NEW: How tight is Sen. Chris Coons w/ President Biden? Close enough that Biden summoned him, Sen. Tom Carper, & Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester in early '19 for a Delawareans-only huddle to plot the former VP's next move.
@WARojas on Biden's 1st State BFFs.
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@WARojas on Biden's 1st State BFFs.
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Biden remains in constant contact with his three friends on the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue, who have already visited him a few times early in his presidency.
"We work well together," Coons told @thisisinsider about the First State's collegial brain trust.
"We work well together," Coons told @thisisinsider about the First State's collegial brain trust.
Biden aides credited the all-Democrat Delaware delegation with helping speed through the recent $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill that Biden recently signed into law. They also heaped praise on the lawmakers for all they've done — and stand to do — for the new administration.
The mutual trust runs so deep that national security advisor Jake Sullivan just announced Coons would be meeting w/ Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali in Addis Ababa to relay "grave concerns" Biden has about the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the war-torn Tigray region.
When asked about any wish-list items Biden might have passed along during one of their regular chats, Coons who has made a name for himself as "the Biden whisperer" drew an important distinction.
"He's the president from Delaware. Not the president of Delaware," Coons told insider, adding, "It is our job, as a delegation, to advance Delaware's interests in appropriations bills and legislative priorities."
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