Those words, the President of the United States assigned a moral equivalence between those spreading hate and those with the courage to stand against it.
Joe Biden: “Those words, the President of the United States assigned a moral equivalence between those spreading hate and those with…”
On the recordApril 25, 2019
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transcripts.cnn.comEditor's note · Context
Biden criticizes Trump's response to the events in Charlottesville, emphasizing the moral implications of equating hate groups with their opponents.
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