Biden sharply criticized after saying ‘no comment’ in response to death toll in Hawaii: ‘Absolutely terrible’

President Biden was sharply criticized on Sunday after telling reporters during a Delaware beach getaway that he had “no comment” on the rising death toll in Hawaii from severe wildfires.

“After a couple hours on the Rehoboth beach, @potus was asked about the rising death toll in Hawaii,” Bloomberg’s Justin Sink posted to X, formerly known as Twitter. He said that the president responded with, “no comment” before he went home. Video later confirmed his account, where Biden paused briefly before responding and getting into his transportation.

Critics responded to Sink’s post and hammered the president’s response, saying it was “embarrassing.”

MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan, who frequently defends the White House, said Biden’s reported response would “hurt him” and called it “unforced errors.”