First Lady Jill Biden spoke at a private Democratic National Committee (DNC) fundraiser on Saturday, discussing some of the challenges and frustrations she and her husband, President Joe Biden, have faced as the administration tries to dealt with a number of problems.
She said the president had to contend with a number of issues as president that hindered his ability to focus on other plans and goals, according to CNN.
“So many things have been thrown at him,” Jill Biden said while in Nantucket, Mass., the network reported. “Who would have even thought of what happened [with the Supreme Court overturning] Roe v. Wade? Well, maybe we saw it, but we still didn’t believe it. Gun violence in this country is absolutely horrific. We did not see the war in Ukraine coming.”
“[The President] he had so many hopes and plans for things he wanted to do, but every time he turned around, he had to deal with the problems of the moment,” CNN reported.
President Biden has suffered from declining approval ratings and has been embroiled in a plethora of domestic and international issues since taking office. These include a backlash against the military evacuation from Afghanistan, persistently high inflation and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. He has also faced infighting within his party that has at times hindered the ability to legislate on issues that are a priority for him.
Recent polls have also revealed that voters, including Democrats, are not very enthusiastic about Biden running for president in 2024, despite the White House saying he will run in the next election cycle.
That vote complicated an already challenging midterm environment for Democrats, who are bracing for losses in November. But Jill Biden didn’t sound fazed as she spoke at a DNC fundraiser about the pessimistic midterm results.
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“I know there are so many naysayers who say we’re going to get hammered in the midterms. Okay. Republicans work hard, stick together, for better or for worse. So we just have to work harder,” she said, according to CNN.
Still, Jill Biden revealed that she, too, has experienced her challenges as first lady.
“I was like, ‘Okay, I was second lady. I worked at community colleges. I worked on military families. I have worked on cancer. Those were to be my areas of focus. But then when we got [in the White House,] I had to be, with everything that was going on, the first lady of the moment,” said Jill Biden, CNN reported.
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