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Hurricane Idalia and the Maui wildfires have been an interesting contrast in government responses. It's not quite an apples-to-apples comparison. Florida gets hit with hurricanes all the time, so they know the drill. The government's response to the Maui wildfires made matters worse because of how incompetent it was. Ron DeSantis didn't do anything to block his state's evacuation routes. Just saying.

The other difference has been in Joe Biden's initial response to the two national disasters. DOOCY asked the question to Karine Jean-Pierre that only DOOCY would ask: "Is it just easier for people to get help from the WH when [Biden] is not on vacation?"

This is NBC's Peter Alexander.

Though the sign-language lady is still the MVP.

Joe Biden was on vacation as the wildfire burned Maui to the ground. All Biden would say publically while on vacation was "no comment." Then he left vacation to visit Maui, where he managed to embarrass himself worse than he usually embarrasses himself in public. After, he went back on vacation. Oh, he also forgot the name of the island on fire.

Biden is back at work now, hence his being around to make a phone call to Gov. DeSantis to ask how the weather was. KJP was not amused by DOOCY's 100% accurate analysis. Even though she claims Biden responded in, quote, record time.

I don't think asking the folks on the ground will work out how they think it will. What is more likely to happen is for Biden to be told to take his Corvette that he almost lost in a kitchen fire and go f*ck himself with it.

KJP's outrage aside, someone at the White House felt DOOCY made a valid point. Later that afternoon, a photo was released of Joe Biden starring at flat screens with a bunch of people sitting around him. The caption to this tweet leads us to believe the president was focused on the Maui recovery he was accused of not being focused on a few hours earlier.

Biden's schedule could change. After all, the weekend is coming up and it's his last chance to enjoy the beach this summer. But I don't think he'll be paying a visit to Florida this time. He tried that with the last Hurricane hoping for a Barack Obama/Chris Christie moment. This wasn't the photo op he was hoping for:

President Biden, as of 8:29 AM Eastern, has nothing on his public schedule.

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