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Joe Biden: “Let me be very clear, things are going to continue to get worse before they get better. The Memorial we held two nights…”

On the recordJanuary 20, 2021
Let me be very clear, things are going to continue to get worse before they get better. The Memorial we held two nights ago will not be our last one, unfortunately. The death toll will likely top 500,000 next month. The cases will continue to mount. We didn't get into this mess overnight. It's going to take months for us to turn things around.
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware

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President Biden addresses the ongoing COVID-19 crisis and the challenges ahead.

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