{"id":2009630,"date":"2023-08-23T16:26:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T20:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-comment-wh-comms-director-roasted-for-bizarre-defense-of-bidens-maui-response\/"},"modified":"2023-08-23T16:30:22","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T20:30:22","slug":"no-comment-wh-comms-director-roasted-for-bizarre-defense-of-bidens-maui-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-comment-wh-comms-director-roasted-for-bizarre-defense-of-bidens-maui-response\/","title":{"rendered":"WH Comms Director faces backlash for strange defense of Biden&#8217;s Maui reaction."},"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\">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%2Fno-comment-wh-comms-director-roasted-for-bizarre-defense-of-bidens-maui-response%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=2009630&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>White House Communications Director Ben LaBolt Gets\u2064 Roasted for Defending Biden&#8217;s Maui Response<\/h2>\n<p>White House Communications Director \u200dBen LaBolt got \u200croasted for defending President Joe \u200cBiden\u2019s <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\">Maui response<\/a> \u2013 namely because he claimed \u2062that critics \u200dwere only complaining about Biden \u201cpetting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/so-much-for-bringing-dogs-back-to-the-white-house\/\" title=\"So Much For Bringing Dogs Back To The White House\">rescue dog<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MSNBC host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/morning-joe-blows-off-critics-of-bidens-maui-remarks-shock-opera-nonsense\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Scarborough<\/a> started the White House down that path on Wednesday\u200c morning, citing a Maui newspaper article praising Biden and claiming \u2064that complaints\u200b about \u2063Biden\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/cnn-praises-biden-for-signature-empathy-despite-tone-deaf-maui-response\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">widely-panned response<\/a> to the wildfires in Maui\u200c amounted to \u201cgarbage\u201d coming solely from right-wing critics.<\/p>\n<p>White House Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates quoted Scarborough\u2019s response, saying, \u201cYou look at the local newspapers, you look at the local reports, you listen to the\u200b local people. These\u2062 aren\u2019t Democratic operatives. It was the Maui newspaper. Everybody in \u200cthese newspapers glowing.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeNBC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JoeNBC<\/a>: The \u200drightwing coverage of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@POTUS<\/a>&#8216;s Maui trip &#8220;was all garbage. You look at the local newspapers, you look at the \u200dlocal reports, you listen to the local people. These\u2064 aren&#8217;t\u200b Democratic operatives. It was the\u2064 Maui newspaper. Everybody \u200cin \u200cthese newspapers glowing.&#8221; \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NBbrsFujP9\">pic.twitter.com\/NBbrsFujP9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andrew Bates\u200d (@AndrewJBates46) \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewJBates46\/status\/1694324836258996265?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August \u206423, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201c<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">There\u2019s\u200c a rightwing\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/world-economic-wants-a-global-framework-to-regulate-online-harm-following-u-s-capitol-terrorism\/\" title=\"World Economic Wants A \u2018Global Framework\u2019 To \u2018Regulate\u2019 Online Harm Following U.S. Capitol \u2018Terrorism\u2019\">media ecosystem<\/a> that \u2064says everyday whatever <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">@POTUS <\/span>is doing is wrong or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-comment-wh-comms-director-roasted-for-bizarre-defense-of-bidens-maui-response\/\" title=\"WH Comms Director faces backlash for strange defense of Biden's Maui reaction.\">runs bad faith interpretations<\/a> of events. This week they attacked\u2062 him for petting a rescue dog and not having the godly power\u2063 to prevent a\u2062 storm from entering CA. Look at \u200dthe\u200c source,\u201d LaBolt added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There\u2019s a rightwing media ecosystem that says everyday whatever\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@POTUS<\/a> is \u200ddoing is\u200c wrong or runs bad\u200b faith interpretations of events. This week they attacked him for petting \u200da \u2064rescue dog and not having the godly power to prevent\u200c a\u2064 storm from\u200b entering CA. Look at \u200dthe source. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cxIJZDiJvt\">https:\/\/t.co\/cxIJZDiJvt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ben LaBolt (@WHCommsDir) \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WHCommsDir\/status\/1694331110392565772?