In response to inquiries concerning the use of resources and aircraft fuel, the White House said that President Joe Biden’s use of Air Force One to cast his vote in Wilmington on Tuesday was an exercise of his constitutional right.
According to White House Press Secretary Karine-Jean Pierre, the president used the opportunity to visit poll workers who had been “under threat.”
While questioned why Biden didn’t just cast an absentee or early ballot in person when he was in Wilmington only last weekend, she responded with both justifications in answer to queries about his trip.
Therefore, every American has a sacred and guaranteed right to cast a ballot, as you are aware.
On Wednesday night, the President and other Delawareans exercised that privilege, she remarked from Air Force One as it flew to Detroit.
The President, as you are aware, has a very busy schedule. He serves as the country’s president. He found that casting his ballot on Tuesday, rather than yesterday, was ideal.
As I just indicated, he believed it was crucial to utilise his constitutional right to vote in order to set an example for others and demonstrate the significance of voting.
He also got the chance to greet and thank poll workers for their hard work.
And we know how under attack poll workers have been these last several years,” she said, making reference to demonstrations and altercations outside polling places in the wake of allegations of fraud by supporters of the late President Donald Trump.
She said that returning home to cast a ballot in the municipal elections was “not uncommon.” And he believed it was crucial to act yesterday.
She was also questioned about the surprise element of the trip and the reason Biden didn’t make a bigger public spectacle out of it.
“Look, for years the President has been voting in Delaware.” And it was crucial to take this action. He made sure to cast his ballot yesterday since he wouldn’t miss the chance. For him, that is not uncommon. He has repeatedly done it for many years.
I believe that the President voting sends a very powerful statement to the American people, she said.
The Democratic primary in the state, where the lone competitive race includes a convicted felon, was held in Wilmington on Tuesday night. Biden and the first lady Jill Biden made an unscheduled excursion back there to cast their votes.
The Bidens arrived at The Tatnall School holding hands to cast their votes.
The location where Marine One takes off was still set-up for the previous celebration commemorating the Inflation Reduction Act, so the White House didn’t make the announcement that the Bidens were making the trip until after the convoy had moved off of the South Lawn’s driveway.
The White House omitted a justification for the trip, but the president made it clear to reporters on the runway at Joint Base Andrews: “To vote!”
A convicted felon is running for state auditor of Delaware, and she has a prominent photo of Biden on her website.
After a jury convicted Kathleen McGuiness guilty of three misdemeanour counts in July – conflict of interest, official misconduct, and violation with state procurement law – she is now facing a challenge from Lydia York.
Democrat John Carney, the state’s governor, is prepared to fire McGuiness when she is sentenced, but if she triumphs in Tuesday’s primary and general election, she might reclaim her position.
On felony theft and intimidation counts, the jury acquitted McGuiness.
According to Delaware’s Cape Gazette, it was the first time a sitting elected official had ever been found guilty.
The accusations originate from McGuiness employing her daughter and paying her into a joint bank account at a time when workers had quit the government over reduced hours.
By awarding a company named My Campaign Group a no-bid contract when she shouldn’t have, McGuiness violated state procurement regulations. Prosecutors contend that the receipts were set up in this manner to escape penalties.
The joint back account that McGuiness and her daughter used, which was discovered to be a beginning bank account that parents often create for their children, was the basis for the felony theft accusation.
The claims that McGuiness harassed workers who objected to the employment of her daughter and her daughter’s friend led to felony intimidation charges.
McGuiness has a photo of herself and Biden standing together as he enjoys an ice cream cone on the first page of her campaign website.
York, McGuiness’ Democratic opponent, has been actively involved in Delaware politics recently and would be the third person of colour to occupy a statewide elected position.
York would succeed current Democratic Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester and Treasurer Chip Flowers.
Before boarding Air Force One to go back to Washington, D.C., the Bidens waited on the ground in Delaware for slightly over an hour.