Joe Biden Decided to Torch His Reputation for Empathy Over the Weekend

[Kamaji]

Joe Biden Decided to Torch His Reputation for Empathy Over the Weekend

Matt Vespa
August 14, 2023

As Hawaii recovers from the devastating fire that’s killed nearly 100 people, the most destructive wildfire in American history, Joe Biden was vacationing in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. The brushfires erupted on Maui last week, and you’d think, given this historic natural disaster, that the president would be high tailing it over there to oversee the recovery efforts. Instead, he remained on vacation, curtly responding to questions about the rising death toll from the fires. Around 1,000 people are still missing as we speak.

“No comment,” is the old man’s response.

https://twitter.com/justinsink/status/1690861939746852864

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Is it because Joe Biden has no empathy? Was he too tired? This administration cannot get its act together regarding natural disasters. It’s almost comical. The train derailment in Ohio in February, which could have spurred an environmental disaster, was bungled by Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who took days to get to the area. Joe Biden hasn’t even visited the beleaguered residents. Politics were allegedly at play regarding the response. The site of the toxic train derailment was East Palestine, which is deep red Trump Country.

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Source:  https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2023/08/14/joe-biden-shows-zero-empathy-for-the-victims-of-hawaiis-wildfire-n2626969

[mountaineer]

Is it because Joe Biden has no empathy? Was he too tired?

It's because he had no idea to what the reporter referred. Joe just figured yet another reporter was asking about Hunter, and the answer is always, "No comment."

[mystery-ak]

Maybe he doesn't even know...

[mountaineer]

Maybe he doesn't even know...

There's no point in telling him. It's not like he's actually acting as president.

[Polly Ticks]

Wait ... "reputation for empathy"?  Since when?

[mystery-ak]

Wait ... "reputation for empathy"?  Since when?

Excellent post..

[mystery-ak]

 Biden slammed for 'no comment' reply to question about Hawaii fire

President Biden gave the unsympathetic non-answer as the Maui wildfire death toll climbed to 96 — making it the deadliest US wildfire since 1918.



President Biden offered a stony-hearted “no comment” Sunday when asked about the mounting death toll in the catastrophic Maui wildfire – the deadliest US wildfire in more than a century – after sunning himself on a beach near his Delaware home.

The commander-in-chief gave the unsympathetic non-answer as the death toll climbed to 96 late Sunday.

“After a couple hours on the Rehoboth beach, @potus was asked about the rising death toll in Hawaii,” Bloomberg reporter Justin Sink wrote on X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter.

“‘No comment,’ he said before heading home,” added the White House correspondent, who also posted a photo of Biden, 80, lounging with a group of people in the distance.

The grim tally — which is expected to rise as search and rescue operations frantically continue — made the inferno Hawaii’s worst natural disaster.

It is also now the deadliest US wildfire since 1918, when 453 people died in the Cloquet fire in Minnesota and Wisconsin, according to data from the National Fire Protection Association.

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https://nypost.com/2023/08/14/biden-slammed-for-no-comment-response-to-maui-wildfire/

[GtHawk]

Wait ... "reputation for empathy"?  Since when?

If the reporter had asked Joe if Beau was ok with all the fires on Maui he would have seen some of that famous empathy because Beau is the only one, besides himself, that Joe really cared about.

[PeteS in CA]

He could have said something to the effect that he didn't want to interfere with fire fighters and relief efforts, but ...

[mystery-ak]

 August 14, 2023 2:40pm EDT

White House says Biden 'praying' for Hawaii families after giving 'no comment' before

Jean-Pierre said the president has been in contact with FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell and state and local officials since Sunday night

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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-says-biden-praying-hawaii-families-after-giving-no-comment-before

[mountaineer]

White House says Biden 'praying' for Hawaii families after giving 'no comment' before

Joe's prayers are worth even less than his "no comment."

[PeteS in CA]

OK, it's mean, but I won't resist ... do Joe's prayers come back stamped, "Return to sender"?

[mystery-ak]

Joe's prayers are worth even less than his "no comment."

That's all he had to say to begin with....Pops is a mean old man..

