The wife of US President Joe Biden, Jill, found herself in an awkward position, delivering a bombastic speech on US unity at the Reagan Institute in Washington. How write in the New York Post, the place where, according to the calculation of the first lady, applause should have been waiting for her, the audience simply missed.

“I have visited the red (Republican) and blue (Democratic) states and found that the common values ​​that unite us run deeper than our differences.” – said the President’s wife.

Then Biden “for a moment” fell silent, and then “with surprise” said that she expected to hear applause in this place.

“I thought you could clap about it,” she said, drawing laughter from the audience.

The publication noted that the incident is reminiscent of the situation with the “desperate” Republican Jeb Bush, who during the 2016 presidential campaign “with a mixture of politeness and irritation” called the audience to applause when his “loud” phrase was met with silence.

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