President Joe Biden Goes Viral for Unexpected Pun During LA Wildfire Briefing
- President Joe Biden accidentally makes a fire-related pun towards Vice President Kamala Harris during a Los Angeles wildfire briefing.
President Joe Biden is going viral for making an accidental joke while addressing a very serious issue—and people can't get over the way Vice President Kamala Harrisreacted.
Biden was briefing the public on how the government plans to help local officials during the Los Angeles wildfires when he handed the mic to Harris, who is from California.
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"Madam Vice President, I know you're directly affected," he said. "So you fire away, no pun intended."
Harris paused for a split second before smiling and nodding.
"Indeed," she said.
Commenters on X were quick to take note of the way Harris handled the situation.
"The look she gave him when she realised," one person wrote.
"Kamala's face says it all," agreed someone else .
"Oh Kamala was not having it lmfao," joked another X user .
"This look like its from a sitcom," a fourth chimed in.
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According to the Los Angeles Times , Biden pledged that the federal government will cover 100% of disaster assistance costs to California for the next 180 days.
"I told the governor and local officials, spare no expense to contain these fires," Biden said on Thursday, Jan. 9. "We're doing literally everything we can at the federal level."
"We are with you," he continued, addressing those affected by the fires. "We're not going anywhere."
Biden said that he's "surging all federal resources possible to Southern California," which includes 400 additional federal firefighters and over 30 firefighting helicopters and planes. Canada is providing additional firefighting aircraft.
The president also emphasized the need to address climate change.
"All has changed in the weather. Climate change is real," he said. "We've got to adjust to it, and we can, it's within our power to do it. But we've got to acknowledge it."
