WH defends Biden’s taxpayer-funded $177K-an-hour Air Force One trip — to vote in Delaware

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Wednesday was forced to defend President Biden’s Tuesday evening trip to Delaware on Air Force One — on the taxpayers’ dime — to vote in the state’s Democratic primary.

Critics called it wasteful, noting Biden could have voted early when he was in the state last weekend.

Jean-Pierre told reporters during a gaggle en route to the Detroit Auto Show that Biden wanted to show “the importance” of voting and to “say hello to poll workers” who are “under attack.”

The president employed two motorcades and Air Force One, which costs about $177,000 per hour to operate, for his surprise trip to participate in non-competitive primary elections.

He also stopped by his Wilmington, Del., home for about eight minutes before returning to DC.

Biden could have voted early when he was staying at his Wilmington house on Friday and Saturday — or he could have voted by mail.