, headed \u200cto Wisconsin for a speech\u200d touting his\u200d economy, he responded to \u2063reporters\u2019 shouted questions with nothing\u200b more than a smile and a brief wave of his hand.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Biden again SMIRKS as he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-biden-straight-up-ignores-reporters-questions-calmly-shuffles-papers-instead\/\" title=\"WATCH: Biden Straight Up Ignores Reporters\u2019 Questions, Calmly Shuffles Papers Instead\">ignores reporters<\/a> asking for comment on the rising death toll of the Maui wildfires\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EYSkUM00e3\">pic.twitter.com\/EYSkUM00e3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC\u2063 Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1691474589191217153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 15,\u200d 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Independent journalist Glenn Greenwald pointed out the disparity in the way that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-lost-all-credibility-on-social-distancing-after-biden-celebrations\/\" title=\"Dems Lost All Credibility On Social Distancing After Biden Celebrations\">corporate media<\/a> had covered Biden\u2019s failure \u200dto\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-a-mess-team-biden-loses-track-of-20-million-covid-19-doses-report\/\" title=\"\u2018It\u2019s A Mess\u2019: Team Biden Loses Track Of 20 Million COVID-19 Doses: Report\">answer questions<\/a>, noting that previous presidents had been vilified for far less.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGeorge\u2064 Bush \u200dwas mauled for merely flying over New Orleans \u200bas citizens drowned \u2063during Katrina. Ted Cruz was mocked in \u2062a \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wh-spox-says-biden-has-been-there-since-day-one-for-maui-heres-where-he-actually-was\/\" title=\"WH Spox: Biden's Support for Maui Since Day One. Here's Where He Truly Was.\">week-long news cycle<\/a>\u200c for leaving Texas during its electricity crisis. Not only hasn\u2019t Biden visited \u200bMaui, but twice vacationed\u200b and has barely spoken on it,\u201d Greenwald said early Monday, prior to Biden\u2019s arrival there.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I always found these demands for \u2064symbolic gestures a bit overblown, but Biden&#8217;s sitting on beaches\u2064 and saying &#8220;no comment&#8221; during this horrific fire disaster is the worst \u200bof these.<\/p>\n<p>Like 2020, most\u2063 corporate \u2064media\u2063 simply will not do\u200b anything \u2063that undermines his election chances.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ggreenwald\/status\/1693624963511566498?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 21,\u200d 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI always found these demands for symbolic gestures a bit overblown,\u200c but Biden\u2019s sitting on \u2062beaches and saying \u200d\u2018no comment\u2019 during this horrific fire disaster is the worst \u2063of these,\u201d Greenwald continued. \u201cLike 2020, most corporate media simply will not do anything that undermines his election chances.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A spokesperson for President Joe Biden stated that upon his arrival in Maui, his priority would be to assure residents that he had been present since the wildfires began. President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden journeyed to Maui after nearly two weeks of the devastating wildfires in western Maui.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":2007406,"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-2007405","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\/2007405","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\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2007405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2007405\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2007406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2007405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2007405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2007405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}