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Maui Wildfires

BIDEN BREAKS SILENCE: POTUS Speaks on Maui, Will Go As 'Soon as We Can'

posted by Hannity Staff - 8.15.23

Joe finally got around to issuing a statement on the Maui wildfires that have killed more than 100 Americans —a number that’s only climbing. Biden says they will get “everything they need.”

“I’ve spoken to Gov. Josh Green multiple times and reassured him that the state will have everything it needs from the federal government,” Biden said. “I immediately approved the governor’s request for an expedited major disaster declaration – that’s a fancy word for saying whatever you need, you’re gonna get.”

“My wife Jill and I are gonna travel to Hawaii as soon as we can, and that’s what I’ve been talking to the governor about. I don’t want to get in the way. I’ve been to too many disaster areas, but I want to go and make sure they’ve got everything they need, and I want to be sure we don’t disrupt the ongoing recovery efforts,” he added.

From Fox News:

Biden, who spent the weekend at Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, faced heavy criticism after he was asked by reporters about the rising Hawaiian death toll, which reached 99 as of Tuesday with hundreds more missing.

Bloomberg White House correspondent Justin Sink reported Sunday that Biden had nothing to say in response.

“After a couple hours on the Rehoboth beach, @potus was asked about the rising death toll in Hawaii ‘No comment,’ he said before heading home,” Sink reported on Twitter.

This story is developing…