{"id":1845009,"date":"2023-02-13T10:05:46","date_gmt":"2023-02-13T15:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1845009"},"modified":"2023-02-13T10:08:46","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T15:08:46","slug":"biden-hosts-governors-at-white-house-for-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-hosts-governors-at-white-house-for-dinner\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Hosts Governors at White House for Dinner"},"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\">16<\/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-hosts-governors-at-white-house-for-dinner%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=1845009&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-->\n<p>WASHINGTON\u2014President Joe Biden, hosting both Republican and Democratic governors for a black-tie affair at the White House, raised his glass for a toast.<\/p>\n<p>Standing beneath a portrait by Abraham Lincoln, he encouraged the people to recall who they were. \u201cWe\u2019re the United States of America. We can get big things done if we do it together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCheers!\u201d The crowd responded, and the clinking of glasses rippled around the State Dining Room.<\/p>\n<p>Biden hosted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-dinner\">Dinner<\/a> The dinner was held at the White House by members of the National Governors Association for the first-ever time under his administration. It\u2019s usually a tradition, but the dinner was held last year at Mount Vernon, George Washington\u2019s Virginia estate, and virtually in 2021 because of COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>Federal leaders appeared as divided as ever as the House&#8217;s new Republican majority sought to avoid a dangerous debt ceiling showdown.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday at the White House, though, the message was togetherness\u2014and not just because the room was tightly packed with governors, spouses, and Cabinet members. Biden and both associations\u2019 leaders, Republican Gov. Spencer Cox from Utah and Democratic Governor. Phil Murphy, New Jersey&#8217;s Democratic Governor, spoke out about the need for people to come together and improve the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think when we work together it works,\u201d Biden said, adding he\u2019d work to be a little more bipartisan and praised the work of the governors.<\/p>\n<p>The purple velvet tablecloths were used (wink wink at bipartisanship), and china bearing the presidential seal was used. Large floral centerpieces in white or pink were also used.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5051949\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/02\/12\/Joe-Biden-2-e1676225750292.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy wp-image-5051949 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/themes\/eet\/images\/white.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Joe-Biden-2-e1676225750292-1200x800-1.jpg\" alt=\"Biden Governors\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\"   style=\"display:none\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5051949 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Joe-Biden-2-e1676225750292-1200x800-1.jpg\" alt=\"Biden Governors\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> After a dinner reception hosted by the governors and spouses on February 11, 2023, President Joe Biden arrives at the White House East Room. (Manuel Balce Ceneta\/AP Photo).<\/figure>\n<p>Cabinet members were mixed in with governors wearing ball gowns, tuxedos and sparkles. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was seated next to Gina Raimondo, Commerce Secretary. Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, New York Gov. Both Kathy Hochul and Vice President Kamala Harris sat next to each other. The Republican Governors were not far from the scene. Bill Lee of Tennessee, Doug Burgum from North Dakota.<\/p>\n<p>First Lady Jill Biden held a service project event earlier Saturday for spouses, but she had to skip a Friday event because she wasn\u2019t feeling well. She was negative for COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>Biden, who does not drink, gave the toast with his left hand, explaining he\u2019d been told by his grandfather that that\u2019s just what you did when you don\u2019t have alcohol in the glass. Cox, who also doesn\u2019t drink, did the same when he toasted, telling the room it was ginger ale.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s symbolic to have Republicans and Democrats breaking bread together,\u201d Cox stated. \u201cThis is what is missing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I believe that the people of our country, at least the exhausted majority, wants us to be doing more of this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cox thanked Biden, the first lady, and Murphy before introducing Murphy. Murphy joked that he definitely had his glass in his right-hand. He claimed that party affiliations were more important than their shared moniker. \u201cAmericans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After dinner, guests went into the East Room to hear Brad Paisley perform the song. \u201cAmerican Saturday Night\u201d Other tunes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON\u2014President Joe Biden, hosting both Republican and Democratic governors for a black-tie affair at the White House, raised his glass for a toast. 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