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On the recordMay 16, 2022
But when I saw those people coming out of the woods or the fields in Virginia, in Charlottesville, carrying torches, shouting, 'You will not replace us,' accompanied by white supremacists and carrying Nazi banners, that’s when I said, no.
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware
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msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Biden reflects on the events in Charlottesville that motivated his presidential run.

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