First Lady Jill Biden -- a teacher -- refuses to answer if vaccine mandates are appropriate for teachers

Greg P. | 12:53 PM on September 15, 2021

During a listening session this morning at a public school in Milwaukee, First Lady Jill Biden — herself a teacher — refused to answer a reporter who asked, “Do you think a vaccine mandate is appropriate for public schools?”:

"Do you think a vaccine mandate is appropriate for public schools?" @FLOTUS was asked by @mattsmith_news
Biden, walking past him, was quiet and then said:
"I don't think we're taking questions."

— Kate Bennett (@KateBennett_DC) September 15, 2021

It’s a good question! Especially since she’s “speaking to teachers and administrators and parents about the challenges of returning to schools in-person”:

“I just started my own semester last week,” says @FLOTUS, here at a Milwaukee elementary school. She is speaking to teachers and administrators and parents about the challenges of returning to schools in-person. “My husband Joe is committed to being a partner to all of you.” pic.twitter.com/YpK0QP9MP5

— Kate Bennett (@KateBennett_DC) September 15, 2021

But she did talk about being a mom, so there’s that:

One mom at this listening session tells @FLOTUS she is a nurse working 70hrs/week during covid.
“You had a lot of stress on you,” says @FLOTUS, to which mom said she has a week off after long work weeks.
“When you’re a mom, there’s no such thing as a week off,” says Biden. pic.twitter.com/YivEyaprXi

— Kate Bennett (@KateBennett_DC) September 15, 2021