First Lady Jill Biden said that all books should be allowed in libraries amid controversies surrounding the inclusion of LGBTQ books in schools.
During NBC’s “Today,” Biden was asked by host Sheinelle Jones whether all kinds of books should be accessible to kids going to school.
“Where’s the line, in your opinion, with how much of a say parents should have when it comes to what their kids are learning in school?” Jones asked.
Biden responded that she believes that due to “the pandemic, parents saw how hard teachers work and how difficult this job really is. And I think if they work together in their school districts [to determine] what they want in their curriculum.”
Jones then followed up by asking whether there should be some sort of “balance” regarding which books should be available in the library.
“All books should be in the library. All books. This is America. We don’t ban books,” Biden answered.
Jill also said that her husband, President Joe Biden, has stayed “true to what he said he would do,” and that she believes “he just needs to keep goin’.”
“While serving as First Lady, Dr. Biden continued teaching English and writing at Northern Virginia Community College, where she has been a professor since 2009. She is the first presidential spouse to maintain an independent career outside of the White House,” according to the White House website.
The First Lady came under scrutiny recently after she made some insulting comparisons to UnidosUS founder Raul Yzaguirre where Jill likened the Latino community to “breakfast tacos” in her speech.
“Raul helped build this organization with the understanding that the diversity of this community, as distinct as the bodegas of the Bronx, as beautiful as the blossoms of Miami, and as unique as the breakfast tacos here in San Antonio, is your strength,” she said.
Her comments caused her approval ratings to drop 24 points in one year, according to a CNN/SSRS poll.
The survey, which has tracked the First Lady’s favorability each year since 2020, pegged her approval rating at 34 percent — down from 58 percent in 2021 and 46 percent in 2020.