Biden says Jill goes crazy when it comes to sports in Philly

President Joe Biden opened an event Friday afternoon in Philadelphia by speaking about his wife’s intense love for the city’s sports teams.

“As the mayor knows, she is a self-assured Philadelphia fan,” he said, pausing at one point to choose the right words to express First Lady Jill Biden’s zeal.

“My wife hates violence, she says,” Biden continued. “We went to a Flyers game a couple of years ago. And the Secret Service is in a box, next to us, anyway. And a fight breaks out. And my wife, who hates violence, says “catch ’em, catch ’em,” jumping up. Secret Service look, “where the hell did that come from?”

Biden made it a point to say definitely that he would support the Philadelphia Eagles in the Super Bowl a week from Sunday.

‘Go Eagles – Fly Eagles fly,’ said the president. ‘Now the good news is I mean it, but even if I didn’t I would say it, do you know why? Otherwise, he would be sleeping alone.

The president (center) said his wife (left) “hates violence,” though he recalled attending a Philadelphia Flyers game with her a few years ago, where he incited a fight.

Dr. Biden was born in New Jersey but grew up in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, a city north of Philadelphia.

Philadelphia sports fans have a reputation for being hostile, thanks to a 1968 incident in which Eagles fans were so angry about the team’s poor season that they booed santa claus.

Biden, with Vice President Kamala Harris in tow, visited Philadelphia on Friday afternoon to deliver a speech about his administration’s initiative to replace lead pipes, attend a fundraiser and then speak at the Committee’s winter meeting. Democratic National.

“You think it’s silly, but the water, the issue is about basic dignity,” Biden said. ‘Every American deserves to be able to turn on their faucet or faucet and be able to drink clean water.’

“We are the richest and most prosperous nation in the world, water should be guaranteed, but unfortunately that is not the case,” he added.

He touted the funds that are flowing toward the replacement of pipelines on both sides of the Keystone state.

“I’m not badmouthing here,” the error-prone president said of Pittsburgh’s efforts.

Yesterday, at an event at the White House, he accidentally welcomed former President Bill Clinton to the Capitol building and uttered ‘more than half the women in my administration are women.’

In the Philadelphia speech, the president, who stuttered as a child, stumbled over the word “calibration” while reading his speech from an electronic prompter.

First Lady Jill Biden (right) posted a photo with her grandson Hunter (left), the son of the late Beau Biden, from the Philadelphia Eagles playoff game on Sunday. The Eagles defeated the 49ers 31-7

First lady Jill Biden (right) wearing Eagles gear as she arrived at the Delaware Air National Guard base on Sunday. She peeled away from President Joe Biden (left) and headed for Lincoln Financial Field

Sunday’s Eagles game marks the second game Dr. Biden has attended as First Lady. She watched the Eagles beat the Dallas Cowboys in October.

Dr. Biden, who will fly to California this weekend and appear at the Grammys, was on hand Sunday to watch her Eagles beat the San Francisco 49ers and advance to the Super Bowl, where Philadelphia will take on the Kansas. City Chiefs. .

She was seen in a private party suite sitting next to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.

She later posted a photo from the game alongside her grandson Hunter, the son of the late Beau Biden.

It has not yet been announced if he will travel to Arizona for the Super Bowl.