Jill Biden travels to three key states on Monday to campaign for her husband, as more Democrats publicly call on Joe Biden to withdraw from the presidential race.
The first lady will attend campaign rallies in North Carolina, Florida and Georgia — all states where Biden’s re-election campaign is still gunning for a November victory despite widespread calls for him to resign.
During her trip, she will officially launch Veterans and Military Families for Biden.
Her trip comes as Biden’s spot on the Democratic ticket is at a tipping point. He, with the support of his wife and other family members, believes he can turn it around. But members of his party fear the situation will get worse.
Jill Biden is adamant that Joe Biden should stay in the race.
However, she has not yet responded to media inquiries about his condition, nor has she responded to questions about whether she worked with staff to keep his condition from the public.
Jill Biden travels to three key states on Monday to campaign for her husband, as more Democrats publicly call on Joe Biden to withdraw from the presidential race.
She has supported him. She was at Biden’s side in Pennsylvania on Sunday as he tried to ease concerns about his mental health and physical condition.
But as they campaigned, House Democrats held a crisis call in which at least five others called on Joe Biden to withdraw from the race.
Democrats are concerned that not only will Republican Donald Trump win the presidential election, but that the Republican Party will win both houses of Congress, leaving no checks on Trump’s presidential power.
During the crisis, however, Jill Biden was her husband’s most loyal defender.
“We’re not going to let 90 minutes define your four years as president,” she told him after the debate.
She was also responsible for launching the Biden campaign’s largest voter outreach initiatives, including Women for Biden and Seniors for Biden.
On Monday, she’ll add veterans and military families to her list. Jill Biden is the daughter of a World War II veteran, and the Bidens’ late son, Beau, served in Iraq.
As first lady, she has promoted her Joining Forces Initiative to support military families, and she often talks about the Bidens’ ties to the military.
Jill helps her husband Joe Biden off the CNN debate stage after his car crash debate with Trump, which led to calls for him to resign
Both she and President Biden have criticized Donald Trump for his comments about veterans, particularly a report in which he called them “suckers” and “losers.” Trump has denied the comments.
Her tour on Monday will take her to three states with large populations of veterans and military families.
Her first stop of the day is in Wilmington, N.C., a state crucial to both candidates’ plans for victory. Trump leads the polls there by six points, according to Five Thirty Eight’s polling average for the state.
Jill Biden then heads to Tampa, Florida. The president’s reelection campaign has argued that the state is in play this year, even though it went red because of Trump in the previous election.
Her final stop of the day is Georgia. The first lady’s arrival in the state is the biggest event there since the debate two weeks ago, during which Joe Biden struggled for words and stumbled over his answers to Trump.
Jill has not yet responded to media inquiries about his condition, nor has she responded to questions about whether she worked with staff to keep his condition from the public.
Jill has been supportive. She was by Biden’s side at a fundraiser in New York on Saturday after the debate (pictured) and in Pennsylvania on Sunday as he tried to ease concerns about his mental health and physical condition.
Trump leads Georgia by nearly six points, according to the Five Thirty Eight polling average in the state. Biden won the state in 2020 — the first Democrat to win it since Bill Clinton.
Both candidates want to win the prize in November.
Biden’s campaign has struggled to get back on track in the nearly two weeks since the debate.
President Biden, in an attempt to demonstrate his mental prowess, conducted two interviews with black radio stations in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. It was only later revealed that the campaign had given the questions to the hosts in advance. And the Philadelphia station fired its host in response to the news.
Biden then spoke to ABC News to calm the storm.
But Democrats’ concerns continue to grow, with growing calls for Biden to resign.
Donors are also panicking. And a senior administration official told the New York Times that Biden is not up to the task.
However, the family has gathered.
Jill Biden and Hunter Biden are now acting as the president’s gatekeepers. He has also doubled down, telling ABC News that only an act of God can take him out of the race.
The president’s sister, Valerie Biden Owens, is also supporting him. Owens managed Joe Biden’s first Senate campaign and has been involved in all of his campaigns since then. She is his top political adviser.
Jill, Hunter and Valerie are the three most important people in every decision Joe Biden makes about his future.
He listens to them the most. They should get his blessing to drop out of the presidential race.
There are no signs that this is the case.
The Biden clan gathered at Camp David this past weekend for a pre-scheduled photo shoot with famed photographer Annie Leibovitz. But the main topic of conversation was Biden’s disastrous debate performance against Trump.
Both she and President Biden have criticized Donald Trump for his comments about veterans, particularly following a report in which he called them “suckers” and “losers.” Trump has denied those remarks.
The whole family encouraged Bien to participate in the race.
Jill Biden specifically points out everything the family has had to endure during Joe Biden’s time in the White House.
She noted that Hunter Biden’s accuser, NBC News reported, hinted that he could go to prison. The family — and even some Republicans — saw Hunter’s prosecution for a 2018 gun purchase as far-fetched.
Jill Biden argued that now was the time to fight.
There’s another reason the Bidens are digging in their heels. The family, and Jill Biden in particular, remembers how Joe Biden was forced to drop out of the 1988 presidential race after a plagiarism scandal.
“In 1987, she watched him get dismissed by the press, pundits and polls, and it was a painful experience for both of them,” Michael LaRosa, the first lady’s former spokesman, told The New York Times.
He said he discussed the 1988 episode with the first lady several times while he was working for her.
“I think they learned from that experience and they wouldn’t feel forced like they did in 1987.”