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Joe Biden: “My mother believed that if I just put one more coat of wax on my head I'd be able to fly.”

On the recordOctober 26, 2014
My mother believed that if I just put one more coat of wax on my head I'd be able to fly.
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware

Editor's note · Context

Joke made by Biden during a speech at a campaign rally for New Hampshire Governor Maggie Hassan.

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