Ina Garten Is Hosting a Fundraiser for Joe Biden’s Campaign: ‘We Need to Stop Being Divisive’
People ^ | 8/8/2020 | Shay Spence
Posted on 9/8/2020, 10:31:39 PM by simpson96
Ina Garten is raising money — and a glass — for Joe Biden’s presidential bid.
On Thursday, the Food Network star will be interviewing the former Vice President’s wife Dr. Jill Biden for Cocktails and Conversation, an online fundraising event for the campaign.
Though the Barefoot Contessa host used to be a White House nuclear budget analyst in the Jimmy Carter administration, she has mostly shied away from political statements (besides joking that she would serve President Donald Trump “a subpoena” for dinner) during her career as a culinary star. “I’m not political,” Garten tells PEOPLE. “I think if you research you’ll find I’ve supported political programs privately but I’ve never been really public about it—but sometimes you just have to do it.”
“As a country, we need to pull this together. We need to stop being divisive and be positive and supportive and collaborative,” she adds. “[Biden] is a guy who’s been in Congress for decades and has a reputation for working across the aisle, and I think that’s exactly what we need right now.”
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The lifestyle guru will be also providing a signature drink for the event, which requires a minimum contribution of $250 to attend. Guests will be given the recipe for the cocktail ahead of time, and they’re calling it a “Winning Ticket Watermelon Cosmopolitan.”
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Why can’t people just shut up and cook? Annoying. :(