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Joe Biden: “You can't define what an American is based on ethnicity, on race, on religion, on background.”

On the recordAugust 4, 2019
You can't define what an American is based on ethnicity, on race, on religion, on background.
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware

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Biden emphasizes that American identity should not be defined by race or religion.

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