Dr. McB reminds Democrats that she, not voters, ‘will decide our future’

Published July 4, 2024 9:40pm ET



While her husband was holed up in Camp David as Democratic Party kingmakers worked overtime to resuscitate his imploding reelection bid, first lady Jill Biden reminded the world that she is indeed the power behind the throne and, more importantly, why she will push the president, come hell or high water, to Election Day.

In her third Vogue magazine cover since Joe Biden‘s inauguration, beating the First Lady record previously set by Michelle Obama, a monochromatic Dr. McB stares off contentedly into the distance, like an airbrushed Lenin or designer-dud-clad Mao. Days after former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton made clear that Democrats are stuck with the incumbent even after a debate performance that can be mostly kindly described as a borderline medical emergency, the first lady in white is embossed with her own sordid reminder: “WE WILL DECIDE OUR FUTURE.”

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