Just when you thought the White House's messaging on the devastating Maui fire couldn't get any worse, Karine Jean-Pierre comes busting through the wall like the Kool-Aid man. 

Joe Biden had already made a mess of things multiple times by the time the press secretary took the podium. As RedState reported, when asked by reporters on Sunday about the situation in Maui, Biden gleefully kept riding his bike while simply saying "We're looking at it." On Monday, he made matters even worse by smiling and shouting "No comment" at reporters when asked about the rising death toll. 

In light of that, a president should typically be able to trust his chief comms official to not make matters worse, but when you have Karine Jean-Pierre at the helm, nothing is certain. 

Nothing says "we care" like the White House not even knowing the names of both senators from Hawaii, and in the case of Sen. Mazie Hirono, not even knowing she's a woman. I mean, I'm no fan of Hirono as I think she's one of the worst politicians in America, but calling her a man is a bit harsh. 

How hard is it to double-check one's briefing notes before giving a statement? Apparently, it's as hard as Joe Biden answering a question about the Maui fire without appearing like a cold-hearted sociopath. This administration certainly has its characters, and none of them are especially good at their jobs. That's been a running theme for a White House which promised to put the "adults back in the room." 

I don't understand the strategy here. Is Biden this uncontrollable and his comms department this incompetent? You've got at least 89 people dead and the administration is treating it like a random political issue. It's jarring, and if this were a Republican president, the deluge of negative stories would be overwhelming.