{"id":2388361,"date":"2025-01-09T13:35:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T18:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-slammed-for-concluding-la-fire-briefing-with-good-news-about-his-family\/"},"modified":"2025-01-09T13:36:22","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T18:36:22","slug":"biden-slammed-for-concluding-la-fire-briefing-with-good-news-about-his-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-slammed-for-concluding-la-fire-briefing-with-good-news-about-his-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Slammed for Concluding LA Fire Briefing with &#8216;Good News&#8217; About His Family"},"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\">26<\/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-slammed-for-concluding-la-fire-briefing-with-good-news-about-his-family%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=2388361&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 Joe Biden&#8217;s response \u2063to the devastating \u200dwildfires in\u2064 California, particularly in Los Angeles County. Critics\u200b characterize his reaction as indicative of a &#8220;checked-out&#8221; and ineffective leader, especially in light of the dire situation affecting many residents. rather of\u200c providing a strong, unifying\u200d message, Biden reportedly emphasized personal &#8220;good news&#8221; about becoming a great-grandfather, which has drawn ire and disbelief from the public and media. Comments suggest that had a former president like Donald Trump made\u200c a similar statement during a crisis, there would have been\u200d immediate \u2064political\u2062 repercussions. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-kjp-says-deal-with-hamas-is-on-the-table-as-biden-pushes-cease-fire-in-gaza\/\" title=\"Watch KJP Consider Deal with Hamas Amid Biden&#039;s Gaza Cease-Fire Efforts\">piece highlights concerns<\/a> about\u200c the leadership crisis in California amidst the ongoing \u200demergency, suggesting a lack of competent leadership when it is most needed.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>If you needed any more evidence that incumbent President Joe Biden is the literal definition of a checked-out &ldquo;lame duck,&rdquo; look no further than his bewildering response to the roaring California wildfires that have rocked Los Angeles County.<\/p>\n<p>To quickly recap, swathes of southern California is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nightmare-fuel-video-inside-2-men-dog-watch-fire-whirl-around-home-palisades-blaze\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hellish landscape<\/a> currently, and there doesn&rsquo;t appear to be any reprieve in sight.<\/p>\n<p>There&rsquo;s plenty of blame to go around (mostly focused on California Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-says-gavin-newsoms-attempt-protect-essentially-worthless-fish-caused-fire-disaster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gavin Newsom<\/a> and Los Angeles Mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/think-kamala-bad-vp-look-woman-shortlist-just-wildfire-racked-los-angeles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Karen Bass<\/a>), particularly when it comes to the Democrats&rsquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/la-residents-rage-absent-mayor-wildfires-cause-devastation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">absentee<\/a> leadership in the Golden State.<\/p>\n<p>Given that, you&rsquo;d think this would&rsquo;ve been a prime opportunity for Biden to swoop in and &ldquo;be the adult in the room&rdquo; with a stern reprimand or uplifting, unifying message.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">octogenarian president bragged<\/a> about &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>; despite a cataclysmic event that will displace (if not outright ruin the lives of) countless Americans.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Seriously.<\/p>\n<p>Biden, reading off of a cue card, no less, spoke to reporters in California on Wednesday, flanked by Newsom and other California officials.<\/p>\n<p>Now, had Biden simply read some rote, prepared lines off of his card, perhaps this is much ado about nothing.<\/p>\n<p>After all, at this point, expectations for the lame duck incumbent are about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-goodbye-gift-middle-winter-will-make-40-percent-new-water-heaters-illegal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">as low as they can get<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Joseph Robinette Biden Jr., despite being the de facto leader of this country, is clearly checked out and thinking of greener pastures post-(failed) presidency.<\/p>\n<p>Just look at how he ends this already lifeless update:<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RKgrvvH9O-w?si=vF6X9dJHDPbevXpy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>After reading those rote, prepared lines, Biden allowed Newsom to speak before he personally interjected, &ldquo;There&rsquo;s only one piece of good news.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Oh? Did California suddenly refill its water reserves? Are the fires better contained? Is there a surplus of available firefighters now?<\/p>\n<p>Nope, nope, and nope.