{"id":2009028,"date":"2023-08-23T07:50:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T11:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-video-show-biden-falling-asleep-at-event-with-maui-wildfire-survivors\/"},"modified":"2023-08-23T07:52:18","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T11:52:18","slug":"fact-check-does-video-show-biden-falling-asleep-at-event-with-maui-wildfire-survivors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-video-show-biden-falling-asleep-at-event-with-maui-wildfire-survivors\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact Check: Did Biden Fall Asleep at Maui Wildfire Event?"},"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\">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%2Ffact-check-does-video-show-biden-falling-asleep-at-event-with-maui-wildfire-survivors%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=2009028&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>Social Media in Frenzy Over Video of President Biden<\/h2>\n<p>Social media went into a frenzy after \u200ca \u200bvideo appeared to show President Joe \u2062Biden falling asleep during an event in Hawaii.<\/p>\n<p>But \u2062what really happened?<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday,\u200c X user Matt Wallace posted \u200ca video on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/roger-stone-announces-he-will-sue-those-who-arrested-him-and-put-him-in-front-of-a-kangaroo-court\/\" title=\"Roger Stone Announces He Will Sue Those Who Arrested Him and Put Him In Front of a Kangaroo Court\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media<\/a> site<\/a>,\u2062 formerly\u200b called Twitter, that appeared to show the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-video-show-biden-falling-asleep-at-event-with-maui-wildfire-survivors\/\" title=\"Fact Check: Did Biden Fall Asleep at Maui Wildfire Event?\">president falling asleep<\/a> during\u2062 an \u2062event\u200d on the island\u2064 of Maui with\u2064 survivors\u200b of \u200bthe devastating wildfire.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Joe Biden just fell \u200basleep \u2064in the \u200dmiddle of\u200c his meeting\u2063 with victims of the Maui fires <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YxDneHVuWL\">pic.twitter.com\/YxDneHVuWL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Wallace (@MattWallace888) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattWallace888\/status\/1693899396767752461?\">August 22, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The video\u200d went viral and several conservatives,\u200d including\u200d Fox News personality <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fox-news-makes-announcement-sean-hannity-amid-prime-time-shake\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sean Hannity<\/a>, posted the video spreading the idea that Biden \u200bfell asleep during the event.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Biden appears to fall asleep during \u200ba ceremony in Hawaii honoring the hundreds of Americans killed by the fires <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/epLCJ01B0J\">pic.twitter.com\/epLCJ01B0J<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u200bSean Hannity\u200b  (@seanhannity) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/seanhannity\/status\/1693954639631122675?\">August 22, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The thing is, a \u2062second look \u2062at the footage tells another story, and it does not look as if Biden \u2063fell \u2064asleep after all.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.snopes.com\/fact-check\/biden-asleep-maui-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Snopes<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/snopes-posts-bogus-pro-aoc-fact-check-ends-up-exposing-its-left-wing-bias\/\" title=\"Snopes Posts Bogus Pro-AOC \u2018Fact Check,\u2019 Ends Up Exposing Its Left-Wing Bias\">fact-checking site<\/a> with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/liberal-fact-checker-snopes-rushes-bidens-defense-presidents-latest-racial-gaffe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">decidedly pro-Biden bent<\/a>, reported on the story, saying that the C-SPAN footage of the event, which is clearer than \u2064the footage on X, showed that Biden was simply \u200cbowing his head.<\/p>\n<p>Now, \u200cgranted, Snopes is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fact-checking-fact-checkers-snopes-exposes-left-wing-bias-sham-pro-aoc-fact-check\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">notoriously left-leaning<\/a> \u200b and always tries to run\u2062 cover for leftist politicians. But the \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/joe-biden-asleep-social-media-speculation-maui-visit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Washington Examiner<\/a>,\u200c a more conservative website, \u200dalso said\u2064 that a look at the C-SPAN footage showed that Biden did not fall asleep.<\/p>\n<p>But don\u2019t take their word for it, have a look at the footage\u2063 yourself. The key segment is about the \u206319:20 mark:<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\">\n<\/div>\n<p>It\u2064 seems more likely that Biden was just bowing\u200c his head\u2064 or trying to\u2064 shake off some jet\u200b lag after\u200d the long flight\u2064 from Washington \u200bto Maui, which is six hours ahead of Biden\u2019s accustomed\u2064 Eastern\u200b Daylight Time \u2064zone.<\/p>\n<p>Now while we may be able to \u200cexonerate Biden\u200c for this, it is important \u200cto\u2063 point out what \u2063makes people \u200cthink that Biden would \u200bfall asleep during this event.<\/p>\n<p>This is not a case of people just being \u200bmean or petty toward Biden. Biden\u2019s\u2064 past actions\u200d mean that no one would be in the least surprised if Biden did\u200b indeed fall asleep at this event.<\/p>\n<p>After all, Biden tried to avoid talking \u200cabout the Hawaii wildfires\u2063 for the longest time, and when he did \u200bfinally \u200bvisit the island, he acted in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-kicks-off-maui-trip-making-cracking-jokes-people-died\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">callous and unsympathetic manner<\/a> toward\u200d the residents.<\/p>\n<p>Biden also has a \u200bhistory of being\u2063 inattentive during solemn events like this, such as when he checked\u200b his watch when the caskets of\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/something-sickening-just-happened-memorial-13-service-members-killed-kabul\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">13 American servicemen and women<\/a> killed during the\u2064 Afghanistan pullout arrived in the U.S.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Remember that time Joe Biden looked at \u2064his watch\u2064 when the caskets of 13 dead soldiers were being returned\u200c from his chaotic Afghanistan pullout?<\/p>\n<p>Well \u2064now he \u2064just fell asleep during a ceremony in \u2063Hawaii honoring the hundreds of Americans killed by \u200dthe fires<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/llASoLvRY5\">pic.twitter.com\/llASoLvRY5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DC_Draino\/status\/1693949652037460029?\">August 22, \u20632023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Not to\u200b mention, Biden\u2019s age has\u2062 really \u200cbeen starting to show since he became president,\u2062 with his\u200d never-ending string \u200cof \u2063embarrassing gaffes.<\/p>\n<p>In short,\u2062 this is just another example of the massive image problem that\u2064 Biden has.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fact-check-video-show-biden-falling-asleep-event-maui-wildfire-survivors\/\">Fact Check: Does Video Show Biden Falling Asleep at\u2062 Event with Maui Wildfire Survivors?<\/a> appeared first on \u200b <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The \u2062Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hawaii. The video quickly sparked a social media frenzy, but the truth behind the incident remains unclear. Matt Wallace, an X user, shared the video on Tuesday, which seemed to capture President Joe Biden dozing off during the event. However, further details are yet to be confirmed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2016,"featured_media":2009029,"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-2009028","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\/2009028","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\/2016"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2009028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2009028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2009029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2009028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2009028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2009028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}