White House Maui Narrative: POTUS 'Satisfied' With Response, Has Been There 'Since Day One'

“Day one?” Really?

During Monday’s audio-only Air Force One press briefing, Deputy Press Secretary Olivia Dalton and FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell answered questions regarding the Biden Administration’s response to the horrific wildfires in Maui —and they spun quite a yarn.

Criswell was asked about how Biden feels about the response and, apparently, he’s “satisfied.”

"Can you give us a sense of how the president believes the [Maui wildfires] response has been so far?"

FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell: "He is satisfied with our response" pic.twitter.com/Malt12Rnv0

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Despite Biden taking two weeks to go to Maui, Deputy Press Secretary Olivia Dalton is hammering home the point that Biden has been there “since day one.”

Top Biden spokesperson Olivia Dalton on the Maui wildfires:

"I think it's important to remember that the president has been there from day one!" pic.twitter.com/sCYOWC7OZW

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Biden spokesperson Olivia Dalton says Biden will "make sure that he communicates to [Maui residents] that not only have we been there since day one, has he been there since day one…" 🤔 pic.twitter.com/NgK2quOhxf

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Biden was seen board Air Force One early Monday to head to Maui.

MSNBC reports that residents of the island are unhappy with the White House’s response —Biden, in particular.

MSNBC: "Not only are people [in Maui] unhappy about the local and state and county response … but also about the perceived lack of communication from federal officials — including the president, who took a while to make a statement that was substantial." pic.twitter.com/62YyKa5MS5

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