Posted on 08/31/2023 8:21:41 AM PDT by Red Badger
Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has responded to the backlash over the White House’s response to the Hawaii wildfires by claiming that Democrat President Joe Biden “reacted in record time” to the disaster.
Jean-Pierre made the claim during a Wednesday press briefing while gaslighting in response to criticisms over Biden’s apparent lack of interest in the disaster while he was on vacation.
“It seems like the hurricane response so far is robust,” Fox News reporter Peter Doocy said to Jean-Pierre.
“Did you guys realize that the initial Hawaii wildfire response was not that good or is it just easier for people to get help from the White House when the president is not on vacation?”
Jean-Pierre attempted to patronize Doocy as she disagreed with the premise of his question.
She tried to suggest that Doocy hadn’t done his job as a reporter because he didn’t speak to Hawaii officials, all of whom are Democrats, to get their take on Biden’s response.
“So, if you talk to — if you were to do your reporting and speak to 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 came to dealing with the wildfires when it came to dealing and making sure that they got everything that they need on the federal level to deal with what was going on on the ground.”
“Let’s not forget, there were more than 600 federal employees on the ground already to assist with the wildfires in Maui,” she claimed.
“So, your question is — is wrong — it’s flawed in many, many ways.
“And I would — I would — I would advise you to go speak to the governor and the local and state officials in — in Hawaii.”
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However, despite Jean-Pierre’s gaslighting attempt, “folks on the ground” were outraged by Biden’s response.
As Slay News reported, Biden stirred up a backlash before he arrived to visit Maui after failing to comment on the fires because he was on vacation.
He was met with angry protesters who waved middle fingers, shouted insults, and held signs that said “no comment” at his motorcade.
“Go home Joe!” they yelled.
Others held up signs that read:
“NO COMMENT.”
“REALLY $7.”
“ACTION SPEAKS LOUDER THAN WORDS.”
“FJB.”
“Where has the president been?“ said Dennis Mullen.
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When Biden finally did visit Hawaii, he provoked an even deeper backlash from local residents after he cracked jokes and talked about himself while visiting Maui.
At one point, he compared the devastating wildfires to a small kitchen fire in his house several years ago.
He then joked that he almost lost his Corvette in the minor fire.
That did not sit well with many residents, however.
Many Hawaiians were outraged by Biden’s flippant attitude toward the disaster.
“Hearing Biden talk about his house that had a little fire,” one local resident said after the speech.
“You almost lost your cat and your Corvette?
“There were children who were incinerated into ash!
“You f–king old man. You vile human being.”
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Well, I suppose that “slowest response in history” would still count as a record...
This is the way Democrats operate, basically don’t care about the average American but put out an absurd lie and the media to repeat it until it’s accepted as the truth at least in their minds
Define “respond”. L
This
Was it 10 days?
When you have the media, you can say anything, and the media will report as fact. And the public believes it.
True.
What she is doing here, is making the issue Peter Doocey, and his allegedly flawed question.
Rather than talking about the actual response by the White House to the fires in Hawaii, they make the story that Peter Doocey had the audacity to question what the White House response was to the disaster.
“Well, I suppose that “slowest response in history” would still count as a record...”
You beat me to it.
[[“So, if you talk to —]]
Everyone is starting off their responses with a “So...” these days- apparently it’s the in thing to do /s
“It appeared that there had even been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to twenty grams a week. And only yesterday […] it had been announced that the ration was to be reduced to twenty grams a week. Was it possible that they could swallow that, after only twenty-four hours? Yes, they swallowed it. [...] The eyeless crature at the other table swallowed it fanatically. passionately, with a furious desire to track down, denounce, and vaporize anyone who should suggest that last week the ration had been thirty grams. Syme, too-in some more double complex way, involving doublethink-Syme, swallow it. Was he, then, alone in the possession of a memory?”
― Orwell George, 1984
Her nose would reach the moon if she were Pinocchio and not a Clown
Doocey should have called her o n the carpet for not answering the question and making it about him instead-
So?...........................
lol-
Er. Go press.
Glad to see them doing this.
Most of the Hawaiian officials and many FEMA officials were at “conferences” on the various islands and most likely sleeping in as they were at the bars that night. Reporters should be checking out these hotels if they really wanted to know just how unprepared these officials were.
Here’s what you need to know......
It is true. Biden was woken in the middle of his nap time while he was on vacation. He was told that there was a massive wildfire incinerating thousands of residents, their homes, vehicles, and property on Maui. In less than 200 milliseconds, a record, he replied, “Send more money and arms to Ukraine now! Damn-it!”
The chocolate ration was raised to 20 grams! Praise Big Brother!..................
As Maui burned, Hawaii’s top emergency management officials were at a Waikiki conference.
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2023/08/23/disaster-response-conference-went-with-hawaiis-top-emergency-officials-there-maui-burned/
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