{"id":2348442,"date":"2024-10-02T01:01:58","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T05:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tulsi-gabbard-compares-biden-response-on-hurricane-helene-to-maui-wildfires-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-02T01:03:46","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T05:03:46","slug":"tulsi-gabbard-compares-biden-response-on-hurricane-helene-to-maui-wildfires-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tulsi-gabbard-compares-biden-response-on-hurricane-helene-to-maui-wildfires-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Tulsi Gabbard compares Biden response on Hurricane Helene to Maui wildfires &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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%2Ftulsi-gabbard-compares-biden-response-on-hurricane-helene-to-maui-wildfires-washington-examiner%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=2348442&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--><p>Former Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard criticized President Joe Biden\u2064 and Vice President Kamala Harris for their inadequate response to the victims of Hurricane Helene, drawing \u2064a parallel to the Biden administration&#8217;s handling of the\u200c Maui wildfires last year. Gabbard \u2064expressed her frustrations during\u2064 an appearance on Fox News, stating that during her visit to Maui, local helpers had not seen any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/treasury-department-hit-with-large-scale-breach-national-security-council-now-involved\/\" title=\"Treasury Department Hit with Large-Scale Breach, National Security Council Now Involved\">federal officials<\/a> on the ground providing assistance. She highlighted the similar \u2062lack\u2063 of federal presence \u200din North Carolina, where Hurricane Helene\u2063 had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigan-gov-gretchen-whitmer-unveils-plans-to-shut-down-a-65-year-old-pipeline\/\" title=\"Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Unveils Plans To Shut Down A 65-Year-Old Pipeline\">caused significant damage<\/a>, leaving communities without\u2064 essential services like\u2064 water and\u200b electricity. \u200cGabbard condemned FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell&#8217;s comments on the limited financial assistance provided to affected households as insufficient and emblematic of the bureaucracy she believes is failing to address the urgent \u200bneeds of those impacted by these \u200bdisasters. Meanwhile, \u2064former President Donald\u200b Trump visited Georgia, another area\u2062 affected by Hurricane Helene, further illustrating the contrasting responses to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-unveil-government-funding-debt-ceiling-bill-that-gop-has-vowed-to-oppose\/\" title=\"Democrats Unveil Government Funding, Debt Ceiling Bill That GOP Has Vowed To Oppose\">recent natural disasters<\/a> by\u2062 political figures.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Tulsi Gabbard compares Biden inaction on Hurricane Helene to Maui wildfires<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1773320\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tulsi-gabbard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Tulsi Gabbard<\/a> harshly criticized the lack of response the Biden administration has given to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hurricane\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Hurricane<\/a> Helene victims, comparing it to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-rules-against-biden-doj-in-high-stakes-jan-6-case-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Supreme Court rules against Biden DOJ in high-stakes Jan. 6 case - Washington Examiner\">administration&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s response to last <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-big-tech-and-media-actions-to-steal-the-election-heres-whats-going-on-in-pennsylvania-and-michigan\/\" title=\"Democrat, Big Tech and Media Actions to Steal the Election \u2013 Here\u2019s What\u2019s Going on in Pennsylvania and Michigan\">year&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3110171\/maui-wildfire-anniversairy-housing-complications\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Maui wildfires<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Gabbard said she was angry and frustrated over President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> and Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris&rsquo;s<\/a> &ldquo;lack of adequate response&rdquo; to the impacts of the hurricane and said she was reminded about the wildfires that impacted Maui, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hawaii\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Hawaii<\/a>, last year. She explained that when she made a visit to the areas impacted by the wildfires, she discovered that those trying to help the victims had not seen &ldquo;a single federal official on the ground.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And I have friends there in Asheville, North Carolina, and in other communities that have been devastated by Hurricane Helene, and they are saying the exact same thing,&rdquo; Gabbard said on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>The Ingraham Angle<\/em>. &ldquo;As you heard from that sheriff, they don&rsquo;t have access to water, they don&rsquo;t have access to electricity and communication. The same thing that happened to our communities in west Maui, and yet they&rsquo;ve said we have not seen a single federal official on the ground. Not even a FEMA orange vest-wearing person going out there and doing that assessment.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2620642&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=d25e1c25aad31982fe1d37a22b1014de\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Gabbard recalled how the administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Deanne Criswell, stated that all households affected by the Maui wildfires would receive $700. The former Hawaii lawmaker rebuked this response, claiming that Criswell made this statement thinking it was something worthy of recognition.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is unfortunate the people of North Carolina are facing a leadership in the White House who care more for bureaucracy rather than actually kicking down the doors of that bureaucracy and getting out there and providing the help that these families and communities direly need,&rdquo; Gabbard said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a>, who is running for office again, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3171030\/watch-live-trump-visits-georgia-hurricane-helene\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>made a visit<\/a> to Valdosta, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/georgia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Georgia<\/a>, on Monday, an area that was also hit by Hurricane Helene. In announcing his plans to visit on Sunday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3170560\/trump-visit-georgia-helene-while-biden-waits-fema\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>the former president accused Biden of &ldquo;sleeping&rdquo;<\/a> and Harris of holding fundraising events while parts of the country deal with the hurricane&rsquo;s aftermath.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">President <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@realDonaldTrump<\/a> is right&mdash;this is an hour of need. I want to thank him for coming to Valdosta, Georgia, today where so many lives have been torn apart by Hurricane Helene. The hurting families and emergency officials who met with him couldn&#8217;t have been more grateful&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dzG9PTCK6U\">pic.twitter.com\/dzG9PTCK6U<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Franklin Graham (@Franklin_Graham) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Franklin_Graham\/status\/1840868101060993065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Trump was joined by Rev. Franklin Graham during his visit, who thanked the Republican presidential nominee on X for visiting the weather-torn community. Graham added that the victims and emergency personnel on the scene &ldquo;couldn&rsquo;t have been more grateful&rdquo; that Trump took time to visit the area. He also encouraged people to pray for the hurricane victims. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1773320\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1773320\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tulsi Gabbard criticizes Biden&#8217;s response to Hurricane Helene<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2348443,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Tulsi-Gabbard-Hurricane-Helene-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[3620,41774,42141,37690],"class_list":["post-2348442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-biden","tag-hurricane-helene","tag-maui-wildfires","tag-tulsi-gabbard"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Tulsi-Gabbard-Hurricane-Helene-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2348442","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\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2348442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2348442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2348443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2348442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2348442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2348442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}