First Lady Jill Biden is under fire for holding a pre-debate gathering without President Joe Biden, preceding the recent presidential debate.
According to Fox News, the criticism isn’t directed at the meetup per se, but rather at the comments she made to Biden donors during that time.
The outlet reported that she told them “Joe’s ready to go,” a statement that starkly contradicts the reality observed by those who watched or read about the debate.
Time magazine was the one to reveal the meeting that took place between the First Lady and Biden donors just moments before the debate.
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The magazine reported:
As President Joe Biden was going over his final notes with his inner circle and getting ready to debate Donald Trump on June 27 in Atlanta, his wife slipped into a nearby meeting of the Democratic Party’s biggest donors. The Biden Victory Fund and the Democratic National Committee’s financial bigwigs had all assembled in the Ritz Carlton as part of a two-day political briefing that featured emotional pep talks and face-time with VIPs. “Joe’s ready to go,” Dr. Biden told the group. “He’s prepared.”
Here, Time added, “Fact check: false,” indicating that, no, the president was clearly not ready to go.
The First Lady was not done yet.
Despite her husband’s lackluster debate performance, she commended him for doing “an excellent job” and for addressing “every single question.”
Jill Biden also made it clear that she would not let one debate overshadow all the positive accomplishments of Biden’s presidency.
Certainly, the pressing question is why the First Lady assured donors that Biden was prepared for the debate despite clear evidence to the contrary.
We do not know the answer for sure, but there certainly has been a fair share of speculation. For example, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) suggested this:
“Joe Biden is going to be the nominee. Joe Biden is not going to give it up. Why? Because Jill does not want to give it up either.”
McConnell is not the sole individual to imply that Jill Biden has been the driving force behind her husband’s presidential bid, despite his health concerns, and is pressuring him to run for reelection.
Some speculate that she is motivated by a desire for the influence and authority that accompanies the position.
The actions of Jill Biden and others have come under scrutiny for potentially misrepresenting President Biden’s actual state of health.
Longtime Democrat Donor Bill Ackman, for example, wrote:
A favored technique of some of the most evil leaders in history was to mislead the people by constantly repeating the Big Lie. The Big Lie is so audacious that people accept it as truth because it is repeated so often that how can it be that something so important and material could be an outright falsehood? In this case the Big Lie was our president’s fitness for office, let alone a second term.
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Erica Carlin is an independent journalist, opinion writer and contributor to several news and opinion sources. She is based in Georgia.
