Biden calls a woman who lost her job due to Corona

On Saturday, US President Joe Biden called a woman who lost her job due to the Corona pandemic, as he sought to show how close he was to his citizens as part of a new mechanism for direct communication with members of the American people.

Because of the pandemic, I had the conversation by phone from the Oval Office with Michelle, who hails from Roseville, California, and is a mother who has lost her job at a startup due to the economic repercussions of the Covid-19 pandemic.

She had sent a letter to Biden telling him about her suffering and that she was looking for work.

In a video of the conversation posted online by the White House, the president said, "My father used to tell me that work is much more than a salary. It is your dignity, your respect and your standing in society."

"We are very happy that you are focusing on this," said Michel, whose surname was not disclosed, adding that her parents had just signed up to receive the vaccine against Covid-19.

On Friday, US presidential spokeswoman Jane Psaki said that the White House will launch a new mechanism "that will enable the president to regularly communicate directly with the American people."

Direct contact with citizens is supposed to become the modern version of the era of social communication that President Franklin Roosevelt used to conduct with citizens over the radio in the 1930s, and which he used as a way to draw close to his citizens.