CNN correspondent Bill Weir described President Biden as an “empathizer-in-chief' for his controversial visit to Maui after it suffered from historic wildfires.
One story Biden told that Weir didn't reference involved his claim of almost losing his home in a fire.what it was like to lose a home
," Biden told wildfire survivors."Years ago, now, 15 years, I was in Washington doing ‘Meet the press’… Lightning struck at home on a little lake outside the home, not a lake a big pond. It hit the wire and came up underneath our home, into the…air condition ducts. "To make a long story short, I almost lost my wife, my 67 Corvette, and my cat," the president added.A 2004 report from the Associated Press, archived by LexisNexis, said lightning struck the Bidens’ home and started a"small fire that was contained to the kitchen." The report said firefighters got the blaze under control in 20 minutes and that they were able to keep the flames from spreading beyond the kitchen.
Despite this, Weir claimed Biden"said the right things in many cases," including about the fears of"disaster capitalism.""There was a question as to who will have the most influence in that conversation going forward. Locals here, working class, Native Hawaiians, and multigenerational locals are worried of disaster capitalism, people moving in to exploit this and buy up as much land as they can in this paradise and rebuild it for their interests as well.
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