A casual, candid chat with the Bidens on their morning walk is moving people to tears

[IronLionZion]

https://www.upworthy.com/biden-valentines-day-walk



This morning, Joe and Jill Biden went out for a walk with their dogs, Champ and Major, to check out the surprise the first lady had installed overnight for Valentine's Day weekend. The White House lawn has been decorated with oversized hearts that have positive words like LOVE, GRATITUDE, COMPASSION, and FAMILY on them. The one that says HEALING is signed "Love, Jill."

As they walked along with coffee cups in hand, the first couple was met by a few members of the press. The conversation that they had has gone viral—not so much because of how extraordinary it was, but rather the opposite. It was delightfully ordinary, filled with normalcy, decency, and even a random act of kindness for good measure. And the simple goodness of it all is moving people to tears.

Link to tweet

I love these two and their dogs. It's so good to have kind loving people in the white house again.

[Greywing]

1. I love all of them ...

there's hope we may yet go back to a sense of normalcy and kidness

[dem4decades]

2. I had to stop watching, their old dog brings me to tears.

[leftieNanner]

6. We are a GSD family

Our old Pete looked a lot like him. It's rough when they age and slow down.

Love Joe and Jill's two doggos!

[Kingofalldems]

26. I remember the family german shepherd had that.

Hip displasia?

[IronLionZion]

3. The Bidens remind me of my grandparents in many ways

[stillcool]

4. and there's a crib in the Whitehouse ..

for the grandbaby.

[NBachers]

5. Street corner talkin' in the neighborhood- Really, it's just like taking a morning amble & visiting

with the nice couple out in their yard.

[Lunabell]

7. So nice to have a return to decency,

and kindness. And their glowing love for each other. Reminiscent of the love between another favorite white house couple of mine, Barack and Michelle. Geeze their decency brings me to tears when I think about the last 4 years.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

28. The Biden's respect and love for one another is freshing.

Trump and Melania always appeared to have a transactional marriage. He would pay her so money much now with the promise of more if he died before her. In return, she was a trophy wife and got to live the "good life," which means lots of glitter and showy perks -- like getting to ride in Trump's private jet.

When she became FLOTUS her actual nature appeared. It first showed in the scowl that replaced her smile the moment Trump had finished taking the oath of office (which he intended to treat like a contract he wasn't going to pay) the moment Trump's back was turned. Or when she flirted with Justin Trudeau in front of her husband, or batting Fat Donnie's hand away on several occasions. Or wearing the "I Really Don't Care Do U?" coat when she made a token appearance to see the children who had been separated from their parents, and not being moved to do anything to help them. And then there's my favorite Melania "trailer trash" moment -- building the "Marie Antoinette Memorial Tennis Pavilion" on the WH grounds while people were losing jobs because of the pandemic that her husband was treating as an inconvenient hoax.

I hope she got the cash up front. Actually, I could care less what happens to her.

[Delmette2.0]

8. It has been a long four years.

This new POTUS and FLOTUS are a breath of fresh air and we have missed this kind of family so very much.

[Duppers]

10. The contrast...

[Traildogbob]

13. Great pix

Powerful display of alternate worlds.

[malaise]

39. You know I still don't get how the media gave her a pass after she wore that

to the kid's concentration camp/ They are a despicable couple - criminals who committed crimes against humanity.

[Duppers]

40. I know, right!

Had a Democratic First Lady worn such a dastardly hateful sign on her coat, we can just imagine what the Press would've said.

It's just infuriating. The Press Is The Problem.

Thanks, Malaise!

[bif]

11. So refreshing to have actual humane humans in the WH again!

[Duppers]

12. The Biden's - just wrote to a friend earlier today...

"The Biden's are such *good people* it makes me want to cry."

It's such a relief to have them in the WH!

Wishing them an early
Happy Valentine's Day!

[bdamomma]

14. President Biden

looks cool with jeans on, both of them so human. Love it love them.

He even gave his coffee away, so nice. Nice that is word we haven't used in a while. Oh, just protect them all.

[Phentex]

15. Biden is great but...

seeing Jill act like a First Lady and someone who cares can bring you to tears.

