White House confirms President Biden’s trip to Seattle, first reported by NPI last week

It’s con­firmed: Pres­i­dent Biden will be com­ing to the Emer­ald City next week, as ini­tial­ly report­ed right here on NPI’s Cas­ca­dia Advo­cate a week ago!

In an advi­so­ry dis­trib­uted to the White House press corps, the admin­is­tra­tion dis­closed that the Pres­i­dent will be embark­ing on a West Coast fundrais­ing swing this week­end. This will include stops in the San Fran­cis­co area and then more stops up here. 

Here’s what was con­firmed today:

Pres­i­dent Joe Biden to Trav­el to Cal­i­for­nia and Washington

On May 9, the Pres­i­dent will trav­el to San Fran­cis­co, Cal­i­for­nia. On May 10, the Pres­i­dent will par­tic­i­pate in two cam­paign recep­tions in the Bay Area. The Pres­i­dent will then trav­el to Seat­tle, Wash­ing­ton and par­tic­i­pate in cam­paign recep­tions on May 10 and 11.

Addi­tion­al details to follow. 

It does­n’t sound like any offi­cial events will be held dur­ing either leg of the trip. How­ev­er, the Pres­i­dent will still be at work in between his cam­paign stops in the Pacif­ic time­zone. He’ll still be briefed as he would be if he were at the White House, and he’ll prob­a­bly spend some time on the phone, per­haps with oth­er world lead­ers or mem­bers of Con­gress. The human­i­tar­i­an cri­sis in Gaza is sure to have his attention.

Word of Biden’s trip has been spread­ing since we pub­lished last week’s sto­ry, and a num­ber of oth­er media out­lets — includ­ing KUOW, KING5, and the Wash­ing­ton State Stan­dard — have kind­ly point­ed their audi­ences to that report and rec­og­nized our report­ing. Our thanks to every­one who has done so, it’s very much appreciated.

Many details about this week­end’s trip remain unknown — we will bring you more infor­ma­tion as we get it. Do note, how­ev­er, that we do not pub­lish cer­tain details even if we know them for oper­a­tional secu­ri­ty rea­sons. We are stick­lers for thought­ful and respon­si­ble report­ing, guid­ed by our Code of Ethics, which you’ll find here. 

First Lady Jill Biden will be doing her own pre-Moth­er’s Day West Coast fundrais­ing swing — the White House advis­es that she’ll be in Port­land, Ore­gon tomor­row and then South­ern Cal­i­for­nia on Fri­day, both for cam­paign events ben­e­fit­ing the Pres­i­den­t’s reelec­tion cam­paign. On Sat­ur­day, she’ll deliv­er remarks at Mesa Com­mu­ni­ty College’s 2024 Com­mence­ment Cer­e­mo­ny in Tempe, Arizona.

POSTSCRIPT: The most fre­quent ques­tion we’ve been get­ting over the past week is how to obtain a tick­et to the Fri­day evening recep­tion Pres­i­dent Biden is head­lin­ing. Tick­ets for that have sold out, and it’s no longer pos­si­ble to buy one. It is pos­si­ble that either Pres­i­dent Biden or Vice Pres­i­dent Har­ris may return here before the elec­tion, how­ev­er, so there may be anoth­er oppor­tu­ni­ty for those inter­est­ed in sup­port­ing the Biden Vic­to­ry Fund.