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Jill Biden is hot on the campaign trail, while the president's approval lacks

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Jill Biden is a sought-after headliner on the midterm campaign trail in a way her husband, the president, is not.

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

President Biden goes to Florida today to campaign for Democrats² in the midterms. This past weekend, though, he was at home in Delaware, and his wife, Jill Biden, was the one with the packed campaign schedule. Here's NPR White House correspondent Tamara Keith.

TAMARA KEITH, BYLINE³: It's late afternoon on Long Island, N.Y., and first lady Jill Biden is at her fifth political event of the weekend. She starts her stump⁴ speech with something a lot of people can relate to.

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JILL BIDEN: I'm a teacher, as well as a mom and a nana. So I stay organized, and I run my life by to-do list.

KEITH: It's a thread that runs through Biden's remarks. Here she was on Saturday in New Hampshire.

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BIDEN: This is an enormous race, but it comes down to things as small as saying to that mom or student or grocery store clerk, put the word vote in big, bold letters at the top of your to-do list.

KEITH: The first lady is one of the administration's most requested speakers this cycle, with a pitch that is light on policy and heavy on humanity.

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BIDEN: Today, I'd like to share a story from my life.

KEITH: Biden describes the difficulties faced by a friend who got pregnant when they were teenagers, before abortion⁵ was legal. Then Biden talks about how shocked she was by the Supreme⁶ Court's recent decision overturning Roe⁷ v. Wade⁸.

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BIDEN: It was devastating⁹ to me. How could we go back to that?

KEITH: While President Biden's midterm campaigning has been constrained¹⁰ by poor approval ratings, Jill Biden doesn't have that baggage.

XOCHITL HINOJOSA: She knows how to connect with people. She understands the - you know, the issues that they care about.

KEITH: Xochitl Hinojosa is a Democratic consultant¹¹ and says the first lady isn't perceived as overtly¹² political.

HINOJOSA: And so I do think it is, like, helpful to have someone who, in a time when people have political fatigue¹³, to kind of go in there and make a different case.

KEITH: Former Jill Biden press secretary Michael LaRosa says it isn't only this first lady. Just read the headlines.

MICHAEL LAROSA: You know, in 1990, you know, Washington Post - "Barbara, On The Stump;" The Chicago Tribune '06 - "Please, Send Laura;" NBC in 2014, you know, "Better Half: First Lady Campaigns Where President Has Not."

KEITH: And history is repeating itself as this first lady also campaigns where the president has not.

Tamara Keith, NPR News.

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1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

4 stump   

n.残株，烟蒂，讲演台；v.砍断，蹒跚而走

参考例句：

• He went on the stump in his home state.他到故乡所在的州去发表演说。
• He used the stump as a table.他把树桩用作桌子。

5 abortion   

n.流产，堕胎

参考例句：

• She had an abortion at the women's health clinic.她在妇女保健医院做了流产手术。
• A number of considerations have led her to have a wilful abortion.多种考虑使她执意堕胎。

6 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

7 roe   

n.鱼卵；獐鹿

参考例句：

• We will serve smoked cod's roe at the dinner.宴会上我们将上一道熏鳕鱼子。
• I'll scramble some eggs with roe?我用鱼籽炒几个鸡蛋好吗？

8 wade   

v.跋涉，涉水；n.跋涉

参考例句：

• We had to wade through the river to the opposite bank.我们只好涉水过河到对岸。
• We cannot but wade across the river.我们只好趟水过去。

9 devastating   

adj.毁灭性的，令人震惊的，强有力的

参考例句：

• It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
• Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。

10 constrained   

adj.束缚的,节制的

参考例句：

• The evidence was so compelling that he felt constrained to accept it. 证据是那样的令人折服，他觉得不得不接受。
• I feel constrained to write and ask for your forgiveness. 我不得不写信请你原谅。

11 consultant   

n.顾问；会诊医师，专科医生

参考例句：

• He is a consultant on law affairs to the mayor.他是市长的一个法律顾问。
• Originally,Gar had agreed to come up as a consultant.原来，加尔只答应来充当我们的顾问。

12 overtly   

ad.公开地

参考例句：

• There were some overtly erotic scenes in the film. 影片中有一些公开色情场面。
• Nietzsche rejected God's law and wrote some overtly blasphemous things. 尼采拒绝上帝的律法，并且写了一些渎神的作品。

13 fatigue   

n.疲劳，劳累

参考例句：

• The old lady can't bear the fatigue of a long journey.这位老妇人不能忍受长途旅行的疲劳。
• I have got over my weakness and fatigue.我已从虚弱和疲劳中恢复过来了。