President Biden tours Michigan cherry farm during stop in Michigan
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President Joe Biden eats a freshly picked cherry from a bucket while meeting with workers as he tours King Orchards fruit farm with Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., and Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., right, Saturday, July 3, 2021, in Central Lake, Mich. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Posted at 7:55 PM, Jul 03, 2021
and last updated 2021-07-03 19:55:26-04
(WXYZ) â President Joe Biden stayed mum on policy during a Saturday trip to Michigan, focusing instead on cherries â and cherry pie and cherry ice cream â and voters who were mask-free as coronavirus restrictions have eased. It had all the hallmarks of a campaign stop that he couldnât make last year.
Updated Biden goes in for cherries on campaign-style Michigan trip
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) President Joe Biden stayed mum on policy during a Saturday trip to Michigan, focusing instead on cherries and cherry pie and cherry ice cream and voters who were mask-free as coronavirus restrictions have eased. It had all the hallmarks of a campaign stop that he couldn’t make last year.
Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer greeted Biden when he arrived midday in Traverse City, which is hosting the National Cherry Festival, an event that attracted Presidents Herbert Hoover and Gerald Ford in the past.
They skipped the festival, however, in favor of a cherry farm in nearby Antrim County, where Biden pitched his immigration plans when chatting with two couples from Guatemala who were picking fruit. He then greeted a long line of enthusiastic supporters stretched out behind a rope.
THE PRESIDENT: Sure. (Laughter.)
THE PRESIDENT: Yeah.
THE PRESIDENT: We’re not sure if it’s the Russians.
Q Okay with this most
THE PRESIDENT: (Inaudible.) I got a brief on the as I was on the plane, that’s why I was late getting off the plane. I got a brief, and
Q Do you know who it might be, sir?
THE PRESIDENT: I’ll be in better shape to talk to you about it hang on a second.
I’ll tell you what they sent me okay? that the idea first of all, we’re not sure who it is for certain, number one. And what I did, I directed the full resources of the of the government to assist in the response if we determine
Biden Goes for Cherries Not Speeches on Campaign-style Michigan Trip
Voice of America
04 Jul 2021, 09:35 GMT+10
TRAVERSE CITY, MICH. - President Joe Biden focused on cherries Saturday during a trip to Michigan - and cherry pie and cherry ice cream - and voters who were mask-free as coronavirus restrictions have eased. It had all the hallmarks of a campaign stop that he couldn t make last year.
Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer greeted Biden when he arrived midday in Traverse City, which is hosting the National Cherry Festival, an event that attracted Presidents Herbert Hoover and Gerald Ford in the past.
They skipped the festival in favor of a cherry farm in nearby Antrim County, where Biden pitched his immigration plans while chatting with two couples from Guatemala who were picking fruit. He then greeted a long line of enthusiastic supporters stretched out behind a rope.
THE PRESIDENT: Sure. (Laughter.)
THE PRESIDENT: Yeah.
THE PRESIDENT: We’re not sure if it’s the Russians.
Q Okay with this most
THE PRESIDENT: (Inaudible.) I got a brief on the as I was on the plane, that’s why I was late getting off the plane. I got a brief, and
Q Do you know who it might be, sir?
THE PRESIDENT: I’ll be in better shape to talk to you about it hang on a second.
I’ll tell you what they sent me okay? that the idea first of all, we’re not sure who it is for certain, number one. And what I did, I directed the full resources of the of the government to assist in the response if we determine