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Joe Biden: “What a president says matters. Like I said, our kids are listening, but the public is going to listen too.”

On the recordAugust 4, 2019
What a president says matters. Like I said, our kids are listening, but the public is going to listen too.
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware

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Biden stresses the importance of presidential rhetoric and its impact on the public.

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