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The good news is, I&rsquo;m a great-grandfather as of today,&rdquo; Biden said to tepid &ldquo;woos&rdquo; from the reporters present.<\/p>\n<p>(As an extra aside about how checked out Biden is, he couldn&rsquo;t remember if his new great grandchild was a &ldquo;baby girl&rdquo; or &ldquo;baby boy.&rdquo;)<\/p>\n<p>Journalist Matthew Keys d the relevant clip of Biden&rsquo;s &ldquo;good news,&rdquo; and the comments under the post were telling.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">If Donald Trump had said this, Democrats would already have filed an Impeachment resolution in the House.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kelly D Johnston &#127482;&#127480; (@KHostages) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KHostages\/status\/1877132485181522246?\">January 8, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If Donald Trump had said this, Democrats would already have filed an Impeachment resolution in the House,&rdquo; one X user quipped.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Wow,&rdquo; was all that one X user <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/zerovswr\/status\/1877193500157972611\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">could muster<\/a>. &ldquo;Just wow.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Another X user <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PScott07436438\/status\/1877100575810019816\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blasted<\/a> Biden&rsquo;s entire response as &ldquo;DISGRACEFUL.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Look, just to be clear, it&rsquo;s wonderful that Biden&rsquo;s family is welcoming a new member. Childbirth is truly one of God&rsquo;s greatest miracles.<\/p>\n<p>The issue is&nbsp;<em>not&nbsp;<\/em>that the Biden clan is growing (though, given <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/judge-hunter-biden-case-shreds-joe-biden-pardon-claims-says-president-attempting-rewrite-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the scruples of Biden men<\/a>, it may become a future issue).<\/p>\n<p>The issue is that Biden is clearly checked out, and his underlings like Newsom and Bass are just abjectly incompetent.<\/p>\n<p>There may be an adult in the room, but it&rsquo;s clear there&rsquo;s no leader.<\/p>\n<p>And that&rsquo;s the last thing the smoldering wreckage in California needs right now.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Southern California is currently facing a dire situation, with no relief in sight. Much of the blame has been directed at California Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, highlighting the Democrats&#8217; lack of effective leadership in the state. Given this context, one would expect Biden to take charge and deliver a serious or unifying message. Instead, he chose to share what he called &#8220;good news&#8221; amidst a catastrophic event that threatens countless lives.<\/p>\n<p>During his remarks in California on Wednesday, where he was accompanied by Newsom and other officials, Biden read from cue cards. While one might dismiss this as typical behavior for an incumbent with low expectations, it underscores how disconnected he seems from pressing issues facing the nation. After delivering his scripted lines, Biden allowed Newsom to speak before adding his own comment: \u201cThere\u2019s only one piece of good news.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>However, rather than addressing any positive developments regarding water reserves or firefighting efforts, he announced that he had become a great-grandfather that day\u2014a statement met with lukewarm reactions from reporters present. In fact, Biden even struggled to recall whether his new great-grandchild was a boy or girl.<\/p>\n<p>Responses on social media reflected disappointment; many noted that if Donald Trump had made such comments during a crisis, there would likely be calls for impeachment from Democrats. While it&#8217;s certainly joyful news for Biden&#8217;s family with the arrival of a new member\u2014an event worthy of celebration\u2014the real concern lies in his apparent detachment and the incompetence displayed by local leaders like Newsom and Bass during this critical time when strong leadership is desperately needed in California&#8217;s crisis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2388362,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Joe-Biden-9.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3620,6733,32195,48214,41250],"class_list":["post-2388361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden","tag-controversy","tag-family-news","tag-la-fire-briefing","tag-public-reaction"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Joe-Biden-9.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388361","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2388361"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2388365,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388361\/revisions\/2388365"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2388362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2388361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2388361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2388361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}