First lady Jill Biden said Americans are able to “breathe” again because of how her husband handled the pandemic and got “shots in everybody’s arms” — but she neglected to mention the Trump administration’s Operation Warp Speed, which provided those vaccines.
“When I travel around the country now, I feel as though people can breathe again,” Biden said in a lengthy profile in Vogue accompanying her August cover.
“I think that’s part of the reason Joe was elected. People wanted someone to come in and heal this nation, not just from the pandemic, which I feel Joe did by, you know, getting shots in everybody’s arms. But also … he’s just a calmer president. He lowers the temperature.”
While on the campaign trail, she said she felt people across the United States were on edge.
“During the campaign, I felt so much anxiety from people; they were scared,” said Biden.
The glowing cover of the magazine, released Tuesday, reads, “Dr. Jill Biden: A First Lady for All of Us.”
In the more than 6,000-word effusive profile, Biden is described as “shy,” “always laughing,” a “joy multiplier,” and a “key player” in the Biden administration.
“It’s hard to imagine Joe doing this without her,” gushed Washington Post reporter Mary Jordan about the first lady.
Biden is also described comforting a “nervous” Albuquerque woman who was about to receive a vaccine.
“Look at me,” Biden told her, according to Vogue. “It doesn’t hurt. Really. It’s mostly in your head.”