{"id":2285857,"date":"2024-06-29T13:58:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-29T17:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jill-biden-remains-joes-biggest-supporter-and-the-only-one-who-matters-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-06-29T14:01:20","modified_gmt":"2024-06-29T18:01:20","slug":"jill-biden-remains-joes-biggest-supporter-and-the-only-one-who-matters-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jill-biden-remains-joes-biggest-supporter-and-the-only-one-who-matters-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Jill Biden remains Joe\u2019s biggest supporter \u2014 and the only one who matters &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">32<\/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-remains-joes-biggest-supporter-and-the-only-one-who-matters-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=2285857&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>After a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cuomos-new-york-has-the-worst-economic-rebound-in-the-nation-slowing-other-states-recoveries\/\" title=\"Cuomo\u2019s New York Has The Worst Economic Rebound In The Nation, Slowing Other States\u2019 Recoveries\">disappointing performance<\/a> in a recent debate, \u200bdiscussions about President Joe Biden potentially stepping down from\u2063 his reelection\u200c campaign have surfaced among\u200d Democratic strategists, media personalities,\u2064 and former staffers. Even \u200dthe New York Times\u2019 editorial board suggested that Biden should end his presidential bid. However, Biden&#8217;s key supporters,\u2064 particularly his wife, Jill \u200bBiden, remain steadfast. Despite calls from various quarters for him to withdraw, Biden is likely to continue his campaign, with decisions largely influenced by his immediate family circle, including\u2064 his sister Valerie Biden Owen and friend Ted\u2062 Kaufman. His decision to run for a second term was made \u2062primarily within his family, driven by the belief that \u2063he is the best candidate to\u200c defeat Donald \u200bTrump again. Despite \u2064his age and concerns over his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-christie-attempts-to-spin-vicious-booing-he-received-at-debate-but-cnn-host-seems-unconvinced\/\" title=\"Chris Christie tries to downplay debate booing, but CNN host remains skeptical.\">debate \u200dperformance<\/a>,\u200c where he appeared frail and lost his train of thought, Jill Biden\u2019s support is unwavering. After the debate, the couple continued their schedule, indicating Jill&#8217;s ongoing commitment to her husband\u2019s career.  <\/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>\n<p>After Thursday&rsquo;s debate, Democratic strategists, media personalities and former staffers were floating the idea of President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> stepping down from the campaign. On Friday night, the<em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york-times\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>New York Times<\/a><\/em>&lsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-host-says-conservatives-are-demonizing-immigrants-as-diseased-covid-spreaders-here-are-some-facts\/\" title=\"CNN Host Says Conservatives Are \u2018Demonizing Immigrants As Diseased\u2019 COVID Spreaders. Here Are Some Facts.\">editorial board called<\/a> for Biden to end his bid for presidency. The one person who has stayed in his corner is also the person most likely to have more influence than anyone else &mdash; his wife, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Jill-Biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Jill Biden<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While the Democratic party struggles to remain composed with the threat of losing the presidency, and possibly down ballot House and Senate races due to Biden&rsquo;s subpar debate performance revealing his frail and aging condition; Joe Biden will not succumb to outside calls for him to end his presidential run.<\/p>\n<p>If Biden were to end his reelection bid, it would be a decision he&rsquo;d make with his sister Valerie Biden Owen, and his longtime adviser and friend Ted Kaufman, but above all it is his wife Jill&rsquo;s opinion which carries the most weight, according to Axios&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/06\/29\/biden-debate-replace-advisers?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosam&amp;stream=top\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>reporting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Biden&rsquo;s decision to run for a second term, which would see him reach 86 years old at its cessation, did not include a formal organized process including trusted advisers and political strategists. It was a decision made just by him and his family, with the understanding that Biden had the best shot of defeating Donald Trump in the general election for a second time.<\/p>\n<p>And in spite of Biden&rsquo;s disastrous debate showing, which included lost trains of thought and eyes glazed over, Jill remains all in.<\/p>\n<p>After assisting Biden off stage, the couple attended a watch party hosted by their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>campaign<\/a> in which she praised her husband for doing the bare minimum.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You answered every question, you knew all the facts,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;And what did Trump do?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Lie!&rdquo; the crowd shouted.<\/p>\n<p>And at a rally in Raleigh, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/North-Carolina\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>North Carolina<\/a>, the next day, Jill addressed Biden&rsquo;s performance noting that he&rsquo;s not a young man.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;&#8203;&#8203;I said, &lsquo;Look, Joe, we are not going to let 90 minutes define the four years that you&rsquo;ve been president,&rsquo;&rdquo; she said.&nbsp; &ldquo;What my husband does know how to do is tell the truth. When he gets knocked down, Joe gets back up, and that&rsquo;s what we&rsquo;re doing today.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He wants to win and she wants that for him, and for the country,&rdquo; Elizabeth Alexander, Jill Biden&rsquo;s communication director, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/28\/us\/politics\/jill-biden-says-she-reassured-the-president-in-the-moments-after-a-dismal-debate.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>told<\/a> the <em>New York Times<\/em>. &ldquo;She&rsquo;s his biggest supporter and champion, because she believes in him, and she fears for the future of our country if it goes the other way.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, others see the first lady&rsquo;s encouragement for her husband as something worse.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What Jill Biden and the Biden campaign did to Joe Biden tonight &mdash; rolling him out on stage to engage in a battle of wits while unarmed &mdash; is elder abuse, plain and simple,&rdquo; Rep. Harriet M. Hageman (R-WY)&nbsp;wrote in a social media post.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After Thursday&#8217;s debate, discussions emerged among Democratic strategists, media figures, and ex-staffers about President Joe Biden potentially exiting the campaign. By Friday, the New York Times editorial board urged Biden to cease his presidential run. Despite this, one steadfast supporter remains firmly in his corner<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2542,"featured_media":2285858,"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\/BIden-Jill-post-debate-1.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[32945,32320,5894,5557,32076],"class_list":["post-2285857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-jill-biden","tag-joe-biden","tag-politics","tag-supporter","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/BIden-Jill-post-debate-1.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2285857","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\/2542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2285857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2285857\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2285858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2285857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2285857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2285857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}