President Joe Biden, who has spent almost a quarter of the year so far in a private state home, is currently on vacation in Delaware for 10 days.
The Daily Caller analyzed Biden’s 2023 disclosure schedule and found that he spent 48 full or partial days at one of his Delaware properties, spending 22.7% of the calendar year so far. turned out to be occupied.
The president usually leaves the White House on Friday and returns on Sunday evening or Monday morning. Nicknamed “Amtrak Joe” since his Senate days, he has a history of returning to his hometown where he lived for many years.
Hunter Biden was seen lounging on the beach Sunday, days after he spent a week dodging questions from the press about his court appearances related to tax fraud. On Monday, he rode a bike with First Lady Jill Biden. On the same day, his son’s former business associate Devon Archer testified before the House Oversight Committee on allegations of corrupt foreign trade. (Related: Biden exhaustion Almost 40of 2022 in Delaware, Camp David, or on vacation)
The White House has insisted Biden has the right to spend time with his family and work from anywhere.
US President Joe Biden heads into his car after spending time on the beach in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, July 30, 2023 (Photo: Jim Watson/AFP) (Photo: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)
“It didn’t include the number of times the president went to Delaware, and when he went to South Carolina in August, we made it very clear that the president was going to spend time with his family. That’s what every president does, and it’s not uncommon, it’s not uncommon, and a president has the right to spend time with his family like any other American across the country,” said White House press secretary Carine Jean-Pierre. said in September 2022.
“It’s related to a trip he took to Delaware. You see, the way we see it, a president can be president anywhere. He can — he can work from his mansion.” Yes, he can work from the Oval Office, he can work from Delaware,” said Jean-Pierre. Added at the time.
Top Shot – U.S. First Lady Jill Biden and U.S. President Joe Biden biking through Gordon’s Pond State Park in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, July 31, 2022 (Photo Credit: Jim Watson/AFP) (Photo Credit: Jim Watson/AFP, Getty Images)
Presidents have also taken vacations throughout their administrations, with former President Donald Trump frequently visiting Mar-a-Lago and New Jersey. October 2022, CNN report Over the same period, Mr. Biden outpaced Mr. Trump in vacation time.
White House deputy press secretary Andrew Bates told Kohler, “This is the latest evidence that Bidennomics is rebuilding the middle class and effectively growing the economy, and Republican officials say Biden They want to talk about anything but the president’s track record.” The President of the United States is always at work, whether it’s representing the country abroad or taking a short trip to Delaware, just 160 miles from the White House. Since serving in his first U.S. Senate, Joe Biden has promised that he will not lose touch with his roots and what real Americans feel outside of Washington, DC. These critics may be one of a strange little group of people who think they know more about Swamp than where they came from, but they’re the exception that proves the rule. ”
Biden’s vacation is also in the middle of his 2024 re-election campaign. Biden’s campaign headquarters is in Wilmington, Delaware, but no public plans have yet been announced for what Mr. Biden will do during the holidays.
The Biden campaign did not respond to inquiries from the Daily Caller.
