{"id":2008765,"date":"2023-08-22T22:33:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T02:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-praises-bidens-maui-speech-where-he-compared-historic-fire-to-small-kitchen-fire\/"},"modified":"2023-08-22T22:34:35","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T02:34:35","slug":"cnn-praises-bidens-maui-speech-where-he-compared-historic-fire-to-small-kitchen-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-praises-bidens-maui-speech-where-he-compared-historic-fire-to-small-kitchen-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN hails Biden&#8217;s Maui speech, likening historic fire to small kitchen fire."},"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\">24<\/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%2Fcnn-praises-bidens-maui-speech-where-he-compared-historic-fire-to-small-kitchen-fire%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=2008765&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>CNN Reporter Praises President Biden&#8217;s Empathy in the Face of Tragedy<\/h2>\n<p>CNN \u2063climate reporter Bill \u2062Weir was \u2064captivated by President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe \u2064Biden\u2019s<\/a> recent remarks in Maui. During his visit, Biden compared the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/western-governors-ask-biden-for-more-resources-amid-intense-fast-growing-wildfires\/\" title=\"Western governors ask Biden for more resources amid intense, fast growing wildfires\">devastating wildfires<\/a> that\u2063 have ravaged the U.S. to a\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-praises-bidens-maui-speech-where-he-compared-historic-fire-to-small-kitchen-fire\/\" title=\"CNN hails Biden's Maui speech, likening historic fire to small kitchen fire.\">small\u2063 kitchen fire<\/a> he\u2063 experienced many years ago.<\/p>\n<p>The Maui wildfires, which occurred earlier this month, have resulted in over 100 fatalities and left more than 1,000\u200b people still\u200c missing. Additionally, nearly 3,000 structures have been destroyed, according to state\u200b and local officials.<\/p>\n<h3>A Presidential\u2063 Visit to the \u2063Heart of the Tragedy<\/h3>\n<p>Weir \u200dshared that President \u2062Biden and Dr. \u2062Biden spent several hours in Lahaina, meeting with first responders and\u2062 victims at the War Memorial shelter\u200b in central Maui.<\/p>\n<p>While acknowledging that\u200d Biden initially remained silent on the issue, Weir commended the President for finally addressing the situation and \u2064serving as the &#8220;empathizer-in-chief.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CNN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillWeirCNN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BillWeirCNN<\/a> praises Biden\u2019s Hawaii visit: \u201cHe said the right things \u2026\u2063 He serve[d] as empathizer-in-chief\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UOLoQAVBSO\">pic.twitter.com\/UOLoQAVBSO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Elliott\u200d (@tomselliott) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomselliott\/status\/1694098939912323371?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 22, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Controversial\u2063 Remarks and Personal Connections<\/h3>\n<p>Despite facing criticism for his initial response to the\u200c tragedy, Biden&#8217;s\u2063 visit to the island on\u200b Monday sparked further controversy due\u2062 to\u200d his remarks.<\/p>\n<p>Biden drew backlash when \u200dhe compared\u200c the devastating fire to a small\u200b kitchen fire that occurred at \u200chis home in the early 2000s. At the\u200c time, the Associated Press described \u2062the\u200d incident\u200b as &#8220;small&#8221; \u200dand &#8220;contained to the kitchen.&#8221; The\u2064 fire was quickly controlled\u200d by the \u200dDelaware fire department.<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on his\u200c own experience,\u200c Biden shared, &#8220;I don\u2019t want to \u2062compare \u2062difficulties,\u200c but we have a little sense, Jill\u2064 and I, what it\u2019s like to lose a home.&#8221; He \u200brecounted the incident when\u2064 lightning struck his\u2063 home, causing a fire that endangered his \u200dfamily\u200b and belongings.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILY WIRE APP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Expressing\u200d gratitude for\u200b the\u2062 firefighters who risked their lives\u2064 to \u2063save his family, Biden emphasized the challenges of\u200c being displaced from their home for almost a year. He acknowledged that \u200blosing a home completely \u2062to a fire must be an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/family-wants-alert-system-after-7-year-old-grandmother-killed-in-high-speed-chase-of-illegal-immigrants\/\" title=\"Family seeks alert system after 7-year-old, grandmother killed in high-speed chase involving illegal immigrants.\">unimaginable\u200c tragedy<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN climate reporter Bill Weir praised President Biden&#8217;s recent comments in Maui, where he likened the devastating wildfires to a minor kitchen fire he had experienced years ago. Despite the Maui wildfires claiming over 100 lives, Biden&#8217;s comparison drew attention and sparked discussions on the severity of the situation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":2008766,"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-2008765","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\/2008765","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\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2008765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2008765\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2008766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2008765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2008765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2008765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}