{"id":2284239,"date":"2024-06-26T19:00:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T23:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jill-biden-to-campaign-in-virginia-ahead-of-presidential-debate-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-06-26T19:01:44","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T23:01:44","slug":"jill-biden-to-campaign-in-virginia-ahead-of-presidential-debate-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jill-biden-to-campaign-in-virginia-ahead-of-presidential-debate-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Jill Biden to campaign in Virginia ahead of presidential debate &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fjill-biden-to-campaign-in-virginia-ahead-of-presidential-debate-washington-examiner%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=2284239&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--><p>First Lady Jill Biden is scheduled to visit Virginia Beach, Virginia, on Thursday, just ahead of the first 2024\u2064 presidential debate between her\u200c husband, President Joe Biden, and former President Donald\u200d Trump. Her visit includes a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-is-vile-biden-comes-under-fire-for-invoking-jesus-while-promoting-abortion\/\" title=\"Biden Criticized for Mentioning Jesus in Abortion Advocacy\">campaign organizing event<\/a> where she will meet volunteers and supporters before heading to Georgia for the debate in the afternoon.\u200d This visit coincides with the \u200cTrump campaign planning a large rally in Chesapeake, Virginia, the following day. The rally will feature Governor Glenn Youngkin\u200d (R-VA), who will\u2064 be joining Trump at the event. The attention on coastal Virginia highlights its significance in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-responds-to-top-dem-governors-criticism-reminds-him-where-he-sent-his-family-during-covid\/\" title=\"DeSantis Responds to Top Dem Governor's Criticism, Reminds Him Where He Sent His Family During COVID\">upcoming presidential campaign<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<p>First lady <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jill-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Jill Biden\">Jill Biden<\/a> is heading to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/virginia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Jill Biden\">Virginia Beach<\/a>, Virginia, on Thursday ahead of the first 2024 presidential <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/debates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"debate\">debate<\/a> between her husband, President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Biden\">Joe Biden<\/a>, and former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/olivialarinaldi\/status\/1805709850233507898\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"president's campaign\">president\u2019s campaign<\/a>, the first lady will stop by \u201ca campaign organizing event\u201d and greet volunteers and supporters. She will then head to Georgia for the debate Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The timing of the campaign stop comes just one day before the Trump campaign plans to hold a massive rally in Chesapeake, Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSwingy coastal #VA getting a lot of love from the presidential campaigns,\u201d <em>Virginia Times-Dispatch<\/em> columnist Jeff Schapiro <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RTDSchapiro\/status\/1805713613887619288\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"reacted\">reacted<\/a> to the back-to-back presidential campaign stops.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/glenn-youngkim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Glenn Youngkin\">Glenn Youngkin<\/a> (R-VA) will campaign with Trump at the rally planned at the Historic Greenbrier Farms on Friday, June 28.<\/p>\n<p>The former president and Youngkin met in person for the first time earlier this month at the Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia. The Republican governor has been rumored to be on Trump\u2019s list of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-either-have-laws-or-we-dont-have-laws-california-violated-its-election-laws-as-well-results-are-likely-invalid\/\" title=\"We Either Have Laws or We Don\u2019t Have Laws: California Violated Its Election Laws As Well \u2013 Results Are Likely Invalid\">vice presidential candidates<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Polling shows that Trump is gaining in polling over Joe Biden in the commonwealth. A recent Fox News poll conducted in early June showed the former president and Joe Biden tied at 48% among Virginia registered voters. The candidates were also tied in a Roanoke College poll <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/president\/general\/2024\/virginia\/trump-vs-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"conducted in May\">conducted in May<\/a>. The <em>RealClearPolitics<\/em> average of polls shows that Joe Biden is up by 2.2 points over Trump in Virginia, but in a matchup including third-party candidates, the <em><em>RealClearPolitics<\/em><\/em>  average shows that Joe Biden has a spread of 1.5 over Trump.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not only more expensive to live in Virginia thanks to Joe Biden, but also more deadly. Biden\u2019s pro-criminal and open border policies have caused a 22.8% increase in fentanyl overdoses from 2020-2021 and another 1,951 Virginians killed by fentanyl poisoning in 2022,\u201d the Trump campaign said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donaldjtrump.com\/news\/c8ff467e-4064-48a0-b463-1ee7214bac8f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"in a release\">in a statement<\/a>. \u201cVirginia, a place that President Trump loves, has been decimated by weak Joe Biden.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the first lady and Vice President Kamala Harris have been busy on the campaign trail, Joe Biden has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/24\/us\/politics\/biden-trump-debate-camp-david.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"reportedly\">reportedly<\/a> been hunkered down at Camp David in a \u201cmovie theater and an airplane hangar\u201d with lights and a stage to \u201ccreate a mock debate stage.\u201d He is working with \u201cat least 16 current and former aides\u201d to prepare him in debate \u201cstrategy sessions.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First Lady Jill Biden will visit Virginia Beach, Virginia, on Thursday before the initial 2024 presidential debate featuring President Joe Biden and ex-President Donald Trump. She plans to attend a campaign event, meet volunteers and supporters, and then continue her itinerary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2678,"featured_media":2284240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/jill-biden-white-house.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[4087,32945,5468],"class_list":["post-2284239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-campaign","tag-jill-biden","tag-virginia"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/jill-biden-white-house.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2284239","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\/2678"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2284239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2284239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2284240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2284239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2284239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2284239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}