The president and first lady will tour Lahaina and meet with survivors of the deadly wildfire that killed more than 100 people.
Biden’s visit comes in the midst of a week-long vacation in Lake Tahoe with his family, and he is planning to meet with local and federal first responders, and families and community members who have been impacted. He is also planning to tour the wreckage to witness the damage and the recovery efforts.
“Every federal resource that is possible to mobilize at this stage has been mobilized,” he added. “Most of my day is interacting with the federal government and trying to figure out how we can provide more support. And if I had any complaints I would not be afraid to verbalize them.” He said that Biden’s lack of substantive public comment during a several-day stretch just after the scope of the fires became clear was not a factor in the work on the ground in Hawaii.“That’s a Washington concern. I’ve never heard that concern expressed once on Maui,” he said. “That doesn’t mean you won’t find someone to complain. But my concern is whether the federal government’s power has been mobilized on behalf of Maui’s people.
George W. Bush received significant criticism for his administration’s failure to prepare for Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and then for not providing enough resources in the storm’s aftermath.at times became critical of the states that were seeking help — oftentimes in areas that did not support him in the 2016 election. In 2019, for example, he threatened to cut off federal aid to California as it dealt with wildfires, accusing Gov. Gavin Newsom of mismanagement.
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