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 23, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But Joe Concha, \u2062Fox News contributor and columnist at The Messenger, was quick to \u2064point out the\u2064 inaccuracies in LaBolt\u2019s assessment.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE\u2064 DAILY WIRE APP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cA \u2018rightwing media \u200becosystem\u2019 didn\u2019t \u2064force the \u2062president to repeat a proven lie about\u200d a fire in his kitchen threatening the lives \u2063of his \u200cwife, cat \u2062and corvette. Children \u2063and\u200b whole families\u2062 were incinerated in Maui and Biden broached this BS to show that he can relate? Abhorrent,\u201d Concha said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A &#8220;rightwing media ecosystem&#8221; didn&#8217;t force the\u200d president to repeat a proven lie about \u200ca\u2062 fire in his kitchen threatening the lives of \u2064his wife, cat\u200c and \u200ccorvette.\u2062 Children and whole \u2064families were incinerated in Maui and Biden broached this BS\u2062 to show \u200cthat he can relate? Abhorrent. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zgfkFzHVlQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/zgfkFzHVlQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeConchaTV\/status\/1694403930782875708?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 23, \u200c2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201c800 people, \u2063including children, \u200care\u200b still missing and the Biden \u2062admin\u2019s \u2063biggest concern is Republicans noticing Biden compared almost losing a corvette to over 100 dying \u200bin an island inferno,\u201d @capeandcowell <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/capeandcowell\/status\/1694414372741796227\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">added<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the real\u2064 objections were about \u2064Biden taking forever to go to Hawaii, then giving a terrible speech about \u2062almost\u200c losing his Corvette to a fire that was easily extinguished, and then \u2064falling asleep \u2063during the memorial. Nobody \u200cgives a\u200d damn about petting the\u2064 rescue dog,\u201d @FilmLadd\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FilmLadd\/status\/1694337110902194541\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pointed out<\/a>, adding, \u201cOne of \u200dthe ways to manipulate the \u200bpublic is focus \u200con stupid objections to your candidate in \u200border to bury the \u2064serious problems with\u200d your \u2064candidate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NewsBusters Executive\u200c Editor Tim Graham\u200b added, \u201cAs\u200b if \u2018Morning Joe\u2019 \u2064isn\u2019t part of a media ecosystem that says everyday whatever Trump is doing or runs bad-faith interpretations \u2062of events? And please tell us who faulted\u200b Biden for not having godly powers. \u2062(Or even Ursula the Sea Witch powers.)\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As if &#8216;Morning Joe&#8217; isn&#8217;t\u2064 part of a media ecosystem that says everyday whatever Trump is doing or runs \u200dbad-faith interpretations of \u200bevents? <\/p>\n<p>And please tell us who faulted Biden for not having godly powers. (Or even Ursula the Sea Witch powers.) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nc2I154UWg\">https:\/\/t.co\/nc2I154UWg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tim\u200c Graham (@TimJGraham) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimJGraham\/status\/1694404386452079095?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 23, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>GOP Rapid Response\u200c Director\u200b Jake Schneider referenced \u2062a vacationing Biden\u2019s response to reporters \u2013 who \u2062were \u200dasking for his thoughts on the climbing death toll in Maui \u2014 and simply \u2063replied,\u2063 \u201cNo comment.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cNo Comment\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zipGgveL2d\">https:\/\/t.co\/zipGgveL2d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jake Schneider (@jacobkschneider) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jacobkschneider\/status\/1694338097301889438?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August \u200c23,\u2062 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House Communications Director Ben LaBolt faced backlash for defending President Biden&#8217;s Maui response. He argued that critics were merely upset about Biden &#8220;petting a rescue dog.&#8221; MSNBC host Joe Scarborough initiated this discussion, referring to a Maui newspaper article that praised Biden&#8217;s actions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":2009631,"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-2009630","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\/2009630","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=2009630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2009630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2009631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2009630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2009630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2009630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}