Billionaire liberal elitist Oprah Winfrey was allegedly so callous and cruel during the tsunami evacuation in Maui that she would not even let them use a road to escape.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, a powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck near Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on Tuesday evening. A tsunami warning was issued for all of Hawaii along with Alaska and the entire US West Coast.
Upon receiving the warning, people started evacuating en masse in Hawaii.
Traffic is heavy leaving downtown Honolulu. But everyone seems to be driving with Aloha. Be careful out there. #HawaiiTsunami pic.twitter.com/QeGlSGirof
— AP (@AP_Honolulu) July 30, 2025
Tsunami waves eventually reached Hawaii and California following the earthquake.
Independent journalist Nick Sortor also revealed something very disturbing yet unsurprising: Winfrey did not want the unwashed masses using her private road to escape danger.
Winfrey owns a $100 million home on Maui with a road that connects the coastal area of Wailea to Kula.
Heaven forbid she be inconvenienced or have her view potentially ruined in any way.
“I’m stuck with my children in the truck with sirens going off,” Maui resident Shelby Hosana told Sortor.
“If Oprah’s road was open, I could have a way to get out,” she continued. “Instead we will just hope and pray the first wave time estimates are correct and we still have time to get to higher ground.”
BREAKING: Oprah HAS NOT opened her private road from Wailea to Kula, Hawaii, which would allow coastal folks to reach higher ground quickly, locals tell me
OPEN THE ROAD, @OPRAH!
Roads on Maui are GRIDLOCKED as people try to escape the incoming Tsunami
“I’m stuck with my… pic.twitter.com/UaPiDJpjqG
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) July 30, 2025
Even worse, police in Maui were STOPPING evacuees from using Winfrey’s road. This is why desperate residents were not able to break in to begin with.
INSANE: MAUI POLICE were present STOPPING Hawaii tsunami evacuees from using Oprah’s Road before she FINALLY relented to pressure and opened it
For those asking why people didn’t just break open the gates themselves, THAT’S why.
It had police protection.
Infuriating. pic.twitter.com/RRv6uJiFXc
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) July 30, 2025
Winfrey and her team eventually relented after being shamed on X.
BREAKING: Following INTENSE public pressure, Oprah’s private road has been OPENED to those escaping the tsunami
WELL DONE, EVERYONE!
It should’ve been opened HOURS ago, but if you’re in Wailea on Maui and need to get to higher ground, USE OPRAH’S ROAD NOW!
California … Pic.twetter.com.com.com/u8sbnfdhe
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) July 30, 2025
Winfrey responded to the reports from Sortor and others via a spokesperson in a statement to multiple media outlets.
“As soon as we heard the tsunami warnings, we contacted local law enforcement and FEMA to ensure the road was opened. Any reports otherwise are false,” the statement read.
