{"id":2388065,"date":"2025-01-08T19:02:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T00:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-mocked-for-tone-deaf-good-news-while-californians-flee-wildfires\/"},"modified":"2025-01-08T19:04:18","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T00:04:18","slug":"biden-mocked-for-tone-deaf-good-news-while-californians-flee-wildfires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-mocked-for-tone-deaf-good-news-while-californians-flee-wildfires\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden mocked for tone-deaf &#8216;good news&#8217; while Californians flee wildfires"},"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\">20<\/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-mocked-for-tone-deaf-good-news-while-californians-flee-wildfires%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=2388065&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>The article discusses President \u2063Joe Biden&#8217;s recent remarks \u2063during \u2063a briefing in \u200cSanta Monica, California, about the devastating wildfires affecting the region. Just as \u200bthe situation was being addressed, Biden\u200d shared\u200b personal &#8220;good news&#8221; about the birth of his great-grandchild,\u200b stating, &#8220;The good\u2063 news is I\u2019m\u200d a great-grandfather as of today.&#8221; This announcement \u200cwas perceived as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/if-the-media-had-investigated-cuomos-covid-response-the-way-they-did-cruzs-cancun-trip-thousands-of-new-yorkers-could-still-be-alive\/\" title=\"If The Media Had Investigated Cuomo\u2019s COVID Response The Way They Did Cruz\u2019s Cancun Trip, Thousands Of New Yorkers Could Still Be Alive\">ill-timed<\/a>\u2063 and tone-deaf given the context\u2064 of the\u200d ongoing \u200ccrisis, with\u200c some \u2064reporters responding \u200cwith light \u2062applause. The contrast between the celebratory\u2062 news and the serious nature of the wildfire emergency drew criticism.  <\/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\">Biden mocked for tone-deaf &lsquo;good news&rsquo; while Californians flee 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_1930301\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Outgoing President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/california\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Biden\">Joe Biden<\/a> shared ill-timed personal &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abc-gets-called-out-for-sneaky-pre-debate-poll-trick-trying-to-set-up-a-particular-narrative\/\" title=\"ABC Gets Called Out for Sneaky Pre-Debate Poll Trick: &#039;Trying to Set Up a Particular Narrative&#039;\">good news&#038;rdquo<\/a>; amid a briefing about the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">fast-spreading catastrophic wildfires consuming homes<\/a>, businesses, and historic sites in California.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;The good news is I&rsquo;m a great-grandfather as of today. Ten-pound baby girl &mdash; baby boy &mdash; so I&rsquo;ll remember this day,&rdquo; Biden said on Wednesday while in Santa Monica, California.<\/p>\n<p>Some reporters responded lightly with a &ldquo;yay&rdquo; and a clap for Biden as he spoke about his granddaughter Naomi, 31, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3280472\/biden-welcomes-birth-first-great-grandson-los-angeles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title='giving birth to a \"baby boy.'>giving birth to a baby boy.<\/a> Naomi is the daughter of Hunter Biden.<\/p>\n<p>The baby announcement collided with the raw reality of devastation for so many Californians suffering destruction and homelessness due to the fires in the Los Angeles area.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#128680;Joe Biden while receiving a briefing on the devastating Los Angeles fires:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The good news is that I became a great grandpa!&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rntNHHilOj\">pic.twitter.com\/rntNHHilOj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Steve Cortes (@CortesSteve) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CortesSteve\/status\/1877080962711838796?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2025<\/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>Netizens snapped at the announcement&rsquo;s timing.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Understanding social norms &ndash; like that this is the not appropriate time or place to say this &ndash; is a sign of the condition we all know he&rsquo;s suffering from,&rdquo; an X user <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bethanyshondark\/status\/1877090824971805093\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Disgusting,&rdquo; an X user <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RichSementa\/status\/1877087653511745697\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"reacted\">reacted<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Terrible awareness,&rdquo; another netizen <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KanekoaTheGreat\/status\/1877081776163553458\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"added\">added<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Unfreaking believable! I&rsquo;m sorry your life is destroyed. The good news is I&rsquo;m a great grandfather. Apparently nobody taught Biden that there is an appropriate time for jest; this was not it,&rdquo; a woman on X <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Hay0Jim\/status\/1877076860086923515\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"reacted\">reacted<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Dude needs to read the room,&rdquo; another social media user <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BigImpactHumans\/status\/1877077232469827884\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He went and made it all about him,&rdquo; a woman <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Cleversea23\/status\/1877105463243763851\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"added\">added<\/a> on X. <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA), who stood next to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">president<\/a> during the announcement, had proclaimed a state of emergency to further support the communities affected by the fires in Southern California.<\/p>\n<p>The multiple wildfires consumed the Los Angeles area on Wednesday and displaced more than 100,000 people as it ravaged entire neighborhoods. Firefighters have struggled with low water supply and strong winds. The Pentagon also began sending 10 Navy helicopters with water delivery buckets to help with aerial support on Wednesday. Some residents have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2025\/01\/08\/us\/california-wildfire-la-palisades\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"reportedly\">reportedly<\/a> been seen trying to douse their homes with garden hoses.<\/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_1930301\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1930301\"}});<\/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>Biden criticized for insensitive &#8216;good news&#8217; during wildfire briefing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2678,"featured_media":2388066,"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\/2025\/01\/Joe-Biden-in-CA.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3620,4045,5894,18812,23907],"class_list":["post-2388065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden","tag-california","tag-politics","tag-tone-deaf","tag-wildfires"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Joe-Biden-in-CA.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388065","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\/2678"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2388065"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2388069,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388065\/revisions\/2388069"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2388066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2388065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2388065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2388065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}