Tulsi Gabbard on maui: what the evidence says · JRE #2143
SUBJECT: MAUI
Not a true/false call. Every claim is logged with its sources; read the exhibits below.
And this was the same guy, Herman Andaya is his name. He didn't show up and show his face publicly until like seven days after the fire. And then he went and he did one press conference and then he quit and resigned.
What the evidence says 01 / RECORD
Herman Andaya, administrator of the Maui Emergency Management Agency, appeared at a news conference in Wailuku on Wednesday, August 16, 2023, where he defended his decision not to activate the island's warning sirens as the Lahaina fire approached (he answered no when asked if he regretted the choice). The fire had devastated Lahaina on August 8, 2023, so his public appearance came eight days later, not the roughly seven Gabbard cited (she hedged with like). One day after that press conference, on August 17, 2023, Andaya submitted his resignation effective immediately, citing health reasons, and Mayor Richard Bissen accepted it. The core sequence Gabbard describes, a single public press conference defending the siren decision followed almost immediately by resignation, matches the record; only the exact number of days is slightly imprecise.