On her second full day as First Lady of the United States of America, Dr. Jill Biden swung by the U.S. Capitol to deliver freshly baked chocolate chip cookies to members of the National Guard, and nobody is more upset about it than conservatives.
“I just wanted to come today to say thank you to all of you for keeping me and my family safe,” Dr. Biden told the troops after this week’s Inaugural events. “The White House baked you some chocolate chip cookies.”
Speaking to reporters later, she added, “The National Guard will always hold a special place in the hearts of all the Bidens,” invoking the memory of Beau Biden, who served in the National Guard from 2002 until his death in 2015.
First Lady Dr. Jill Biden visits National Guard troops outside the U.S. Capitol to give thanks and hand out cookies.
"Just wanted to say thank you from President Biden and from the entire Biden family." pic.twitter.com/6zRmK2KQJ8
— The Recount (@therecount) January 22, 2021
Jill Biden gives cookie basket to service members at U.S. Capitol pic.twitter.com/pgfrxGzuHF
— Chris Johnson (@chrisjohnson82) January 22, 2021
Naturally, conservatives are pissed about the whole thing…
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Then Jill Biden shows up today with a basket of chocolate chip cookies to give them. A damn cookie. 🖕you Jill Biden. 🤬
— Kat (@Katsparks1960) January 22, 2021
This is so stupid. These troops want to go home to their families, not have cookies! Jill Biden is a joke and embarrassment.
— IndependenceIsBliss (@IronMamba) January 22, 2021
Ah … just what our troops need … nicely wrapped candy. Thank you Jill Biden.
— Edward Quisenberry (@Insure_Ed) January 22, 2021
And now Dr. Jill Biden not MD is giving out cookies to the guard. Awww, I guess that fixes everything.
— Shaun Fitzpatrick (@jericho29) January 22, 2021
I truly hope Jill Biden enjoyed her photo op giving cookies to the troops today… which reminds me:
EVERY MILITARY DEATH and the mistreatment of our service members including what happened this week, will be and has been JOE BIDEN’S FAULT.
— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) January 22, 2021
The cookie basket delivery marked Dr. Biden’s first “official” outing as FLOTUS and offered a stark contrast to how her predecessor, Melania Trump, interacted with people assigned to help her.
CNN reports that Mrs. Trump wouldn’t even write her own thank you notes to White House staff before departing Wednesday morning, instead outsourcing the work to a lower level East Wing staffer, who was instructed to write the missives “in her voice.”
Mrs. Trump also broke a 100-year-old tradition when she refused to meet with Dr. Biden for tea and a tour of the White House family quarters. Although the Bidens’ daughter, Ashley, told Jenna Bush Hager on the TODAY show that her mother was “OK with it.”
According to her official White House bio, Dr. Biden plans to continue “her work for education, military families, and fighting cancer” as FLOTUS. She also plans to keep her job as a professor of writing at Northern Virginia Community College.
Graham Gremore is the Features Editor and a Staff Writer at Queerty. Follow him on Twitter @grahamgremore.
Mack
The comment above from Tim Young blaming President Biden for any death that happens to a member of the Military because they’re there says it all. If not for Donald J Trump’s mouth and action, they wouldn’t have to be there in the FIRST PLACE.
Cam
If Melania Trump raised her eyebrows at the troops conservatives would have been fawning about how wonderful she was.
SaintRock
If Melania Trump raised her SKIRT, conservatives would applaud Melania because she is the classiest First Lady ever according to GOP Conservatives and MAGATS
Max
the poor troop wouldn’t be there except for the insurrections earlier this month. and here conservatives are already on the attack, being petty as usual. their cries of asking for unity with the Dems in the aftermath were always fake. it’s what people that were responsible do when they don’t take responsibility — they ask others to do it with them so they are not solely at fault.
Invader7
It’s still WAY better than anything Melanoma & Agolf Twitterler did . Which is NOTHING. The Drumpfs DID nothing except disparage US troops and use them as campaign fodder. That’s how sleazy & slimy they are. Donald J Trump : DRAFT DODGER .CON Man. CRIMINAL…
Essie
Gosh, darn. You deliver delicious chocolate chip cookies to the military and get dragged for it. What a world we live in. It’s not Dr. Biden’s fault that these National Guard soldiers were sent to D.C. We know whose fault it is so these idiots need to just shut up.
