Jill Biden Says Husband Joe Biden Sidetracked by Roe v Wade, Ukrainian War to Bring Progress in White House

By Mary Webber Jul 17 2022, 23:42 PM EDT

First Lady Jill Biden noted in a Democratic National Committee fundraising event that her husband, President Joe Biden, had been sidetracked by several issues when he got into office.

The Daily Mail reported that Jill said her husband "had so many hopes" for things he wanted to do. However, there were problems he had to address first at the moment.

Biden has faced Russia's war in Ukraine, the U.S. troops pullout from Afghanistan, as well as the Supreme Court's decision revoking Roe v Wade.

Jill said that nobody has ever thought about what happened with Supreme Court's ruling regarding Roe v. Wade while commenting on the gun violence in the country. The first lady also said that no one had seen the war in Ukraine happening.

She said that she, too, felt that she had been unexpectedly turned to other directions from the initial plans she laid out.

The first lady shared her sentiments on the overturn of Roe v. Wade, saying that protest is not enough, which goes against the president's statement, wherein he encouraged women to "keep protesting." Jill said she urged family members to think about more than protesting, according to a CNN report.

Jill's remarks came after a poll found that 64 percent of Democratic voters would want a candidate other than Biden in 2024.

Joe Biden's Chance in Election 2024

The New York Times reported that Biden has an alarming outlook from his own party, with voters nationwide giving him a 33 percent job-approval rating.

In addition, more than three-quarters of registered voters see the U.S. moving in the wrong direction.

Meanwhile, only 13% of American voters see the nation as being on the right track.

Meanwhile, Biden has an approval rating at his own party of around 70 percent, which is a "relatively low figure for a president."

Only 26% of Democratic voters think that they should renominate Biden in 2024. Younger voters were among those saying they wanted a different presidential candidate.

One in 10 voters cited that American democracy and political division are among the most urgent issue in the country.

In 2020, Biden won the Hispanic vote by 59 percent. However, a Quinnipiac Poll showed that Biden's rating among Hispanics plummeted to just 28 percent.

Jill Biden's Taco Gaffe

Jill Biden apologized for her taco remark, saying that Latinos are as "unique as breakfast tacos." The first lady was addressing Latinos in Texas when she made the taco gaffe, according to a BBC News report.

The National Association of Hispanic Journalists responded to her remark by saying, "we are not tacos."

Jill's press secretary released a tweet apologizing for the remark, saying that the first lady admires the Hispanic community.

Aside from her taco comparison, she also mispronounced the word "bodegas" as "bogedas." Bodegas is a Spanish term for convenience stores.

The group called on the first lady not to reduce them to stereotypes, adding that their culture is molded by different food cultures and food traditions.

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Written by: Mary Webber

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