The politics of takeout: Biden brings back the presidential lunch run
CNNCNN — The morning phone call from a government number. After going on hiatus during the tenure of former President Donald Trump – whose forays into retail politicking were awkward at best and who dined at exactly one restaurant in Washington during his time in the White House – President Joe Biden on Wednesday restored the tradition of using takeout to talk up his administration’s policies. Visiting Las Gemelas, a new taqueria in Washington’s rapidly gentrifying Union Market neighborhood, Biden was hoping to shine a light on his administration’s $28.6 billion restaurant relief program for businesses hurt by the pandemic. The restaurant, whose tacos come on “heirloom corn tortillas” and include toppings like fried cremini mushrooms, kale slaw and charred tomatillo, is owned in part by Mexican immigrants who benefited from an early version of a restaurant relief program Biden touted later Wednesday. Once inside the empty dining room, decorated with neon wall art, Biden consulted a white note card briefly before summoning an aide — “where’s my guy?” — to tell him exactly how much money Las Gemelas had been awarded by his administration.
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