Biden Once Again Talks Lightning Strike, Small Kitchen Fire at House and Compares It to Maui Devastation

President Joe Biden is once again bringing up a story he told in Hawaii that resulted in a barrage of criticism. Last week, the president and the first lady visited the wildfire-ravaged island of Maui, where the…

IJR SyndicatedAug 31, 20233 min read

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, Biden brought up the story again, but this time he added that they had to move out of the house for seven months and claimed that “half the house almost collapsed.”

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Once again, Biden received backlash for this tall tale, with many seeing it as self-centered and narcissistic to compare losing a kitchen in a small fire to losing absolutely everything in a wildfire.

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It is hard to imagine that the people of Hawaii will appreciate this comparison. To put this into context, Biden said in the initial story that the incident happened “15 years ago.”

If that’s true, that would mean it happened in 2008, when then-Sen. Biden had already been in Congress for decades and was on the verge of becoming the Vice President.

Being asked to move out of the house for a few months while they repaired the damage is a small sacrifice for the Biden Family. He probably had another Nice place in Washington or elsewhere that he could stay at.

Also, the Bidens did not lose the house. The damage was quickly repaired and the Family was able to resume life as usual.

The people of Maui, by contrast, lost absolutely everything in the fire — their homes, their businesses, and in some cases their lives. There is no way a kitchen fire is comparable to this.

Biden seems to be more concerned with people having sympathy for him over an incident that happened years ago, than with people actually helping the victims of the wildfire who are desperately trying to pick up the pieces.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.