Sen. Debbie Stabenow expresses support for President Joe Biden during first lady’s visit to Michigan

(3 Jul 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Middleville, Michigan – 3 July 2024
1. First lady Jill Biden and U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow are introduced to campers
2. Campers sing and dance
3. Biden and Stabenow pose for photos
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Debbie Stabenow, (D) Michigan:
“We shouldn't evaluate anything based on one debate. This is not about 90 minutes. It's about four years.”
5. Various of Biden during the speaking portion of the visit
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Jill Biden, US first lady:
“And I'm here today because my husband, President Biden, is helping to ease the stress of higher costs for parents in Michigan and across the country. And Joe believes that parents shouldn't have to worry about how they'll feed their children.”
7. Various of campers clapping and dancing
8. Biden speaks with a camper
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Debbie Stabenow, (D) Michigan:
“People are going to make their own choices independently. Having said that, I think we're going to have a strong Democratic showing this fall.”
10. Biden hugs a parent after being introduced
11. UPSOUND Biden tells campers that she’ll pass along to President Joe Biden (English) “a message that you’d like to give to him”
12. A camp counselor dances
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Debbie Stabenow, (D) Michigan:
“I'm appalled that we have a former president who's a convicted felon of 34 convictions, and there aren't editorial boards across this country -- the minute he was convicted -- calling for him to step down. I find that very disappointing.”
14. Biden thanks the audience and says goodbye, then leaves
STORYLINE:
Longtime Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow expressed her support for President Joe Biden on Wednesday, as first lady Jill Biden visited a children’s camp in battleground Michigan.

Asked by reporters about the president’s disappointing debate performance last week, Stabenow said: “We shouldn't evaluate anything based on one debate. This is not about 90 minutes. It's about four years.”

Jill Biden visited YMCA Camp Manitou-Lin in Middleville, Michigan, about 30 miles south of Grand Rapids on the west side of the state. The president’s wife was there to highlight programs the White House has implemented to help ensure children do not go hungry when school is out.

She did not take questions from the media.

Michigan is a key state to winning the White House, and Jill Biden and others close to the president have visited often in recent months.

“People are going to make their own choices independently. Having said that, I think we're going to have a strong Democratic showing this fall,” Stabenow said.

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