The President and First Lady departed Los Angeles for Las Vegas on Sunday afternoon after a one-day whirlwind trip focused on gaining the support of the key Black movers and shakers, many of them pivotal players in the entertainment industry.
The First Lady spoke on Saturday evening at the glitzy Fifteen Percent Pledge Gala, an event dedicated to promoting Black businesses that had a strict Black tie, Black designer dress code. She used her platform to highlight how the Biden administration is working to promote economic equity and dismantle racial barriers to accessing capital.
“The average Black family’s worth at birth is a small fraction of a white family’s,” she said. “We’re all here because we know the branches of social justice are interwoven with those of economic justice.”
The President, meanwhile, attended a campaign meeting in Bel Air. During his trip, he planned to speak with Black leaders in key show business roles about how they can use their sway to mobilize voters, Deadline reported Friday.
On the way to LAX on Sunday morning, pool reporters said the president stopped at the Ivy restaurant to visit with his son, Hunter, and Hunter’s youngest son, Beau. Last month, Hunter Biden pleaded not guilty in an L.A. courtroom to federal tax charges filed after a plea agreement fell apart.
Biden also paused briefly to visit with diners at the restaurant.
President Biden’s visit to L.A. took advantage of the extra-large concentration of celebrities in town for Sunday evening’s Grammys celebration. While the President and First Lady did not plan to attend the event, the reelection campaign purchased commercial time during the televised broadcast, Deadline reported.
The president’s Sunday afternoon campaign event will was planned in Las Vegas’ majority-Black Historic Westside. After departing L.A., the president and first lady touched down about 2 p.m. at Harry Reid International Airport, where they were greeted by Rep….
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