‘Where’s Jackie?’ Biden Asks After Dead Lawmaker at Event
- Indiana GOP lawmaker Jackie Walorski died in Aug. 3 car crash
- Walorski was ‘top of mind’ for president, spokeswoman says
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President Joe Biden called out a recently deceased congresswoman in remarks at a hunger conference she helped organize, addressing the lawmaker as if she were still alive.
In remarks Wednesday at a conference on hunger, Biden thanked a bipartisan group of lawmakers who pushed the White House to organize the event, including Democratic New Jersey Senator Cory Booker, Democratic Massachusetts Representative Jim McGovern, Republican Indiana Senator Mike Braun and the late Republican Indiana Representative Jackie Walorski.