Biden blasted for comparing kitchen fire in his home to devastating Maui blaze: 'Absolutely disgusting'
President Joe Biden was slammed on social media after bringing up a story about a kitchen fire in his home while speaking to victims of a devastating wildfire in Hawaii.
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President Biden was blasted on social media after telling a story about a small kitchen fire in his home while consoling residents of Maui, Hawaii, who recently experienced a catastrophic wildfire.
"I don’t want to compare difficulties, but we have a little sense, Jill and I, of what it was like to lose a home," Biden said in Hawaii on Monday. "Years ago, now 15 years, I was in Washington doing ‘Meet the Press.' … Lightning struck at home on a little lake outside the home. Not a lake, a big pond. It hit the wire and came up underneath our home, into the … air condition ducts.
"To make a long story short, I almost lost my wife, my '67 Corvette and my cat."
Biden was slammed by conservatives on social media for the remarks, which many said was tone deaf following devastating wildfires that killed over 110 people with hundreds still missing.
"Kinda surprised he hasn’t empathized with 9/11 victims by telling their families about that time he missed a connecting flight," Federalist co-founder Sean Davis tweeted.
Sean Davis
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Kinda surprised he hasn’t empathized with 9/11 victims by telling their families about that time he missed a connecting flight.
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Biden tells Maui wildfire victims, "I don't want to compare difficulties, but..." then tells a made up story about losing his house to a fire. According to a 2004 AP report, it was “a small fire...contained to the kitchen” that “was under control in 20 minutes.”
"People have mistaken self-centeredness for empathy for decades," New York Post Columnist Miranda Devine tweeted.
John Cooper
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People were literally melted to the sidewalk and Biden’s out here trying to compare that to a kitchen fire he had one time. Absolutely disgusting.
Joe Kent for WA-3
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The entire purpose of Biden is to enrage you & flaunt the corruption of the system. Our fellow Americans burned alive & all Biden has for them is 700 dollars while he demands billions for Ukraine, all w/ a mocking smile & a story about almost losing his corvette.
*VIDEO AT THE LINK*