While communities in Maui were being incinerated and the list of the dead continued to grow (surpassing 100 as of the writing of this piece), President Biden very publically flaunted his storied callousness as he continued his vacation and gave a firm “no comment” when asked about the wildfires. It being election season, CNN News Center knew they needed to do something to distract people. So, on Thursday, they took White House talking points and claimed it was Republicans who didn’t care about the people. But at no point did they provide any evidence.
“President Joe Biden vowing to help Americans affected by two major national disasters happening just weeks apart,” boasted co-anchor Rahel Solomon. She touted that Biden had promised “$95 million to help Maui improve its electrical grid” and was “vowing to help those affected by Hurricane Idalia.”
Co-anchor Boris Sanchez threw the report to White House correspondent Arlette Saenz so she could share Biden’s “warning to the Republican Party about funding” the recovery efforts.
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