The aftermath of the fire in Lahaina. New York Post/AP.
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will not visit Maui, the site of a massive wildfire that left many people dead and an entire town destroyed. New York Post. Biden and Harris said they didn't want to be a "distraction" from relief efforts. Harris said that she and Biden were "deeply concerned" about the fire and said that aid would be coming. At least 1000 people are still missing from the fire, which was powered by winds from Hurricane Dora, which was to the south of the Hawaiian Islands. Though Biden and Harris have not appeared in Hawaii, TV personality Oprah Winfrey has been spotted helping at a volunteer tent.
My Comment:
I was busy this weekend but I haven't been able to blog about this until now. So this is a bit out of date. The casualties have been confirmed at 93 dead with many more expected, with most of the bodies unidentifiable. This is one of the worst natural disasters to hit Hawaii in a long time.
Biden is, of course, on vacation right now. He's on the beach while all of this is happening. Remember when the media destroyed much of George Bush's legacy for his perceived ignoring the disaster that was Hurricane Katrina? Well this is the 2nd time Joe Biden has done this.
Remember the East Palestine Train Derailment? An entire town was poisoned by toxic chemicals and the federal government did nothing until they were shammed into do so by Republican politicians. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris still haven't visited it. And they won't visit Hawaii either.
I do remember who visited East Palestine. Republican politicians like JD Vance and Donald Trump showed up and it was an easy win for them. All they had to do was pass out supplies and actually pretend to care about people. To be fair, I do think that both politicians actually do care about people, but it's very clear that Biden and Harris don't. Biden can't even be bothered to get off the beach for a day, or even send his worthless VP to Hawaii.
And I don't buy the argument that their visit would disrupt things. They could easily stay on one of the other Hawaiian islands, fly from there with a few pallets of supplies and then help out for a couple of hours. If Oprah can do that certainly the President of the United States, with the near limitless resources of the federal government could do so right?
I do think this is a big opportunity for Donald Trump and the other GOP candidates. I know that Hawaii is a deep blue state but this is chance to change things. And it has the advantage of being the right thing to do. Indeed, I personally think that Trump, DeSantis and Ramaswamy (along with the also rans) should unite and go as a group. Doing so would show unity in the party and would help as long as they used their considerable resources to help the people there. They might not get as good as reception as they got in East Palestine but it would be a good thing.
As for why Biden isn't visiting I don't think it has a thing to do with it being inconvenient for the rescue efforts, which are essentially over right now. I think it's for two primary reasons. One, Hawaii is the bluest of blue states and the Biden administration believes that they can't possibly lose the state. They take them for granted.
The other reason is that neither Biden or Harris want to be seen publicly. They know Biden is senile at this point and Harris has the charisma of a toad. Neither of them is capable of pretending that they actually care about people and they know that the gaffes that both would make everything worse.
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