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The President of the United States, Joe Biden, Began his day on Saturday with conversations with citizens, in which he called a woman who lost her job due to the pandemic, with the aim of staging her “direct” contact with her compatriots.
“Today, the White House is launching a new action for the president to communicate directly, on a regular basis, with the Americans,” their intelligence services announced.
Last year, Michele lost her job due to the pandemic. I recently called him to hear his story and talk about how my American rescue plan will help families like yours. pic.twitter.com/SAqM2GytPf
– President Biden (@POTUS) February 6, 2021
Because of covid-19, these conversations took the form of a phone call from the oval office to Michele, a mother of Roseville, California, who lost his job in a start-up due to the economic crisis caused by the pandemic.
This woman had written to Joe Biden to talk about this “difficult period” and his search for a new job.
“As my father always said, a job is much more than a salary. It is a matter of dignity, of respect“Place in society,” the 78-year-old president told him by phone, according to the video released Saturday at the White House.
The Democratic leader also took the opportunity to promote with her the $ 1.9 trillion stimulus plan his party is preparing to pass in Congress, despite the lack of support from Republicans, as well as the vaccination campaign he has promised.
“We are so happy that they are taking care of this,” Michele replied, the surname was not disclosed, who also explained that his parents they had just been cited for vaccination against covid-19.
With these communication actions, Biden aims to emphasize his empathy and mark the break with his predecessor, Donald Trump, accused by his detractors of being disinterested in the fate of the millions of Americans affected by the health and economic crisis.
The president’s calls are intended to be a modern version, in the age of social media, of the famous radio conversations by the fire inaugurated in the 1930s by his former predecessor. Franklin Delano Roosevelt to enter American homes.
Trump sporadically resumed this tradition in the form of videos recorded and posted on Facebook.
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