President Joe Biden has found himself under fire — no pun intended. Look, if it's good for the U.S. president to crack jokes then why can't I poke fun at him? Of course, there's a very big difference between my and Biden's jobs. It's all about time and place.
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Some are calling Biden's latest gaffe a blunder, but it appears to be a blunder of his own making. Biden recently had a briefing about the devastating wildfires striking across California. These wildfires have killed at least 10 and also led to mass property damage on a truly tragic scale.
All that to say it's probably not the best platform to practice your stand-up material. The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power claims its fire hydrants have ran out of water. Biden was discussing federal response when he told attendees to "fire away" twice.
To Vice President Kamala Harris, he said, "Madam Vice President, I know you're directly affected, so you fire away." He then added, "No pun intended" before chuckling at his own joke. The joke was so funny to Biden that he did it twice. He then told the US Forest Service Chief Randy Moore, "Chief, why don't you fire away?"
Joe Biden Draws Backlash
As you can imagine, Biden's remarks drew a lot of backlash on social media.
One wrote, "They're laughing at you. 52 billion in damages. Evil."
Another wrote, "Watch out Kevin Hart! Biden looks to jump into comedy when he is out of office..only thing is..there is nothing funny about this.. In handing things over to Harris about the CA. fire update.."
Another wrote, "Joe Biden thinks the devastating fires are a joke since he's insulated from them." Yet another wrote, "No freaking way he just said this. Pure scum." And another wrote, "Completely tone deaf."
Meanwhile, Biden discussed the lack of water in the state to combat the growing wildfires.
Biden said, "What I know from talking to the governor [is] that there are concerns out there that there's also been a water shortage. The fact is, the utilities understandably shut off power because they're worried the lines that carry energy were going to be blown down and spark additional fires."
He continued, "There's a direct correlation between the utility company and the ability to pump water out of a hydrant. And so it allows for a lot of uninformed people to make assertions or concerns or accusations about the local officials not caring or not working."
However, electricity providers have denied that they are to blame, saying that power outages have not affected pumps and water flows.
