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Joe Biden: “The progressives don’t like me because I’m not prepared to take on what I would say and they would say, is a socialist…”

On the recordMay 21, 2021
The progressives don’t like me because I’m not prepared to take on what I would say and they would say, is a socialist agenda.
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware
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msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Biden acknowledges the tension with the progressive wing of the Democratic Party.

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