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Joe Biden

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Joe Biden is the 46th President of the United States, having taken office on January 20, 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as Vice President under Barack Obama from 2009 to 2017. Biden has focused on various key issues during his presidency, including economic recovery, healthcare, and climate change. His administration has emphasized 'Bidenomics,' which aims to address inflation and promote economic growth.

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Jan 10, 2016

I would hope he's have an extremely qualified staff with him. I would hope he'd have people from the last administration and other Republican administrations who were substantively grounded.

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Jan 10, 2016

I think she's come forward with some really thoughtful approaches to deal with the issue, but I just think -- and look, you know, everybody, you know, it's the old thing, no one, everybody wants to be the favorite. No one wants to be the…

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Jan 10, 2016

We've taken this country from chaos to recovery, we were in the verge of resurgence, we generally we are better positioned than any nation in the world economically and politically.

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Jan 10, 2016

I think though he's an incredibly divisive figure. The country has never done well on a leader of a country appeals to people's fears as opposed to their hopes.

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Jan 10, 2016

How does Donald Trump do that? How does Donald Trump on the tension he's on now trying to separate people based on their ethnicity, based on their origin, based on, I mean, it's just -- it's divisive. It's not healthy.

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Jan 10, 2016

Anyone in the American public says they want to be president is qualified to be president.

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Oct 18, 2015

The only way to deal with pain, I found, is to tell my story.

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Sep 30, 2015

We're basically the only civilized country in the world with so many mass shootings.

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Sep 14, 2015

I want you to remember, notwithstanding the fact that there's one guy absolutely denigrating an entire group of people, appealing to the baser side of human nature, working on this notion of xenophobia in a way that hasn't occurred in a…

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Sep 14, 2015

There is nothing we've ever decided to do as a nation that we've not been able to do.

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Sep 9, 2015

I don't think any man or woman should run for president unless number one, they know exactly why they would want to be president, number two, they can look folks out there and say I promise you, you have my whole heart, my whole soul, my…

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Aug 26, 2015

Clinton beats Jeb Bush by 2, but Joe Biden beats him by 6. Clinton beats Marco Rubio by one, but Joe Biden can say I beat him by three. So when Joe Biden is meeting with potential supporters, he can say, in the general election, I am the…

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Aug 26, 2015

If you are Joe Biden, Anderson, you are looking at these numbers. Now, remember, he is not in the race like Clinton and Sanders. So his car is still a brand new car in the lot. He has not been nicked up. But if you look at this, Clinton…

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Aug 2, 2015

Absolutely. That's not the reason not to run or to run. The question is, am I convinced I am best positioned of anyone else to lead the country.

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Jun 10, 2015

My hope is that in the future, people in our government, in our country, when they hear the term 'whistleblower,' that it will bring a smile to their face before it brings a tear to their eye.

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Jun 5, 2015

He was my heart, my soul, my everything.

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May 29, 2015

I have three sons, and they're all very different, but they all have one thing in common: they make me incredibly proud.

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May 29, 2015

My sons are the most important thing in my life. Everything I do, I do for them.

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May 29, 2015

Watching my sons grow up has been the greatest joy of my life. They're the reason I get up every morning.

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May 29, 2015

I love my sons more than anything in the world. They are my heart and soul.

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May 10, 2015

I think that all of us should be focused on making sure that we give our children everything that we've ever had and more.

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Apr 29, 2015

The cost of investing now in a secure and prosperous Central America is modest compared with the cost of letting violence and poverty fester.

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