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Joe Biden: “How could I be the President of the United States of America and not speak out against the violation of the human…”

On the recordJune 16, 2021
How could I be the President of the United States of America and not speak out against the violation of the human rights? I pointed out to him that that's why we're going to raise our concerns about cases like Alexei Navalny and I raised the case of two wrongfully imprisoned American citizens. Paul Whelan and Trevor Reed. I made it clear that we will not tolerate attempts to violate our democratic sovereignty or destabilize our democratic elections and we would respond.
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware

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President Biden emphasizes the importance of speaking out against human rights violations and the U.S. commitment to democratic sovereignty.

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