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EXCLUSIVE:<\/strong> A Hawaii Democrat criticized President Biden\u2019s<\/a> response to reporters\u2019 question about the deadly fires in his state as “shocking” and “quite disappointing.”<\/p>\n

Bloomberg White House correspondent Justin Sink reported Sunday<\/a> that Biden had nothing to say\u00a0during his Delaware beach getaway on the rising death toll due to severe wildfires, which reached 96 as of Monday afternoon with hundreds more missing.<\/p>\n

“After a couple hours on the Rehoboth beach,\u00a0@potus was asked about the rising death toll in Hawaii \u2018No comment,\u2019 he said before heading home,” Sink reported on X, formerly known as Twitter.<\/p>\n

Video footage of the exchange appeared to corroborate Sink\u2019s account.<\/p>\n

WHITE HOUSE SAYS BIDEN \u2018PRAYING\u2019 FOR HAWAII FAMILIES AFTER GIVING \u2018NO COMMENT\u2019 BEFORE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The comment sparked a wave of backlash, including by former Hawaii state Rep.\u00a0Mark Kaniela Ing, a Democrat who now serves as national director of the\u00a0Green New Deal Network.<\/p>\n

“I campaigned for you. Now, when I lose dozens of my friends, family, and neighbors. This?”\u00a0Kaniela\u00a0Ing wrote in a now-deleted post.<\/p>\n

Kaniela\u00a0Ing told Fox News Digital in a phone interview Monday that he found Biden\u2019s remark “shocking” and out of character.<\/p>\n

“When things like this happen, it’s really the time to \u2014 if you do the kind of work I do, when the wave crests, you\u2019ve got to paddle hardest,” he said. “When tragedies like this occur, it’s shocking to see people just conducting business as usual. \u2026 On the one hand, you don’t want everyone to be in a perpetual somber mood, but on the other hand, how can you just carry on like that?”<\/p>\n

“I think everyone deserves some time to take care of themselves, wind down, but, as someone in 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 said.<\/p>\n

Kaniela\u00a0Ing said he deleted his post because he thought Biden\u2019s exchange with reporters may have been more nuanced than initially reported.<\/p>\n

“Whether or not it was as dismissive as originally reported, it is quite disappointing,” he added, adding, “I would expect more.”<\/p>\n

“He should be talking about what he\u2019s done and what he will do,” he said.\u00a0“The talking and offering words of solace and comfort, great. I’m not too hung up on that, to be honest. What I’m looking for is action.”<\/p>\n

Kaniela\u00a0Ing said his Green New Deal Network wants three things from Biden that it believes he has fallen short on, or else\u00a0“these disasters are going to keep happening more frequently and more severe.”<\/p>\n

“Declare a climate emergency. Deny fossil fuel permits, and invest substantial federal funds to the tune of $1 trillion a year,” he said. “Hawaii came out for Biden in a big way, and I think President Biden and anyone running for president right now needs to address this head on, not just in terms of immediate relief, but in longer term recovery and accountability.”<\/p>\n

When reached for comment by Fox News Digital Monday morning, White House deputy press secretary Andrew Bates explained that the president released a statement on the fires last week and also pointed to “the governor\u2019s positive comments about the federal response on multiple Sunday shows.”<\/p>\n

The White House later released a statement that read, “President Biden\u00a0has mobilized and led a whole-of-government response to the wildfires in Hawaii from the beginning, working closely on it and receiving detailed briefings every day since.”<\/p>\n

“Yesterday he received two updates\u00a0from\u00a0FEMA Administrator Criswell while she was on the ground,” the statement continued. “As Governor Green\u00a0stressed\u00a0yesterday, within six hours of receiving Hawaii\u2019s request, President Biden\u00a0signed\u00a0a Major Disaster Declaration and ordered all available federal resources in the state to help with the response. Governor Green described this as having provided “amazing support for recovery.” Senator Hirono also\u00a0thanked\u00a0President Biden for the immediate support federal agencies have delivered for the residents of Hawaii, as has Senator Schatz.”<\/p>\n

“Like President Biden said on Thursday, \u2018I’ve directed that we surge support to these brave firefighters and first responders and emergency personnel working around the clock [\u2026] I’m going to make sure the state has everything it needs from the federal government to recover,\u2019” the White House statement added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/hawaii-democrat-says-bidens-no-comment-wildfires-shocking-i-expect-more <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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