President Joe Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden touched down in Los Angeles on a gray and windy Saturday afternoon to engage in a time-honored campaign tradition: courting celebrities in the hopes of gaining the support of their fans.
Air Force One touched down at LAX at 3:25 p.m. on Saturday, ahead of schedule, after departing from Philadelphia hours earlier. Biden headed for the airport Saturday morning after speaking to supporters at his campaign headquarters in Delaware. On Friday, Biden and first lady Jill Biden joined grieving families at Dover Air Force Base to witness the return of three American service members killed in last weekend’s drone attack in Jordan.
During their brief, less than 24-hour L.A. trip, the Bidens planned to meet with Black leaders in the entertainment industry to talk about the important role they can play in the upcoming election, Deadline reported Friday, as well as other campaign-related stops in the Southland.
The President was greeted by Sen. Alex Padilla and Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Hawthorne. He paused to snap a selfie with Waters’ sister, Karen Waters, and spent about five minutes chatting with Padilla’s 9-year-old son, Diego, before boarding the M1 helicopter and departing for Santa Monica airport around 3:45 p.m.
The First Lady joined the motorcade and headed to her own event.
“I’d say its time for the election and all the campaigning to really ramp up,” said Scott Donaldson, a Biden supporter flying to Atlanta who saw the president touch down.
There were no protesters on the tarmac. However, reporters travelling with the president’s motorcade from Santa Monica Airport to a campaign meeting in Bel Air observed at list six vehicles with large Palestinian flags. Some passengers were hanging out the windows to wave them as the motorcade drove by, according to pool reports.
While the Bidens’ visit takes advantage of the even greater-than-normal concentration of entertainers and music’s behind-the-scenes…
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