{"id":2019164,"date":"2023-09-01T10:16:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T14:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doocy-torches-kjp-with-question-about-glaring-difference-between-maui-and-florida-responses\/"},"modified":"2023-09-01T10:18:37","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T14:18:37","slug":"doocy-torches-kjp-with-question-about-glaring-difference-between-maui-and-florida-responses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doocy-torches-kjp-with-question-about-glaring-difference-between-maui-and-florida-responses\/","title":{"rendered":"Doocy slams KJP with query on stark contrast in Maui and Florida reactions."},"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\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div 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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>Doocy \u2064Torches KJP with Question About Glaring Difference Between Maui and Florida Responses<\/h2>\n<p>Fox \u2062News White House Correspondent Peter Doocy turned the spotlight on the glaring difference between President Biden\u2019s response to the Hurricane Idalia crisis in Florida and his \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doocy-torches-kjp-with-question-about-glaring-difference-between-maui-and-florida-responses\/\" title=\"Doocy slams KJP with query on stark contrast in Maui and Florida reactions.\">initially lackluster reaction<\/a>\u2062 to the devastating wildfire in Maui.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200d pointed question left White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre visibly perturbed.<\/p>\n<p>Doocy, known for his tough questioning, wasted\u200d no time in addressing the stark contrast between the Biden administration\u2019s \u201crobust\u201d preparations for Hurricane Idalia and\u2062 the president\u2019s initial \u201cno comment\u201d response to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-israeli-official-hamas-can-surrender-or-well-hunt-down-every-commander-every-post-until-we-win\/\" title=\"Top Israeli Official: Hamas Can Surrender, Or \u2018We\u2019ll Hunt Down Every Commander, Every Post, Until We Win\u2019\">mounting death toll<\/a>\u200b in Maui while he was on vacation in Delaware, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/press-briefings\/2023\/08\/30\/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-and-fema-administrator-deanne-criswell-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">White House\u2019s<\/a> Wednesday press briefing transcript.<\/p>\n<p>He inquired, \u201cDid you, guys, realize that the initial Hawaii wildfire response was\u200b not\u200c that good?\u200c Or is it \u2062just easier for people to get help from the White House when the president is\u200c not \u2064on vacation?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jean-Pierre, clearly on the defensive, dismissed \u2062Doocy\u2019s premise, stating that his question was \u201cwrong\u201d and \u201cflawed in many, many ways.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She\u2064 emphasized, \u201cIf you talk to \u2026 the governor of Hawaii, the senators of Hawaii, the folks on the ground, they would say that the president reacted in record time when it\u200b came to dealing with the wildfires \u2063\u2026 making sure that \u200dthey got everything they need on the federal level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She\u200c added \u200bthat over 600 federal \u200cemployees were deployed to\u200b assist in battling the Maui wildfires.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WATCH: Peter Doocy utterly\u200d TRIGGERS Cringe Jean Pierre after EXPOSING Joe Biden for going on vacation as fires raged through Maui and children went missing:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour question \u200cis wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DiND6HQZs1\">pic.twitter.com\/DiND6HQZs1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/1697291859754729616?\">August \u200c31, \u20632023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-cuts-off-emergency-military-funding-for-border-wall-calls-trumps-declaration-unwarranted\/\" title=\"Biden cuts off emergency military funding for border wall, calls Trump\u2019s declaration \u2018unwarranted\u2019\">press secretary continued<\/a> to assert that Doocy\u2019s question was \u2062flawed and advised him to \u201cgo speak to the governor and the local and state officials in Hawaii.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Should Joe Biden resign?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Yes<\/li>\n<li>No<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>However, recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cruel-irony-maui-officials-attending-fema-disaster-training-blazes-began-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reports<\/a> have raised doubts about Jean-Pierre\u2019s claims, revealing that top emergency officials from \u2064Maui were attending\u2063 disaster training on a neighboring island during\u200d the crisis.<\/p>\n<p>President Biden and first lady Jill Biden did not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2023\/08\/21\/biden-maui-fire-damage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">visit<\/a> Maui until more than a week after the wildfire disaster, further damaging the perception of a sluggish response.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, during the Maui\u200d crisis, the president decided to embark on a family vacation at Lake Tahoe, residing in billionaire Tom Steyer\u2019s rented residence for an eight-night stay, as\u200b reported by the\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/08\/21\/nevada-officials-actively-investigating-biden-stay-at-billionaire-democrats-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, during his highly publicized visit to Maui, Biden made an ill-advised <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hawaiian-business-savages-joe-biden-belittling-destruction-maui\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">comparison<\/a> between the deadly wildfire and a kitchen fire in his \u200bpast, which\u200c drew criticism from residents who felt their plight was being trivialized.<\/p>\n<p>Complaints of a \u2064slow response from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fema-officials-stay-1000-per-night-luxury-maui-hotels-feds-face-criticism-response-fires-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FEMA<\/a> also marred the\u200b crisis, though\u200d the White\u2064 House maintained it \u2062was collaborating closely with Hawaii Gov. Josh Green throughout the\u2064 ordeal, according to a fact sheet the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2023\/08\/30\/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administrations-latest-actions-to-support-communities-impacted-by-maui-wildfires-4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">White House<\/a> released recently.<\/p>\n<p>House Republicans on the \u200cOversight and Accountability Committee have announced plans\u2063 to\u2064 investigate the \u2064administration\u2019s response to the Maui wildfire, <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/4179639-biden-says-he-welcomes-potential-gop-probe-into-maui-fire-response\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hill<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Hurricane Idalia unleashed its \u2064fury upon Florida\u2019s Gulf Coast this week, making landfall as a catastrophic Category 3 storm, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/miami\/news\/hurricane-idalia-path-destruction-rural-northern-florida-counties\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It left more than 146,000 households \u2063without power and caused storm surges, damaging winds and widespread flooding. Tragically, two lives have been lost in vehicle accidents\u200d attributed to the storm.<\/p>\n<p>FEMA \u2064Administrator Deanne Criswell provided an update during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-whitmer-media-caught-in-another-lie-anarchist-arrested-for-plot-to-kidnap-and-kill-whitmer-hates-president-trump-trump-is-a-tyrant-video\/\" title=\"Gov. Whitmer, Media Caught in Another Lie - Anarchist Arrested For Plot to Kidnap and Kill Whitmer Hates President Trump, 'Trump is a Tyrant' (VIDEO)\">press conference<\/a>, reporting that over 1,000 FEMA personnel are deployed in Florida and other affected states.<\/p>\n<p>Criswell said she is in Florida to \u201cjoin the governor and see first-hand the impacts on \u2062the communities so \u200dwe can determine what level of assistance\u201d is needed for the affected areas. She will personally travel to the disaster zone to report directly to the president \u200bon ongoing recovery\u200c and response efforts.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/doocy-torches-kjp-question-glaring-difference-maui-florida-responses\/\">Doocy Torches\u2064 KJP \u2062with Question About Glaring Difference\u2064 Between Maui and Florida Responses<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>no time in highlighting the contrasting responses of President Biden to the Hurricane Idalia crisis in Florida and the Maui wildfire. This left White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre visibly unsettled, as Doocy&#8217;s pointed question showcased his reputation for tough questioning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2358,"featured_media":2019165,"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-2019164","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\/2019164","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\/2358"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2019164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2019164\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2019165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2019164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2019164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2019164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}