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Joe Biden: “I see enormous pain in this country. I think empathy is a critically important thing. I know the pain that so many of…”

On the recordMarch 10, 2021
I see enormous pain in this country. I think empathy is a critically important thing. I know the pain that so many of you experience, experiencing right now, starting by sitting down for breakfast this morning and staring at an empty chair around the kitchen table where a loved one used to sit, laugh, talk about how you loved one another.
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Joe Biden expresses the importance of empathy in addressing the pain experienced by Americans during the pandemic.

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