[dalton99a]

16. Kick

[judesedit]

17. I know it's moved me to tears

[onethatcares]

18. my eyes are leaking

don't know why but they are.........in a good way.

[wiggs]

19. What, no grievance rant? nt

[BobTheSubgenius]

20. To be brutally honest, the Bidens are full of more love and compassion than I would have expected...

...from even a Democratic President. They are beyond extraordinary. In fact, they are an oxymoron - extraordinarily ordinary. Or so they seem.

I totally believe that they are 100% genuine with their public personas, but their ability to "sit around the kitchen table and chat with their neighbours" is deeper and wider than I thought, for sure...and probably what most people thought. And can then shift into CIC or in whatever mode he needs to be, in seconds.

They are cut from the same cloth as The Carters. Decent. More than exceptionally decent.

[AllaN01Bear]

21. love the first bow wows .:)

and as someone posted down thread , its lovely and in the trump era, would have been yelled at or chased away, le sigh.

[sarchasm]

22. Just ... wow

The contrast couldn't be more stark.

[pazzyanne]

23. Champ looks like he is having a tough day.

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[IronLionZion]

24. Champ is the older and larger one.

it looks like his leg is injured to cause a limp

[peacebuzzard]

29. It's probably arthritis.

I hope it is not serious. Reminds me of my old guy he was my best friend...
Joe really loves his little pack. what a great day.

[pazzyanne]

33. Thanks and corrected. nt

[Butterflylady]

25. I could watch that over and over

In fact I did. Makes me so thankful to have a president who care about people.

[abakan]

27. It's great to have real people in the White House

Apposed to the trolls who have been stinking up the place.

[halfulglas]

30. Never trust a president without a pet.

Not meant to be funny. I could see a reason not to - severe allergy or something. But Trump in all his life apparently never had a pet. Never shared your life and your heart with another species. I'm pretty sure if you can't expand your heart and soul to encompass an animal where you develop a co-dependency, you can't handle the responsibility of leading a state or country or whatever. And I don't mean somebody who has a hunting dog or something just for hunting but ignores them most of the time or a person who has a pet but goes on vacation without even making arrangements for somebody to come and feed them and walk them and give them some companionship.

[dmr]

31. Can a peaceful heart burst?

I am so very happy to know that Joe Biden is my president that my heart is just bursting.

Thank you America for choosing this intelligent, knowledgeable and wonderfully warm hearted man to lead our nation.

The sense of peace I feel is immeasurable.

Thank you for posting this clip.

[MustLoveBeagles]

32. This lifted my spirits

Poor Champ seemed to have a hard time. He was noticeably limping. The cold weather must be hard on him.

[Lucinda]

34. ❤️ ✿❧🌿❧✿ ❤️

[Demovictory9]

35. they are so normal.. love it.

[DFW]

36. This just reinforces he impression I got the only time I met them

At the Democratic Convention in Denver in 2008, I as at a couple of meet and greet events with the Bidens. I didn't get to say much more than hello and joke that "we've gotta stop meeting like this, people are gonna talk (he laughed)" one time when we met up two nights in a row.

He's smart, certainly no fool, but doesn't exude the high intellectualism of Obama or Bill Clinton. He's well-read, just doesn't have the aura of it. Just real down-to-earth people. I'll bet he'll negotiate some crafty deals with some foreign adversaries and Republican leaders who won't even realize he's gotten the better of them until afterward.

[smirkymonkey]

37. It is so nice and refreshing to see some normalcy and kindness back in the White House after four

miserable years of an angry, stupid, orally incontinent carnival barker joke excuse of a president. I can't even tell you how much relief I feel now that he and his rotten family are gone.

Joe and Jill and their sweet puppers are such a joy to see, although I feel a bit sorry for the older dog, as he seems to be struggling a little. I just hope that we see more and more of them and less of the Trumps as time goes on, no matter how much the Trumps try to gain media attention. A complete Trump blackout is what we need.

[Vivienne235729]

38. It brought tears to my eyes. It was just so heartfelt, sincere, and caring.

We have been missing that for so long. It truly feels like we have all been in an abusive relationship.