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The columnist was condescending to the future First Lady of the United States.
8:39 am, December 15, 2020
An article in the newspaper urging the future First Lady of the United States, Jill Biden, to give up her doctorate, has sparked widespread outrage. Michelle Obama, wife of former President Barack Obama, called the column Monday evidence of the social resistance still faced by working women. “Too often, our achievements are viewed with skepticism and even mockery,” wrote Michelle Obama on Instagram.
Columnist Joseph Epstein had asked Jill Biden, the wife of President-elect Joe Biden, on Saturday in the “Wall Street Journal” to refrain from using her doctorate. He justified it by the fact that she had acquired this degree in education and not in medicine. Epstein called Jill Biden’s use of the title “fraudulent” and “somewhat strange.” He also condescendingly referred to the future First Lady as “child“(approximately:” small “)
“After decades of work, we are forced to prove our worth again,” commented Michelle Obama in her post about the Internet service. He saw Jill Biden doing for eight years what many working women do, namely, “successfully dealing with multiple responsibilities at once.”
Michelle Obama was referring to the time when Joe Biden was Barack Obama’s vice president and Jill Biden was already playing a prominent public role as the vice president’s wife. Jill Biden continued her work as a teacher at the time, fulfilling her official White House duties while simultaneously fulfilling her roles as “mother, wife and friend,” Michelle Obama said. Jill Biden, 69, wants to continue teaching as first lady.
He also had the backing of former secretary of state, former presidential candidate and former first lady Hillary Clinton. She wrote on the online service Twitter: “Her name is Dr. Jill Biden.” Clinton mockingly urged the columnist not to “take himself so seriously.” Michael LaRosa, a spokesman for President-elect Biden, asked the Wall Street Journal to apologize to his wife for the column.
Biden will take office on January 20. His electoral victory over incumbent Donald Trump on November 3 was confirmed this Monday by a vote of the so-called Electoral College. This is the college of electorates that, according to the indirect electoral system of the United States, ultimately determines the president based on the results of the individual states.
