minute read
ADVERTISEMENT
Following his announcement that he would finally visit the devasted island of Maui, residents said they don’t want President Joe Biden to come.
Hawaiians balked at Biden seemingly using them as props after appearing unsympathetic in response to the state’s biggest natural disaster which will cost an estimated $6 billion to restore.
Jay Awan, a 45-year-old cook and tiki carver in Lahaina, told The New York Post, “I don’t want him here. He’s just coming to Maui to look good in front of the cameras.”
“It’s like a f*cking warzone here,” he added. “Maui’s never going to be the same. Lahaina’s never going to be the same. They’re going to put resorts up all along here — Lahaina is going to lose its character as an old whaling village. We can’t get the historical sites back.”
Another Lahaina resident, Peter Friedgen, a 66-year-old guitarist, told The Post, “It’s a waiting game now for someone to show up — the government, insurers. I’ve just been down the beach, waiting for people to get into town.”
60-year-old accountant Kristi Bowman told the outlet she only wants Biden to visit so that he can show the world how bad the devastation truly is. “We haven’t had federal support. We’ve had local support, not federal.”
She brushed off Biden’s minuscule promise of a $700 one-time relief payment per affected resident and said FEMA’s bureaucracy was causing problems for victims of the tragedy. “I filed an application for somebody for disaster funding and it already got denied, saying they didn’t have proof from the insurance company over how much their losses were — but there’s no possible way to get that information right now.”
Over the weekend, Biden received backlash, even from fellow Democrats, after saying, “No Comment” when asked about the devastating fires. On Tuesday, he appeared to forget the name “Maui” in a speech and referred to it as “the one where you see on television all of the time.”
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean Pierre was also caught writing a tweet for Biden attempting to show compassion for those affected by the tragedy when she accidentally posted in Biden’s voice from her account on X.
Hawaiians balked at Biden seemingly using them as props after appearing unsympathetic in response to the state’s biggest natural disaster which will cost an estimated $6 billion to restore.
Jay Awan, a 45-year-old cook and tiki carver in Lahaina, told The New York Post, “I don’t want him here. He’s just coming to Maui to look good in front of the cameras.”
“It’s like a f*cking warzone here,” he added. “Maui’s never going to be the same. Lahaina’s never going to be the same. They’re going to put resorts up all along here — Lahaina is going to lose its character as an old whaling village. We can’t get the historical sites back.”
Another Lahaina resident, Peter Friedgen, a 66-year-old guitarist, told The Post, “It’s a waiting game now for someone to show up — the government, insurers. I’ve just been down the beach, waiting for people to get into town.”
60-year-old accountant Kristi Bowman told the outlet she only wants Biden to visit so that he can show the world how bad the devastation truly is. “We haven’t had federal support. We’ve had local support, not federal.”
She brushed off Biden’s minuscule promise of a $700 one-time relief payment per affected resident and said FEMA’s bureaucracy was causing problems for victims of the tragedy. “I filed an application for somebody for disaster funding and it already got denied, saying they didn’t have proof from the insurance company over how much their losses were — but there’s no possible way to get that information right now.”
Over the weekend, Biden received backlash, even from fellow Democrats, after saying, “No Comment” when asked about the devastating fires. On Tuesday, he appeared to forget the name “Maui” in a speech and referred to it as “the one where you see on television all of the time.”
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean Pierre was also caught writing a tweet for Biden attempting to show compassion for those affected by the tragedy when she accidentally posted in Biden’s voice from her account on X.
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
Sign in to comment
Powered by StructureCMS™ Comments
Join and support independent free thinkers!
We’re independent and can’t be cancelled. The establishment media is increasingly dedicated to divisive cancel culture, corporate wokeism, and political correctness, all while covering up corruption from the corridors of power. The need for fact-based journalism and thoughtful analysis has never been greater. When you support The Post Millennial, you support freedom of the press at a time when it's under direct attack. Join the ranks of independent, free thinkers by supporting us today for as little as $1.
Remind me next month
To find out what personal data we collect and how we use it, please visit our Privacy Policy
Comments