Results: Biden gets booed after finally visiting Maui
Published on 09/08/2023
As historic wildfires raged across the Hawaiian island of Maui over the past two weeks, claiming hundreds of lives and scorching thousands of acres, President Joe Biden managed to take two vacations, padding his record of over 365 vacation days since taking office.
Source on vacation time: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/white-house-report-card-even-on-vacation-crushing-american-traditions#:~:text=Today%2C%20Joe%20Biden%20celebrated%20his,%E2%80%94%2039.4%25%20of%20his%20presidency.&text=Democratic%20pollster%20John%20Zogby%20graded,but%20also%20the%20problem%20polls.
Biden Met With Anger From Some Maui Residents: https://www.newsweek.com/biden-met-anger-some-maui-residents-1821477
Biden cuts vacation in Lake Tahoe short to visit Maui: https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/nevada/biden-cuts-vacation-in-lake-tahoe-short-to-visit-maui-2888787/#:~:text=President%20Joe%20Biden's%20six%2Dday,the%20wake%20of%20deadly%20wildfires.
Source on vacation time: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/white-house-report-card-even-on-vacation-crushing-american-traditions#:~:text=Today%2C%20Joe%20Biden%20celebrated%20his,%E2%80%94%2039.4%25%20of%20his%20presidency.&text=Democratic%20pollster%20John%20Zogby%20graded,but%20also%20the%20problem%20polls.
Biden Met With Anger From Some Maui Residents: https://www.newsweek.com/biden-met-anger-some-maui-residents-1821477
Biden cuts vacation in Lake Tahoe short to visit Maui: https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/nevada/biden-cuts-vacation-in-lake-tahoe-short-to-visit-maui-2888787/#:~:text=President%20Joe%20Biden's%20six%2Dday,the%20wake%20of%20deadly%20wildfires.
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Facing significant pressure to do so — especially after an early refusal to comment on the disaster — he cut short his second vacation at a billionaire's mansion in Lake Tahoe, Nevada, and made his way to Maui on Monday. Do you think it is ridiculous that it took President Biden two weeks to visit the state that has suffered from severe wildfires that resulted in hundreds of lost lives so far (& had to actually cut a vacation short in order to visit)?
Yes
45%
950 votes
No
16%
330 votes
Undecided
11%
233 votes
Not Applicable
28%
587 votes
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His reception by some survivors of the wildfires was anything but warm. The environmentally conscious president and his nearly 30-car motorcade went on a five-hour tour of Hawaii, passing disgruntled residents who jeered him, yelling, "Thanks for nothing!" and "Go home, Joe!" Newsweek reported that other residents who confronted Biden along the way held signs that read "F*** Biden" and "Trump Won." Others held signs near Kapalua Airport, where the president touched down, that read, "It's too late." If you were (or are) a resident of Maui where the wildfires were raging, would you be angry that it took so long for the president to come out to visit your devastated state? Yes
42%
886 votes
No
15%
312 votes
Undecided
14%
291 votes
Not Applicable
29%
611 votes
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The New York Post noted that there were additional signs amid the ash and ruin in Lahaina that said, "Action speaks louder than words" and "FJB," as well as "No comment," in reference to Biden's Aug. 13 refusal to address the tragedy while vacationing in Delaware. After joking about the ground being hot and a cadaver dog's boots, Biden then delivered a speech in Lahaina in front of the devastated town's ancient banyan tree, which survived the worst of the fires. While he remembered the name of the island this time around, the 80-year-old president mispronounced the names of multiple Hawaiian officials and called the disaster an "unimaginable travedy." Would you feel as if the president didn't care about your situation if he mispronounced your officials names (even as advanced in age as Biden is) after delaying a visit for weeks after such a tragedy as the wildfires in Maui? Yes
39%
826 votes
No
15%
311 votes
Undecided
16%
331 votes
Not Applicable
30%
632 votes
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Biden later addressed another crowd at the Lahaina Civic Center, where he drew a parallel between the deadly inferno, which has reportedly claimed more than 480 lives, and the near-loss of his beloved '67 Corvette as the result of a kitchen fire. "I don't want to compare difficulties, but we have a little sense, Jill and I, of what it's like to lose a home," said Biden. "Years ago — now 15 years ago — while I was in Washington doing 'Meet The Press.' It was a sunny Sunday, and lightning struck at home, on a little lake that's outside our home — not a lake, a pond." "To make a long story short, I almost lost my wife, my '67 Corvette, and my cat," added Biden. Do you think it is disrespectful that Biden drew a parallel between the hundreds of lives lost in the Maui wildfires to ALMOST losing a beloved car (in an embellished story about a kitchen fire that wasn't nearly as bad as he claims - as fact-checked before)?
Yes
43%
895 votes
No
11%
221 votes
Undecided
14%
293 votes
Not Applicable
33%
691 votes
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Do you think it is sad that other country's reporters are pointing out President Biden's errors in his speeches and are so familiar with his plethora of gaffes that they report on them regularly - such as the Australian news station pointing out his hypocrisy with the motorcade, as well as the embellished story about the house fire that wasn't as bad as he claimed in the video?
Yes
38%
806 votes
No
13%
272 votes
Undecided
14%
288 votes
Not Applicable
35%
734 votes
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