Washington (AP)-The new first lady Jill Biden detoured to the U.S. Capitol without announcing Friday to deliver a basket of chocolate chip cookies to members of the National Guard, thanking them for “in Joe During the inauguration of President Biden, “protected the safety of me and my family.”
“I just want to thank President Biden and the entire Biden family,” she said to a group of guards at the Capitol. She said: “The White House baked some chocolate cookies for you.” She joked that she couldn’t say she baked them.
On Tuesday, just after Donald Trump’s supporters rioted in the Capitol, Joe Biden was sworn in in a futile attempt to prevent Congress from proving Biden as the winner of the November presidential election. After the inauguration, extensive security measures were taken, but no major incidents occurred.
Jill Biden told the group that the late son Beau was a member of the Delaware Army National Guard and she deployed in Iraq for one year in 2008-09. Beau Biden (Beau Biden) died of brain cancer in 2015 at the age of 46.
She said: “So I am the mother of the National Guard.” She added that these baskets are “Thank you for leaving your hometown and coming to the US capital.” President Biden thanked the Chief of the National Guard in a call on Friday.
The first lady said: “I really appreciate what you have done.” “The National Guard will always occupy a special place in the heart of all Biden.”
She focused on the services provided by Whitman-Walker Health for cancer patients, which has a history of serving HIV/AIDS patients and LGBTQ communities. The clinic received federal funding to help provide primary care services in underserved areas.
The staff told the first lady that there has been a decline in cancer screenings since March last year because patients did not want to come in due to the coronavirus pandemic. More and more patients are using various options to see a doctor online.
When it came to the issue of widespread access to broadband Internet, Jill Biden, a teacher, said that she heard from teachers from all over the country that they could not get in touch with students due to poor access in certain areas.
She said: “We just need to work together to solve some of these problems.” “The first thing we have to do is to deal with this pandemic, get everyone vaccinated, return to work, return to school, and make Things returned to a new normal.”
Post time: Jan-26-2021