{"id":2017356,"date":"2023-08-30T20:22:03","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T00:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-once-again-talks-lightning-strike-small-kitchen-fire-at-house-and-compares-it-to-maui-devastation\/"},"modified":"2023-08-30T20:22:56","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T00:22:56","slug":"biden-once-again-talks-lightning-strike-small-kitchen-fire-at-house-and-compares-it-to-maui-devastation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-once-again-talks-lightning-strike-small-kitchen-fire-at-house-and-compares-it-to-maui-devastation\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden mentions lightning strike, kitchen fire at home, and compares it to Maui devastation."},"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\">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%2Fbiden-once-again-talks-lightning-strike-small-kitchen-fire-at-house-and-compares-it-to-maui-devastation%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=2017356&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>President Biden&#8217;s Controversial\u200d Comparison: Lightning \u2062Strike vs.\u2064 Maui Wildfires<\/h2>\n<p>President Joe Biden is once again facing\u200b criticism for a story he \u2064shared during his visit to wildfire-ravaged Maui.\u2062 Last week, the president and the first lady visited the\u200c devastated island, where Biden attempted to relate to\u2063 the victims by sharing a personal \u200banecdote.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Hawaiians who had lost everything in \u2062the fires,\u2064 Biden compared their ordeal to a lightning strike that once hit \u200chis home, causing a small kitchen fire and nearly destroying his \u200bprized &#8217;67 Corvette.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Biden \u2064says \u201cJill and I have\u2063 a little sense of what it\u2019s\u200d like to lose a \u2063home\u201d and then tells the story of when lightning struck his\u200b house in 2004 and says \u201cI almost lost my \u201967 corvette and my cat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to a report from the time, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-ignores-hawaii-senators-question-looks-completely-out-of-it-as-he-shuffles-off-stage\/\" title=\"Biden disregards Hawaii Senator's query, appears disoriented while leaving stage.\">lighting strike caused \u201c<\/a>a small fire\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/V8IBfoZuEW\">pic.twitter.com\/V8IBfoZuEW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u200cGreg Price (@greg_price11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1693783604411703663?\">August 22, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This comparison\u2064 drew backlash as the fire in Biden&#8217;s home was contained to the kitchen, quickly resolved, and in no way comparable to the devastation in Maui.<\/p>\n<p>However, despite the criticism, Biden brought up the story again during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maines-largest-city-in-dire-situation-due-to-unprecedented-volume-of-migrants-arriving-from-southern-border\/\" title=\"Maine\u2019s Largest City In \u2018Dire Situation\u2019 Due To \u2018Unprecedented Volume\u2019 Of Migrants Arriving From Southern Border\">press conference addressing<\/a> the Hawaiian wildfires and Hurricane Idalia, which was battering Florida. This time, he added that his family\u2063 had to evacuate their home for seven months and claimed that &#8220;half the house almost collapsed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Biden once again mentions the lightning that struck \u2064his home \u2013 comparing it to the devastation in\u2063 Maui <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HIDOpTPncV\">pic.twitter.com\/HIDOpTPncV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DailyCaller\/status\/1696960861271691534?\">August 30, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Once again, Biden faced backlash for this exaggerated tale, with many criticizing his self-centeredness and narcissism in comparing a minor kitchen fire \u200bto the loss of everything in a wildfire.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">He lost a kitchen, they lost lives and some lost everything they owned. No comparison..<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CindyK \u2063(@IamCindyKay1)\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IamCindyKay1\/status\/1696969576951484806?\">August 30, \u20642023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">me me me me me me me me me<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SOcean  (@SOcean5) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SOcean5\/status\/1696982017601061026?\">August 30, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It is clear that the people of Hawaii do \u200cnot appreciate this comparison. Biden claimed \u200dthe incident happened &#8220;15 years ago,&#8221; which would \u2063place it in 2008 when \u2064he was already a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-once-again-talks-lightning-strike-small-kitchen-fire-at-house-and-compares-it-to-maui-devastation\/\" title=\"Biden mentions lightning strike, kitchen fire at home, and compares it to Maui devastation.\">long-serving senator<\/a> and on the \u2063verge of becoming vice president.<\/p>\n<p>Being temporarily displaced from their home\u200b for a few months \u2063is \u2062a \u200csmall sacrifice\u200c for the Biden family, who likely had other comfortable accommodations. Furthermore, they did\u200c not lose \u200ctheir house; the damage was quickly repaired, and life resumed as usual.<\/p>\n<p>In contrast, the people \u2062of Maui lost everything in the \u200dfire\u2014homes, businesses, and even lives. Comparing a kitchen fire to this level of devastation\u200b is insensitive and tone-deaf.<\/p>\n<p>It appears that Biden is more\u200c concerned with garnering sympathy for himself over an incident that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/weinstein-pleads-not-guilty-in-l-a-trial\/\" title=\"Weinstein pleads not guilty in L.A. trial\">occurred years ago<\/a> than with providing real help to the wildfire victims who are\u2062 desperately trying to rebuild \u200ctheir lives.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-talks-lightning-strike-small-kitchen-fire-house-compares-maui-devastation\/\">Biden Once Again Talks Lightning Strike, Small Kitchen Fire at House and Compares\u200b It to Maui \u2063Devastation<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden revisits a controversial story he shared in Hawaii, facing backlash. 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