(Updated at 3:35 p.m.) President Biden again visited Alexandria this morning.
Biden was joined by First Lady Jill Biden and Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam at the Sportrock Climbing Center on Eisenhower Avenue in the West End.
Biden traveled to the city to “discuss the state’s progress against the coronavirus pandemic” and “celebrate summer as Virginia lifts all COVID-19 distancing and capacity restrictions” today, according to media guidance. He touted the quarter-billion dollars of federal investment in vaccination sites and Virginia’s declining rate of COVID-19 cases and deaths, according to a press pool report.
Several dozen people were on hand at the center for the event, including 17-year-old Lake Braddock High School junior Jacob Bosley, who introduced the president before he started speaking around noon. Also in attendance were Alexandria Mayor Justin Wilson and Reps. Don Beyer and Gerry Connolly.
Prior to the speech, the president spoke briefly with reporters and sized up which wall he would want to climb, according to the pool report.
The president also visited Alexandria last month, stopping by a COVID-19 vaccination site at Virginia Theological Seminary.
More from the president’s visit, below, via social media.
President Biden and Governor Northam deliver remarks on Virginia’s progress in the fight against COVID-19. https://t.co/MAIm9fCVSU
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) May 28, 2021
"I’d like to,” Biden says of trying climbing wall at Sportrock Climbing Centers in Alexandria, Virginia.
“I'd rather try the straight wall.” pic.twitter.com/cMR1UAEQGe
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) May 28, 2021
Biden was enthralled by the climbers here at Sportrock Climbing Center in Alexandria. He’s here to deliver remarks on progress made on COVID-19 and offer a message of “hope” in time for Memorial Day weekend. pic.twitter.com/jWcyi7leEw
— Alexandra Jaffe (@ajjaffe) May 28, 2021
President Joe Biden watches as climbers practice at Sportrock Climbing Centers in Alexandria, Va. pic.twitter.com/pUJBzE7Mvg
— Evan Vucci (@evanvucci) May 28, 2021
Biden is at Sportrock Climbing Centers in Alexandria, Virginia, where he’ll give remarks about the number of coronavirus cases dropping nationally.
Virginia had 504 cases per 100,000 population in late January; now has 32 cases per 100,000, per White House. pic.twitter.com/5hQgrnpDn8
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) May 28, 2021
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