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from: DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press
Posted: Nov 26, 2021 / 6:36 PM CST
Updated: 11/26/2021 / 7:32 PM CST
President Joe Biden leaves a shop when he visits Nantucket, Massachusetts with his family on Friday, November 26, 2021. (AP Photo / Carolyn Kaster)
NANTUCKET, Massachusetts (AP) – President Joe Biden appeared in Nantucket on loose Friday.
Biden spent more than an hour wandering the cobblestone streets of downtown Nantucket, browsing unannounced corner shops, shopping, and posing for photos with surprised business owners.
He was accompanied by some of his grandchildren. Biden and his entire family are spending the Thanksgiving holiday on the island of Massachusetts renting a sprawling estate owned by friend and billionaire philanthropist David Rubenstein.
“Hey Joe,” “We love you Joe,” shouted some people as Biden walked by on a cold and rainy day. One man told the 79-year-old president that he personally looked younger.
It is these kinds of interactions with everyday people that Biden, a back-off politician for nearly five decades, absolutely enjoys but hasn’t done that much because of COVID-19.
Biden set out after speaking to reporters about a new variant of COVID-19 circulating in South Africa and his decision on Friday to put the US along with other countries to limit travel restrictions from southern Africa on Monday to restrict.
The president opened on Friday by going to a restaurant for lunch with his wife Jill, children Hunter and Ashley, and their grandchildren. It’s a family tradition after Thanksgiving. They then rummaged in a nearby bookstore before Biden went for the walk.
He visited a leather goods store and several clothing, gift, and homeware stores before the family reunited to partake in another of their traditions: attending the annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Nantucket.
Biden’s stroll through downtown was reminiscent of a time during the Barack Obama presidency when he rebelled against the borders that came with the occupation of the Oval Office. Modern presidents generally cannot get around on foot.
“The bear is on the loose!” Obama declared one day in 2014 after walking out of the White House instead of in a motorcade and going to the Home Office, terrifying ordinary people on the streets of downtown Washington.
Biden made no similar statement.
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