LMG
She had intended to deliver freshly made Hamburgers to them all, but Lard Ass had taken all the meat and rolls in the WH kitchen with him when he left for Mar-a-Lago.
dhmonarch89
‘they want to go home….’ well, if you morons hadn’t stoked insurrection, they wouldn’t be needed there! Democrats and liberals just need to shout- ‘SHUT UP’ whenever conservatives, etc. start this kind of BS. I keep hearing how we’re supposed to taken into consideration the feelings and opinions of the 74 million Trump voters. Exactly when did they take into consideration the majority of voters- 65m, that voted for Hillary? (3 million more than Trump.) We- a majority, were told to shut up and go away.
blackhook
This…
Creamsicle
I kind of wish Dr. Biden would reply to all these mean tweets with “I don’t really care, do u?”
tjay7
Thank God we no longer have a First Lady who wears her inner thoughts on her outer wear.
Liquid Silver
I don’t. She has far too much class.
Liquid Silver
Well, it’s payback in full flower. Mind you, Melanoma never did anything nice, but Mrs. Bush got some of this treatment from Democrats, and she was hardly all bad. Her husband was awful, but Laura had the occasional moment of clarity.
Tacapollo
I’ve never had any issue with Laura, it was her husband. But after Trump, GW looks MUCH better….maybe even, gasp, Nixon too! LOL
Liquid Silver
@Tacapollo: I know, and it’s scary. Mind you, he’s still an incompetent boob, but he almost seems down homey. He never tried to take over the government, Tweet daily, lie at every press conference, call names constantly, gaslight an entire country, the list just goes on. I don’t want to see him on TV, but he doesn’t actively make me nauseous when I see his photo, either.
Laura was awfully cold, but knew what her job was and did it. Actually, that was about the same as Barbara.
Cam
Mrs. Bush was on the cover of Vogue and was the subject of fawning articles in most magazines.
Tacapollo
Well, if giving cookies is WORSE than not giving anything…Come to the Dark Side, We have cookies!
8millionandcounting
and we’re off………………………….
wikidBSTN
Dang! Why do conservatives INSIST on repeatedly showing everyone just how despicable they are?
We get it.
You’re selfish miserable human beings.
We get it!
Catholicslutbox
She should’ve called them “suckers and losers” and then called it a day.
Reps seem to love it when you trash the troops.
Vera Delmar
If Melania had passed out autographed photos of her in the nude all the conservatives would have exclaimed what a wonderful and caring First Lady she was watching out for the welfare of the National Guard members.
ScottOnEarth
Kindness, decency and democracy may have returned to the White House but there will always be evil, destructive, damaged people out there. The last four years have taught us that, more than anything.
cuteguy
Melania spreads her beaver and the GOP blindly calls her classy. Dr Biden delivers homemade cookies and they criticize her? I don’t get it.
basils_Herald
There are two wings to the GOP: the Tea Party and Grievance Politics
Doug
A lot of bitterness in those tweets.
Fname Optional Lname
Yes nothing Jill Biden does will ever compare to the “I don’t care, do you?” gift Melania bestowed upon the citizens of our country. Oh well there was also the “Be Best” gift that no one seemed to unwrap because they didn’t know what to do with it! P.S. homemade goods are cherished gold when you’re away from home, Jill knew how to bring a little bit of home to them and they were grateful
Ginger Tom
Sore losers crying MAGA tears.
Brian
Plenty of people predicted this. *Of course* conservatives would immediately start blaming Biden for everything… while also calling themselves “the party of personal responsibility.”
Similarly, House Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) is now blaming Joe Biden for the unemployment rate. She’s so stupid that she shouldn’t hold office anywhere, but her district is heavily red so she’s safe. Ugh.
Toofie
This is just petty nonsense. Had she not given out cookies, then they’d be tweeting “Why hasn’t Jill Biden supported our troops?”