[libertybele]

Gee, I don't know, his reputation really hasn't changed in my opinion, he's still an evil old s.o.b.

[DefiantMassRINO]

 

Biden plagiarized empathy from Obama.

[Hoodat]

Beau is the only one, besides himself, that Joe really cared about.

True statement.  I  believe that Hunter despises his father because of it.

[mountaineer]

... and he's off on another vacation.

Gabby Birenbaum
@birenbomb
Inbox: President Joe Biden will travel to Lake Tahoe, Nevada on Friday, and will spend about a week there, leaving the following Thursday
11:39 AM · Aug 14, 2023

Mark R. Levin
@marklevinshow
Biden just took a 10-day vacation, he took a long weekend off this past weekend, and he's going on another vacation.  Either being president is the easiest job in the world, where even a person with stage 5 dementia can do the job, or our country is being run by a group of radical leftists operating in the shadows.  This is a very dangerous situation.  I hear people refer to the 25th amendment, which is, in fact, available exactly for a situation like this.  But no one in Biden's cabinet, the VP, or Democrats on Capitol Hill are troubled by this.  They are getting the results they want.  That's all that matters to them.  And those who drafted, adopted, and ratified the 25th amendment couldn't have imagined that we would be dealing with such a totalitarian movement.
5:46 PM · Aug 14, 2023

[mystery-ak]

 WH spokesperson botches names, gender of Hawaii Democrat senators
By Josh Christenson   
August 14, 2023 5:33pm

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre both mispronounced the names of Hawaii’s two Democratic senators and misgendered one of them at a Monday press conference after the island suffered the most devastating US wildfire in more than a century.

“Senator Harino [sic], who I said the president spoke to just last night, he thanked the president for the immediate support of federal agencies have delivered for residents of Hawaii,” the Biden administration’s chief spokesperson told reporters, “and so does, has, so has Senator Shorts, Sharts — Schatz.”

Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), the first female senator from the Aloha State, is serving her second term in the upper chamber after having been a member of the House of Representatives for two consecutive terms.

Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) is serving his second full term after having been tapped in 2012 by Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie to replace the late Democratic Sen. Daniel Inouye.

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https://nypost.com/2023/08/14/wh-press-secretary-botches-names-gender-of-hawaiis-dem-senators/

[Wingnut]

Why don't these WH asshats just send Bathhouse Barry to his so called birth stat and enlist the Schroom gang to head up recovery efforts to bring back Maui wowie?

[mountaineer]

You mean it isn't Sen. Sharts?

[Wingnut]

You mean it isn't Sen. Sharts?

It was a bad day for Karen Jean.  There are 51 sens and she butchered two with one stone.  Although "Weezie" could be a man.

[rangerrebew]

Biden ‘Praying’ for Maui Blaze Victims, White House Says—Amid Backlash From Earlier ‘No Comment’
 
By Samantha Flom
8/14/2023
Updated:
 
The White House said on Aug. 14 that President Joe Biden is “praying” for the victims of the devastating wildfires in Hawaii after his earlier statement that he had “no comment.”

The deadly fires broke out on Aug. 8, just a few days after the National Weather Service warned that winds from Hurricane Dora, combined with drought, were likely to produce conditions conducive to wildfires.

The ensuing inferno leveled the resort town of Lahaina, claiming at least 96 lives to become the nation’s deadliest wildfire in more than a century.
 
“I want to once again say, as the president said last week, that he and the First Lady are praying for families who are grieving their loved ones and for everyone who has suffered devastating losses of land and property as a result of the wildfires in Maui,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters at an afternoon press briefing.

“The president continues to stay closely engaged with his team and state and local officials to ensure a robust, whole-of-government response continues,” she added

https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/biden-praying-for-maui-blaze-victims-white-house-says-amid-backlash-from-earlier-no-comment-5465187?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=BonginoReport

[rangerrebew]

Is the Pope going to allow the "devout Catholic," Biden, to lie like that about praying?

[Mod2]

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[dfwgator]

Joe's prayers are worth even less than his "no comment."

To quote the Liberals...."Eff your prayers!"