CNN White House correspondent Jeremy Diamond touted President Joe Biden’s visit to fire-ravaged Maui as a prime opportunity for the “consoler-in-chief” to put his “signature empathy” on display.
Diamond made the comments just prior to Biden’s arrival in Maui — which came nearly two weeks after the deadly fires swept through the historic village of Lahaina — and skirted the fact that the president had previously offered “no comment” on the disaster and had bookended his trip to the devastated island with vacation days in Lake Tahoe.
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CNN’s Jeremy Diamond downplays Biden’s heartless silence on the Maui wildfires last week and promotes his late arrival.
He boasts that “most importantly” the trip to the island “will be an opportunity for the President to display that signature empathy” the media claims he has. pic.twitter.com/DSxTjDqurS— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) August 21, 2023
Diamond quoted Biden as saying, “I will do everything in my power to help…