A Maui resident fought back tears while asking why the destroyed island is “being ignored” by President Biden during an interview with CNN on Saturday.
“Right now, the Maui community is helping the Maui community. And it’s really affecting me because, where is the president?” asked long-time Maui resident Ella Sable Tacderan. “He decides to come here this week, to come here next week. I mean like, where… aren’t we Americans too?” She went on, fighting back tears.
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“We’re part of the United States, but why are we getting put in the back pocket? Why are we being ignored?”
After his return from vacation, President Biden stirs up controversy with an evasive statement. He just answered to reporters’ questions, “No comment,” with a grin on his face.
This past Tuesday, when the calamity was finally discussed, the president had trouble recalling the name of the island. “I apologize because I try very hard to keep my speeches between 15 and 18 minutes, but I got to talk a little bit about Hawaii,” Biden said during an event in Wisconsin.
The president continued by outlining federal government initiatives to assist the island, including a one-time $700 payment to wildfire victims from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. “In the immediate aftermath, the Coast Guard and Navy supported maritime searches and rescue operations,” Biden said.
“The Army helicopters helped fire suppression efforts on the Big Island because there’s still some burning on the Big Island — not the one that, not the one where you see on television all the time,” He continued, confusing Maui with the largest island in the state.
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The date of President Biden’s trip to the island is still to be determined. The president and his family, who are in Nevada for their second weeklong vacation this month, arrived this week, so it won’t be this weekend.
