Dr. Jill Biden will be attending the coronation. Her office also walked back her LSU comment

Dr. Jill Biden will be attending the coronation. Her office also walked back her LSU comment

Today's Jill Biden news includes two pieces. This is a crucial week for the First Lady. First, President Biden declined King Charles's invitation. Biden made the decision in a personal phone call to King Charles. The White House announced that Dr. Jill Biden, First Lady, would attend the Chubbly in President Biden's place. The United States will be represented by Jill Biden, first lady, at the coronation next month of King Charles III, President Joe Biden informed the royal during a Tuesday phone call. Biden stated that he was looking forward to meeting the U.K. king "at a later date",...

Today's Jill Biden news includes two pieces. This is a crucial week for the First Lady. First, President Biden declined King Charles's invitation. Biden made the decision in a personal phone call to King Charles. The White House announced that Dr. Jill Biden, First Lady, would attend the Chubbly in President Biden's place. The United States will be represented by Jill Biden, first lady, at the coronation next month of King Charles III, President Joe Biden informed the royal during a Tuesday phone call. Biden stated that he was looking forward to meeting the U.K. king "at a later date", the White House said. His wife also said that she "looks forward" to attending the event on behalf of the United States. According to the White House, the two discussed "strengthening the relationship between our nations and friendship between our peoples". The first lady and the president attended last year's London funeral for Elizabeth II. The British royal coronation has never been attended by any sitting president of the United States. [From The AP] Dr. Biden seems too important to be attending this stupid Struggle Chubbly. If the White House insists that President Biden declines the invitation, then surely the WH should send Pete Buttigieg instead. It's not FLOTUS and VPOTUS. Not after the palace allowed the British media to attack President Biden over the past four days. While Dr. Biden is still in the news, she has never received such negative press as this week. She spoke out about how much she enjoyed the NCAA women’s basketball final and asked for the opportunity to invite both the LSU Tigers winning team and the Iowa Hawkeyes losing team. It was a poor look, it was insensitive, and it seemed like Dr. Biden was trying to give white women a participation trophy. On Tuesday, Dr. Biden's staff began to retract her comments. They made it clear that only LSU Tigers were invited to the White House. Jill Biden, the first lady, appeared to back off suggestions that the White House might invite LSU and Iowa's women’s basketball teams. Angel Reese, Tigers star, called it "a joke" Monday. Biden spoke Monday and congratulated both the teams for Sunday's performance. He also highlighted Iowa's sportsmanship. Biden spoke at the Colorado State Capitol in Denver, saying, "Last evening, I attended NCAA women's basketball championship." "So, I know that we'll have champions arrive at the White House. We always do. We hope LSU will be there, but Joe Biden should know that I think Iowa should also come because they played such an excellent game. The White House invites national champions as a tradition, but not the runners-up. Reese tweeted a link to the story which included Biden's comments, calling it "A JOKE" along with three rolling-on-floor-laughing emojis. Reese, recently crowned NCAA champion, commented on an Instagram post by 'The Shade Room' that included Reese’s tweet. period." Vanessa Valdivia, the press secretary of the first lady, sought clarification on Tuesday's comments by Biden. She stated in a tweet that the tweets were meant to "applaud the historic game" and all female athletes. She is looking forward to celebrating LSU Tigers' win at the White House. Prior to Valdivia's clarifications, ESPN host Stephen A. Smith had echo Reese’s sentiments, responding to Reese tweet by saying: "I mean absolutely no disrespect to the First lady, but you're 1000% right. [From CNN] We can do two things simultaneously: Call out Jill Biden, for suggesting that while it would suffice to recognize the Tigers' predominantly-Black team, that the Hawkeyes must also include the Hawkeyes' white women; but also acknowledge that Jill Biden's remarks were made in the moment and likely stemmed from her desire to praise all the young women who are amazing. She is a professo...