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DC: President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden sought out a deceased congresswoman during his remarks at a hunger conference Wednesday.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre later said Rep. Jackie Walorski was “top of mind” to Biden when he called out “Where’s Jackie?” Jean-Pierre did not acknowledge that Biden had misspoken during his remarks at the White House conference on hunger, nutrition and health when he looked around for Walorski.
The Indiana congresswoman was seen as a leader on the issue before she died in an August car crash. “Where’s Jackie?” Biden said, suggesting he expected her to be there.
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