Maybe she wanted to signal to Black Americans that President Biden was serious when he said his administration would not abandon them. The coronavirus pandemic has shuttered nearly half of the country’s Black-owned small businesses — well over twice the rate of their White-owned counterparts. The Sweet Lobby on Capitol Hill, meanwhile, is still feeling the bump two weeks after Biden’s visit. ADADIt was Jan. 29 when the Secret Service, and then Jill Biden, came in and spent $95.23 on newspapers and magazines. He says he believes Jill Biden’s aides “do their homework, and she is asking them to lead her to a place to spend her two dollars that means something,” he says.

Source: Washington Post March 01, 2021 11:00 UTC