{"id":164929,"date":"2021-02-23T11:13:09","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T16:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=164929"},"modified":"2021-02-23T15:59:33","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T20:59:33","slug":"biden-to-visit-texas-friday-in-wake-of-devastating-storms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-to-visit-texas-friday-in-wake-of-devastating-storms\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden to visit Texas Friday in wake of devastating storms"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-to-visit-texas-friday-in-wake-of-devastating-storms%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=164929&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2377477\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2377477\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2377477\" src=\"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1267438366-655x437.jpg\" alt=\"WILMINGTON, DELAWARE - AUGUST 20: Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden delivers his acceptance speech on the fourth night of the Democratic National Convention from the Chase Center on August 20, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. The convention, which was once expected to draw 50,000 people to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is now taking place virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Win McNamee\/Getty Images)\" width=\"655\" height=\"437\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2377477\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WILMINGTON, DELAWARE \u2013 AUGUST 20: Joe Biden delivered a speech on the fourth night of the Democratic National Convention from the Chase Center on August 20, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. (Photo by Win McNamee\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 12:55 PM PT \u2013 Tuesday, February 23, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Joe Biden and the First Lady are set to visit Texas on Friday, in the wake of extreme weather which has devastated the state.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pres. Biden and First Lady Jill will visit Houston, Texas, on Friday following a major winter storm and power grid failure that put the entire state at a standstill. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VKrDDvaikD\">pic.twitter.com\/VKrDDvaikD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alex Salvi (@alexsalvinews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexsalvinews\/status\/1364268796169519105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 23, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Biden will meet with local leaders to discuss relief and recovery efforts, as well as \u201cthe incredible resilience shown by the people of Texas.\u201d Biden approved a major disaster declaration in Texas over the weekend, amid widespread outages which left millions without power.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tonight, I called Governor Greg Abbott to discuss the ongoing situation in Texas and identify ways we can support the state\u2019s recovery from this storm. I made clear to the Governor that I\u2019ll work relentlessly to get his state what they need. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UBwH8DMep2\">pic.twitter.com\/UBwH8DMep2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 President Biden (@POTUS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS\/status\/1362620523495239681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cHe wants to go and show his support,\u201d Psaki stated. \u201cHe also is fully aware of the footprint of a president of the United States and everything that comes with that, traveling to a disaster area.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The White House said Biden has been in close contact with state and local officials in Texas to monitor recovery efforts. He also plans to visit a health care center where COVID-19 vaccines are being distributed.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/democrat-stimulus-bill-stuffed-liberal-fluff-says-senate-minority-leader-mcconnell\/\">Democrat Stimulus Bill Stuffed Liberal Fluff, Says Senate Minority Leader McConnell<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2274054,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1267438366-655x437.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Biden to visit Texas Friday in wake of devastating storms","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-164929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1267438366-655x437.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Biden to visit Texas Friday in wake of devastating storms","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164929\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2274054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}