The White House claimed Thursday that President Biden 'didn't hear the question' when he was asked by a reporter in Delaware about the rising death toll in Hawaii from severe wildfires.
President Biden walks on the South Lawn of the White House before boarding Marine One in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 15, 2023."No. No comment," Biden responded with a smile as he entered a vehicle.
"I campaigned for you. Now, when I lose dozens of my friends, family, and neighbors. This?" Hawaii state Rep. Mark Kaniela Ing, a Democrat who now serves as national director of the Green New Deal Network, wrote in a now-deleted post on X, formerly known as Twitter. "I think everyone deserves some time to take care of themselves, wind down, but, as someone in a leadership role, you need to be ready any moment to offer some empathy and solace and comfort to people that are facing a lot of trauma right now," he added.Kaniela Ing said he deleted his post because he thought Biden’s exchange with reporters may have been more nuanced than initially reported.
Pushing back on the criticism the president received, a White House spokesperson told Fox News Digital last week that the Biden administration was using the"whole-of-government" to respond to the deadly fires, which included Biden mobilizing federal assistance from various departments and agencies.
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