‘Fire Away, No Pun Intended’: Joe Biden Tells Kamala Harris Amid Los Angeles Wildfire Meet
Days after Joe Biden announced the birth of his great-grandson in the middle of a Los Angeles wildfires briefing.
The outgoing President came under scrutiny yet again for an apparent gaffe while he was discussing the disaster. In the middle of the discussions, Biden, who had Vice President Kamala Harris sitting next to him, said, “Fire away, no intended”, as his federal response to the event.
- Biden’s remark came as he handed over the meeting to Harris.
- “Madam Vice President, I know you’re directly affected, so you fire away,” said Biden.
- As Harris looked at him stunned, Joe Biden said, “No pun intended”.
Later, Biden told US Forest Service Chief Randy Moore, “Chief, why don’t you fire away?”
Sharing a video of the discussion, a social media user wrote, “10 days left until we have a President who cares about the American lives lost in the California wildfires and doesn’t joke about it.”
“Joe Biden: “Fire away. No pun intended.” Even Kamala Harris is embarrassed,” he wrote.
On January 9, Joe Biden’s granddaughter, Naomi Biden Neal, gave birth to her first child, a boy, with husband Peter Neal at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. The baby’s name is William Brannon Neal IV, according to an Instagram post from Jill Biden, the first lady, of her and the president with their new great-grandson.
Biden, who was in Los Angeles and saw the baby at the hospital, announced the birth at the end of an official briefing on wildfires in Southern California. “The good news is I’m a great-grandfather as of today,” Biden said.
Following the baby announcement, the 82-year-old outgoing President was slammed over the timing of his news.