First lady Dr. Jill Biden will make a two-day, four-state blitz next week as part of the administration’s “Investing in America” tour, offering a preview of how she could be deployed in a possible reelection bid.
The first lady will travel to Colorado and Michigan, a key battleground state, on Monday followed by stops in Maine and Vermont on Wednesday where she will also be joined by Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, a White House official previewing the trip told CNN.
In Vermont, she will appear with the state’s Republican Gov. Phil Scott, the official said, marking her latest effort to focus on issues that can draw bipartisan support. The first lady will also be joined by Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and Maine Gov. Janet Mills, both Democrats, in each of their respective states along with state and city officials.
During each of her stops, the first lady will tap into her own experience as an educator as she promotes how introducing high school and community college students to career-connected learning and workforce training programs helps prepare them for future jobs.
“President Biden and his administration are creating millions of jobs in infrastructure, clean energy, and manufacturing. These positions pay well. And many of them require associate degrees, certificates, or other hands-on instruction, not four years of college,” the first lady is expected to say over the course of her trip, according to an official previewing her remarks.
The first lady’s travel comes as the White House looks to tout President Joe Biden’s legislative accomplishments ahead of a likely reelection campaign, an endeavor the first lady has previously told CNN she is “all for.”
The president, first lady, Vice President Kamala Harris, and nearly a dozen Cabinet officials are expected to fan out across more than 20 states during the three-week…
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