Two vacations and one "no comment" later, President Joe Biden finally made his way over to the grief-stricken island of Maui to tour the devastated town of Lahaina in the wake of the horrific wildfire earlier this month.
Local reporters said they saw signs that read "You're late" and "No comment" being held by protesters outside the airport Biden and First Lady Jill Biden landed at when they arrived on the island. Since it was a small airport, there was only one entrance and exit, so people knew exactly where to be when the presidential convoy left to go to Lahaina.
Maui residents greeted Biden yesterday with signs saying "you're late" and "no comment" — "a reference to his initial answer to a question on the deaths of the people on that island." pic.twitter.com/nI6u1KkHdH
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) August 22, 2023
When the convoy passed by, the anger erupted as people yelled swear words and gave Biden the middle finger.
LANGUAGE WARNING ⚠️
— TONY™️ (@TONYxTWO) August 22, 2023
WOW!!! Listen to how Maui residents respond to Biden as his motorcade passes by 😳
“Here he comes after 13 days.”
Do you think Maui residents are happy to see Biden?? 👇🏼🚨 pic.twitter.com/1m4B2mrqGW
The mood did not get any better when Biden compared what the people of Maui have gone through to the time he had a small house fire back in the day, which he said almost cost him his cat and Corvette. This just further highlighted that Biden does not know how to relate to people in their time of grief without making it about himself.
Will try to get a few short interviews from locals about this as quickly as possible.
— Tony Kinnett (@TheTonus) August 22, 2023
My God. That comment about "almost losing the '67 Corvette" had one man about to throw his chair.
Hundreds of people, many of them children, are still missing, despite the fire starting more than two weeks ago. Locals are angered at the lack of preparedness and the response from the county level all the way up to the federal level.
