Joe Biden walked on Sunday evening with Jill Biden in arm with Jill Biden and smiled at the cameras as they attended the Broadway opening of Othello, starring Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal.
The 'Date Night' was the first controversial public appearance of the former president since his offer to help the wrestling Democrats to raise funds.
Biden wore a tuxedo and Jill wore a slim green blue dress, with the couple for a photo on a roof in Manhattan for the show.
The former First Lady posted the photo on her Instagram with the caption: “Date Night!”
Othello is a Juggernaut on Broadway. With Washington and Gyllenhaal who share the stage in Shakespeare's brutal story about betrayal and jealousy, the piece has shattered records by attracting $ 2.8 million in a few week – making it the most profitable Broadway game in history.
Washington, now 70, called the experience 'the most excited I have been this century'. Gyllenhaal, 44, said reporters: “I worked my entire career for the moment.”
The production, located in a dystopian near future and laminated with modern themes such as PTSD, has transformed both critics and the public, with the bids including.
But for many Democrats, the 82-year-old Biden's curtain did not generate no feelings of nostalgia in public, but rubbed salt into an open wound.
Dressed in a tuxedo and accompanied by Jill in a slim green blue dress, Joe and Jill Biden posed for a photo on a Manhattan roof, with the photo: “Date Night!”
Denzel Washington, Joe Biden and Jake Gyllenhaal posed for a photo on the opening night of Broadway's Othello
Only a few days before the theater outing of the pair of Drong Biden Privé on the new DNC chairman Ken Martin to help him raise money, give rallies and fight back against Trump's radical dismantling of the policy that had introduced his administration.
The answer was at his best lukewarm. According to sources near the meeting, Martin experienced politely, but no commitments were made and no fundraisers were planned in a big blow to the influence of the ex-president.
Internal polling and interviews with democratic agents suggest that the impact of Biden has fallen since the November election loss.
An NBC news survey showed that only 27 percent of registered voters had a favorable picture of the Democratic party – the lowest figure since the poll started in 1990. Only 1 percent of the Democrats said that Biden represents their core values.
In the two months since he left his office, Biden usually stopped, time divided between Delaware and Washington, working on a memoir, taking meetings and calling.
According to several sources, he did not regret walking in 2024, but believes privately that the party died his exit wrongly and did not united quickly enough behind Kamala Harris.
Now, while President Trump sails from the course of a flurry of executive actions, the disintegration of environmental protection, the reversal of immigration reforms and the reduction of health programs, Biden has offered to become the voice of resistance – but no one asked him.
A great democratic fundraising, Alan Kessler, said to reporters: 'There are many people who still love Joe Biden. But it's time to continue. '
Jill Biden has also quietly offered to help raise money, according to people who are close to her. “She is willing to help in any way,” said a source.
Biden smiled at the cameras while making his entrance during the event held in New York
The piece has shattered records by drawing $ 2.8 million in one week – making it the most profitable Broadway game in history
Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal can be seen at the Broadway revival of Othello
But the signals of party leadership are clear – the bids are not part of the strategy.
While the Biden family regards public service as a lifelong duty, many democratic strategists now consider them a reminder of a painful chapter that is best behind.
Trump continues to mention Biden or his family and has done this more than 400 times since the inauguration day – about seven times a day.
He continues to refer to the 'failures' of Biden who blame him for inflation and foreign conflicts, and even ended the protection of the secret service for adult children of Biden, Hunter and Ashley, without warning.
'We are still very much solved or started by the Biden administration. It is important to remind the American people and media why these problems exist, “said Secretares of the White House, Karoline Leavitt.
Biden has refused to participate and did not conduct public statements or did not give any interviews.
Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal can be seen on stage during the curtain call for the Othello opening evening on Broadway on Sunday evening receive a warm reception of the audience on Sunday evening
For many, Biden's Curtain did not generate any feelings of nostalgia in public, but rub salt in an open wound in an open wound
For some Democrats, the return of Biden is both moving and complicated.
“He deserves applause,” said DNC Vice chairman Jane Kleeb. “He is loved by the party and loved by the voters.”
For a long time democratic strategist Donna Brazile believes that Biden should remain silent.
“There is no sense for Joe Biden to respond to Donald Trump,” she told NBC. “The American people don't look back; They look forward to it. '
