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Joe Biden: “Barack was so modest, he didn’t want to take, as he said, a victory lap. I kept saying, tell people what we did. He…”

On the recordMarch 11, 2021
Barack was so modest, he didn’t want to take, as he said, a victory lap. I kept saying, tell people what we did. He said: 'We don’t have time. I’m not going to take a victory lap.' And we paid a price for it, ironically, for that humility. Each piece isn’t just defensible. It is urgent and overwhelmingly supported by the people. It’s good policy and it’s good politics.
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware
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msnbc.com

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Biden reflects on the importance of communicating the benefits of the economic recovery plan.

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