President Biden landed in western Washington on Friday night for the primary time since 2022.
SEATTLE — President Joe Biden continued a West Coast journey by visiting the Seattle space this weekend.
After attending marketing campaign occasions within the San Francisco Bay Space, President Biden arrived at Seattle-Tacoma Worldwide Airport at 5 p.m. PT. The president departed from the identical airport on Saturday afternoon.
Let’s reply a number of the prime questions concerning the president’s impending expedition to the Emerald Metropolis.
Why is President Biden in Seattle?
The White Home confirmed he was on the town for marketing campaign occasions, and the Northwest Progressive Institute reported final week that the Biden Victory Fund was sending out invites for a marketing campaign occasion on Friday. The tackle and additional info have been solely accessible to those that RSVP’d.
When is President Biden in Seattle?
The president landed at SEA Airport on Friday night at about 4:50 p.m. He took off from a Bay Space airport at about 3:30 p.m. PT.
He was welcomed by a number of state and native leaders, together with Gov. Jay Inslee and his spouse, Trudi; Rep. Pramila Jayapal; Rep. Suzan DelBene; Mayor Bruce Harrell and his spouse, Joanne; King County Govt Dow Constantine and his daughter, Sabrina; and Port of Seattle Fee Vice President Toshiko Grace Hasegawa.
Biden attended a marketing campaign reception in Seattle on Friday at 7 p.m.
The Federal Aviation Administration issued a brief flight restriction over a lot of the Puget Sound space from 4:15 p.m. PT Friday till 2:45 p.m. Saturday.
Biden attended a marketing campaign reception within the Medina space on Saturday. He left the state on Air Drive One shortly earlier than 2 p.m. PT.
What site visitors impacts will include President Biden’s Seattle go to?
For safety functions, the White Home and Secret Service do not usually launch a lot details about the journey path for the president’s convoy to the general public. Nonetheless, some freeway and street closures took impact upon Biden’s arrival and departure from Washington.
President Biden’s final go to to Seattle prompted short-term closures of westbound lanes of Interstate 90.
How was SEA Airport affected by President Biden’s arrival and departure?
An airport spokesperson stated coverage requires the airport to halt all exercise for half-hour earlier than Air Drive One touches down and half-hour afterward.
Though each Vice President Kamala Harris and First Girl Jill Biden have flown via King County Worldwide Airport in current visits, the president has utilized SEA in every of his visits to western Washington since taking workplace.
