First lady Jill Biden’s walk-back of her suggestion that runner-up Iowa should join NCAA women’s basketball champion LSU for a visit to the White House didn’t sit well with Tigers star Angel Reese, who called the suggestion “a joke.”
April 5, 2023 GMTFirst Lady Jill Biden and other listen to the national anthem before the NCAA Women's Final Four championship basketball game=between LSU and Iowa Sunday, April 2, 2023, in Dallas. First Lady Jill Biden and other listen to the national anthem before the NCAA Women's Final Four championship basketball game=between LSU and Iowa Sunday, April 2, 2023, in Dallas.
First lady Jill Biden’s walk-back of her suggestion that runner-up Iowa should join NCAA women’s basketball champion LSU for a visit to the White House didn’t sit well with Tigers star Angel Reese. Prompted by a discussion of Biden’s comments during her Wednesday appearance on “The Paper Route Podcast,” Reese said the Tigers should celebrate their title with former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama rather than President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden.
Jill Biden, at an appearance in Denver on Monday, had praised Iowa’s sportsmanship and congratulated both teams. She also said that as part of the longstanding tradition of having champions visit the White House, Iowa should come as well “because they played such a good game.”Reese on Monday called Jill Biden’s suggestion “a joke.”
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