Less than three months after her husband was in town to tie Florida’s six-week abortion ban to Donald Trump—and less than two weeks after his disastrous debate performance—Dr. Jill Biden was in Tampa last Monday to say that President Joe Biden is “all in” on his race for re-election.

And despite growing calls for Joe to make way for someone else, the First Lady used her time in front of supporters at Seminole Heights’ American Legion post to focus instead on Trump’s disparaging remarks about prisoners of war (who he reportedly called “losers” and “suckers”) and continue hammering on messaging that democracy won’t survive “a Trump presidency with virtually no limits.”

Still, the politicos in attendance were “more boisterous and energetic than when Joe Biden last appeared in Tampa in late April,” according to the Florida Phoenix.

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Dr. Jill Biden at the American Legion Seminole Post 111 in Tampa, Florida on July 8, 2024. Credit: Photo by Kimberly DeFalco
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Dr. Jill Biden at American Legion Seminole Post 111 in Tampa, Florida on July 8, 2024. Credit: Photo by Kimberly DeFalco
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Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...