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Dr. Jill Biden, the first lady, was scheduled to visit Burlington County, in south-central New Jersey, on Monday to kick off the national campaign for her husband s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan. The choice was good politics and offers a hopeful sign that the new administration knows where America is hurting most as we muddle through this once in a century mass death event.
According to Feeding America, the nation s leading anti-hunger nonprofit, during the pandemic food insecurity has spiked by 48 percent in Burlington County, which also makes up most of New Jersey s 3rd congressional district, something of a national weathervane that has flipped back and forth between Democrats and Republicans over the past decade.