{"id":2009515,"date":"2023-08-23T15:10:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T19:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/morning-joe-blows-off-critics-of-bidens-maui-remarks-shock-opera-nonsense\/"},"modified":"2023-08-23T15:12:40","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T19:12:40","slug":"morning-joe-blows-off-critics-of-bidens-maui-remarks-shock-opera-nonsense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/morning-joe-blows-off-critics-of-bidens-maui-remarks-shock-opera-nonsense\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Morning Joe&#8217; dismisses criticism of Biden&#8217;s Maui remarks as &#8216;baseless drama.&#8217;"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fmorning-joe-blows-off-critics-of-bidens-maui-remarks-shock-opera-nonsense%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=2009515&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>MSNBC Host \u200bDefends President Biden&#8217;s Trip \u200cto Maui<\/h2>\n<p>MSNBC \u201cMorning Joe\u201d host Joe Scarborough responded to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/msnbc-guest-says-the-hardest-part-of-judge-ketanji-brown-jacksons-hearings-will-be-not-punching-republicans\/\" title=\"MSNBC Guest Says The Hardest Part Of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson\u2019s Hearings Will Be Not Punching Republicans\">criticisms directed<\/a> at President Joe Biden \u2014 following his \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/morning-joe-blows-off-critics-of-bidens-maui-remarks-shock-opera-nonsense\/\" title=\"'Morning Joe' dismisses criticism of Biden's Maui remarks as 'baseless drama.'\">widely-panned gaffe-filled trip<\/a> to Maui \u2014 and claimed they were little more than \u201cshock\u2062 opera nonsense\u201d pushed by conservatives to make Biden look bad.<\/p>\n<p>Citing a few Maui residents who were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mauinews.com\/news\/local-news\/2023\/08\/residents-hope-presidents-visit-makes-impression-on-need-for-aid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">apparently pleased<\/a> by the\u2064 president\u2019s visit \u2013 which came nearly two weeks\u2062 after fires ravaged the Hawaiian island\u2019s western \u200cshore, devastating the historic village \u200bof Lahaina \u2014 Scarborough argued that anyone\u2064 who was criticizing him lived in an \u201calternate reality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNote the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-despite-floridas-even-split-between-gop-dems-desantis-has-strong-approval-rating-overwhelming-support-on-pandemic\/\" title=\"POLL: Despite Florida\u2019s Even Split Between GOP, Dems, DeSantis Has Strong Approval Rating, Overwhelming Support On Pandemic\">overwhelmingly positive response<\/a> \u200dfrom local residents in the Maui \u2062paper and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/where-the-heck-is-anthony-fauci-people-are-talking\/\" title=\"Where The Heck Is Anthony Fauci? People Are Talking\">stark contrast compared<\/a> to the shock opera\u2063 nonsense pushed by Trumpy outlets today,\u201d \u2063Scarborough said via X. \u201cSame with the BS \u2018sleep\u2019 narrative that created an alternate reality.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Note the overwhelmingly positive response from local residents in the Maui paper and the stark contrast compared to the shock opera nonsense pushed by\u2064 Trumpy  outlets today. Same with the BS \u201csleep\u201d\u2064 narrative that created an alternate reality.  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2veNviTjHc\">https:\/\/t.co\/2veNviTjHc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joe \u2064Scarborough (@JoeNBC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeNBC\/status\/1694153021930823879?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 23, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Positive Response from Maui Residents<\/h3>\n<p>Scarborough shared an \u200darticle that quoted Lahaina\u2019s mayor, Richard Bissen, as saying, \u201c<span class=\"quotations\">Hope. I think that\u2019s the main thing.\u200b I think that\u2019s what the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-scotts-run-for-president-complicates-senate-republican-agenda\/\" title=\"Tim Scott's presidential bid adds complexity to Senate GOP agenda.\">president brings<\/a> when he comes to any community. <\/span><span class=\"quotations\">People look \u2064to him as our leader.\u200b We look at him\u200d as the one that controls all the \u200cfederal agencies,\u2063 and he is able to get things.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p>The article, which briefly mentioned the president\u2019s visit, noted that he had been quick to sign a disaster declaration and had promised whatever aid Maui needed to recover and rebuild in the coming months.<\/p>\n<p>But it left out some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/maui-residents-blast-biden-for-absence-following-fires-why-are-we-being-ignored\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">important context<\/a> \u2014 namely that as the death\u200c toll in Maui \u200cbegan to climb, Biden was approached near his Rehoboth Beach vacation home\u2064 and asked to\u200b weigh in on the tragic developments. His response quickly sparked \u200bcriticism as he replied, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/wh-spox-says-biden-has-been-there-since-day-one-for-maui-heres-where-he-actually-was\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">No. No comment.<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/reporters-have-questions-about-maui-wildfires-biden-smiles-waves-and-skips-town\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">returned to Washington<\/a> from Rehoboth Beach for a short time before\u2063 a Camp David summit with South Korean and Japanese leaders late last week \u2064and was on another\u200b vacation in Lake Tahoe when he jetted to \u2062Maui,\u2062 spending just hours there before returning to Lake Tahoe.<\/p>\n<p>While on the ground in Maui, Biden raised eyebrows by comparing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/watch-maui-residents-greet-joe-biden-with-middle-fingers-angry-taunts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">small \u2062kitchen fire<\/a> \u2014 which was \u200bcontained in a matter of minutes \u2064\u2014 to the massive fires\u2062 that had destroyed homes and businesses in addition\u2062 to taking more than 100 lives. He even joked with the devastated \u2063locals about how he had \u201calmost\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/you-almost-lost-your-cat-go-f-yourself-critics-savage-biden-after-maui-speech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lost his cat<\/a> and his \u201967 Corvette.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MSNBC&#8217;s Joe Scarborough dismissed conservative criticisms of President Biden&#8217;s Maui trip as &#8220;shock opera nonsense.&#8221; He argued that these attempts were aimed at tarnishing Biden&#8217;s image. Scarborough also highlighted the positive feedback from some Maui residents who were pleased with the president&#8217;s visit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":2009516,"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-2009515","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\/2009515","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=2009515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2009515\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2009516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2009515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2009515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2009515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}