Biden Heads To Hawai'i!

Things happen.

The noise is loud. The facts are the only thing that matter.

The president and first lady will head to Maui, one of the Hawai'ian Islands effected by deadly wildfires. President Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden, the First Lady of the United States are expected to tour the island and meet with families and first responders.

The junk food media constantly dogged Biden for not going. I mean, a presidential visit will shut down roads, airspace, waterways and inconvenience those not affected. I mean the first responders need all the resources and it could be five hours of delay due to a presidential visit. Biden wanted to be careful by not allowing his presence disrupt the cleanup and recovery process.

As with Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Washed Up 45, Biden is facing backlash for not doing a photo-op in the wake of a natural disaster. 

The most infamous of natural disasters was Hurricane Katrina.

Bush was golfing and on his vacation when the catastrophe storm hit Louisiana and Mississippi. Bush was pressured to appear and it was a disaster. Due to Republicans cutting government spending, FEMA was not prepared for this.

Washed Up 45 was golfing during the coronavirus pandemic. The pandemic spreaded from coast to coast and he ended ignoring the threat in late 2019. The former president closed an Obama administration 

Biden and first lady vow that the U.S. will help. 

The far right and far left were complaining thar Biden took a vacation while Maui burned.

Far right media and celebrity agitating website The Shade Room were reporting that Biden was offering $700 to families who lost homes to the wildlife.

That is not true.

President Joe Biden faces heat for not traveling to Hawai'i.

It is supplemental food assistance as well as incentives to help Maui's residents to get supplies.

The Bidens will halt their vacation for a day on Monday to visit Maui, where a wildfire ripped through the historic town of Lahaina and killed at least 114 people. They will meet with survivors, first responders, and local officials while surveying the damage.

Biden was on top of it from the very moment the fires began to spread. 

Biden declared that a major disaster exists in the State of Hawai'i and ordered Federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by wildfires beginning on August 8, 2023, and continuing.

The President’s action makes federal funding available to affected individuals in Maui County.

Assistance can include grants for temporary housing and home repairs, low-cost loans to cover uninsured property losses, and other programs to help individuals and business owners recover from the effects of the disaster.

Federal funding also is available to state and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for debris removal and emergency protective measures in Maui County, and assistance for emergency protective measures for Hawai'i County.