Jill Biden praises Joe and military for shooting down China balloon trends now
Jill Biden on Saturday praised her husband Joe Biden's decision to shoot down a Chinese balloon suspected of spying on America.
The First Lady, speaking at a clinic that provides free mental health services to active military and veterans, praised the military for its work, including its care to ensure no civilians were injuried.
'We're more aware of the military when we're in times of war, but now we're in times of peace. And, just like this morning, if any of you were watching the TV, where they were following the, you know, the balloon from China, and we saw the effort that our military did,' she said during her visit to the Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic at the Veteran's Village of San Diego.
'I felt such a sense of pride about the effort and that our military, you know, shot down the balloon, how coordinated it was, how thoughtful it was, that it was decided to wait until it was over water so that civilians weren't affected,' she added.
She said she had spoken to President Biden before she arrived at the event.
Jill Biden praised President Biden and military for shooting down Chinese balloon
The first lady also spoke of her hopes that incidents like these help Americans keep service members in their thoughts.
And she noted she and President Joe Biden pray for the armed services every night at dinner.
'I hope that most Americans - I hope when they watch that they really think just, you know, about our military. I mean, Joe and I think about them every day, we pray for them in our prayers at dinner,' she said.
Jill Biden visited the clinic as part of her Joining Forces Initiative, which focuses on all
