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Jill Biden visits in Salt Lake City, says Joe can beat Trump, help McAdams

Former second lady and aspiring first lady Jill Biden visited with donors in Salt Lake City on Sunday night, promoting her husband as the candidate who can recapture the White House and help other Democrats.

Biden singled out Rep. Ben McAdams, the only Democrat representing Utah in Congress and who won election in 2018 by fewer than 700 votes, as someone who can be helped if the party’s presidential nominee is former Vice President Joe Biden.

“If we hope to get Congressman McAdams reelected,” Jill Biden said, “and I know that that's critical for all of us, we need to make sure that the nominee at the top of the ticket [is someone] that every Democrat can run with; not run away from.