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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden repeatedly told speakers to “fire away!” during a White House briefing on the still raging Los Angeles wildfires before blaming local power companies for fire hydrants running dry — an allegation that was quickly rebuffed by one of the companies.
Biden, 82, shocked attendees by his choice of words on Thursday given the gravity of devestation caused by the dueling infernos and later applauded California Gov. Gavin Newsom who President-elect Donald Trump blamed for the hydrants running out of water.
“Madam vice president, I know you’re directly affected, so you fire away!” Biden told Vice President Kamala Harris, a California native, who shot a surprised look at the president as he sat next to her at the Roosevelt Room’s board table.
“No pun intended,” he added in response to Harris’ stunned expression.
Yet, moments later, Biden repeated the same eyebrow-raising directive, telling US Forest Service Chief Randy Moore, “Chief, why don’t you fire away?” as…
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