Biden kicks off Easter egg roll with talk of re-election bid
- US president, hosting Monday’s festivities on White House South Lawn, said he plans to participate in ‘at least 3 or 4 more Easter egg rolls, maybe 5’
- He was alluding to his expected re-election bid but when pressed, said what he has often said; he is ‘planning on running but not prepared to announce it yet’
Not even the annual White House Easter Egg Roll is safe from presidential politics.
President Joe Biden, the host of Monday’s festivities on the South Lawn, said he plans to participate in “at least three or four more Easter egg rolls, maybe five”.
Biden was alluding to his expected re-election bid but when pressed for news by Al Roker of NBC’s Today show, the president gave no ground. He repeated what he has been saying for months.
“I’m planning on running, Al, but we’re not prepared to announce it yet,” Biden told Roker.
After making an early appearance on the lawn to speak with Roker after the gates opened at 7am, Biden, 80, and first lady Jill Biden were also due to address the crowd from the White House balcony before joining the “egg-citement”.
Some 30,000 people, mostly children, were expected, in nine waves of participants, ending at 7pm.
