First lady Jill Biden said Monday she is “fully committed” to her husband’s reelection campaign, the commander in chief.
Speaking at a campaign event in Wilmington, North Carolina, addressing veterans and military families, the first lady said President Biden has always been supportive of her career.
“As commander in chief, President Biden wakes up every morning ready to work for you. That’s what this election is all about — you. There’s been a lot of talk about this race, but Joe has made it clear he is committed to it,” Jill Biden said, responding to calls of “four more years.”
“Thank you! It’s his decision and I fully support him just as he has always supported my career!” she added.
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First Lady Jill Biden looks on as President Biden speaks to supporters and volunteers during a campaign event at the Biden-Harris campaign office in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on July 7, 2024. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
The first lady was scheduled to announce the formation of the Biden-Harris Veterans and Military Families Association on Monday during visits to Wilmington, Tampa, Florida, and Columbus, Georgia, states with large populations of veterans and military families.
Her day-long tour is part of a broader effort by the Biden campaign to bounce back from his lackluster performance against Trump in last month’s debate, in which a handful of House Democrats urged Biden to stop campaigning, believing the 81-year-old president is no longer mentally or physically capable of beating former President Trump in November’s election.
Biden has insisted since the June 27 debate that he will continue to campaign publicly.
Biden’s campaign manager, Julie Chavez Rodriguez, said the new group would mobilize millions of America’s veterans and military families to vote for Biden again.
In Wilmington, the first lady cited reports that President Trump, during a 2018 visit to France, had called military members who made the supreme sacrifice “morons” and “losers.”
On Sunday, July 7, 2024, President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden arrived at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland and disembarked from Air Force One. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Senator)
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“For another four years, Joe will continue to fight for you. He is a military community that we are humbly and proud to call our own. My father served in the Navy as a signalman in World War II, and in 2003, my son Beau enlisted in the Delaware Army National Guard and then served a year in Iraq. This is special to us,” she said.
“We know what it’s like to wait for calls from all over the world and spend the holidays smiling with an empty seat at the table,” the first lady continued. “Let me ask you a question: Does Donald Trump know what that’s like?” He portrays himself as a victim of the country. His own chief of staff said he called those who were taken prisoner and those who died in the war losers and fools.”
President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden walk on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, after returning from Pennsylvania, Sunday, July 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Trump denied making the remarks.
Biden also said at the debate: A surprising omission Of the 13 U.S. soldiers killed during the Afghanistan withdrawal, I claimed, “I am the only president in this century, this decade, to have had no soldier deaths anywhere in the world.” [President Trump] did.”
The first lady was more positive about the withdrawal on Monday.
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“[Biden] “I called for an end to the war in Afghanistan because our military families have sacrificed so much for so long,” she said.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
