“”[The President] There was a lot of hope and planning for what he wanted to do, but every time you looked back, he had to deal with the problem at that moment, “Biden said. Massachusetts coast.
“He just threw a lot,” she said. “Who would have thought what happened? [with the Supreme Court overturning] Roe v. Wade? Well, you might have seen it come, but we still didn’t believe it. Gun violence in this country is absolutely horrifying. I didn’t see the war in Ukraine coming. ”
Biden said she also felt confused about her role as a first lady and was unexpectedly pulled in the other direction from her originally intended course.
“I was telling myself,’Okay, I was a second lady. I worked in a community college. I worked in a military family. I worked in cancer.” They were my It was supposed to be the focus, [in the White House,] I had to be the first lady at the moment because everything is happening. “
The First Lady shared complaints about the overthrow of the Roe v. Wade case last month. This terminated the right to abortion under the Federal Constitution. Biden upheld her right to protest, but she added that in her opinion it was not enough to get angry with her decision. It contradicts the president’s remarks last week that encouraged women to “continue to protest.” “”
Biden told his family that he should think more than protest.
“So many young girls, including my own grandchildren, marched up to the Supreme Court. I say. What do you do next? What are your plans?”
The White House acknowledges that the path to regaining the right to abortion is narrow and undecided at this time.
Biden also blamed Congress during her remarks and blamed the government’s deadlocked agenda for the Republican Party. Joe Biden’s radical build-back better plan (which would have expanded the country’s social safety net) was billed by West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin (a moderate Democrat) for climate and taxes. I was hit the latest blow this week when I rejected it, including the provisions. In the narrowly divided Senate, Democrats Manchin to pass legislation in line with party policy in a process called budgetary adjustment that requires all 50 members of the Democratic rally to agree to proceed with legislation. Needed help.
“I know there are many negative speakers who say they’ll be criticized in the midterm elections. Yes. Republicans are working hard, good or bad, so we’ll live longer. You have to work hard, “she said. ..
Saturday’s event marked the second DNC fundraiser in which the First Lady participated during a two-day swing to Massachusetts. On Thursday, she made her remarks at a private event in Andover, focusing primarily on political action.
CNN’s Jasmine Wright contributed to this report.
Source: www.cnn.com
