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On the recordApril 27, 2021
He sees this, he sees the challenge in front of him in the country in terms of whether or not the 21st century is going to be a con -- is going to be essentially defined by democracies, like the United States and/or whether it's going to be defined by autocracies, like China.
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware

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Biden views the current political moment as a defining challenge for democracy versus autocracy in the 21st century.

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