2/28/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “No one takes the president’s word for these things. He at a minimum exaggerates everything, and the idea that he’s going to stand there and say ‘everything’s fine, don’t worry?’ Who’s going to believe that? Let the experts speak like we did in our administration. Let the experts take this [coronavirus […]

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2/26/2020

DEMS/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Crazy, chaotic Democrat Debate last night. Fake News said Biden did well, even though he said half of our population was shot to death. Would be OVER for most. Mini Mike was weak and unsteady, but helped greatly by his many commercials (which are not supposed to be allowed….” -Donald Trump, […]

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2/23/2020

2020 ELECTION/JOE BIDEN: “We have to restore the integrity of this country internationally. We have to get off of this God awful effort on this President’s part to divide the country. We have to bring the middle class back. We have to have a health care policy that makes sense, that is doable, which I […]

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2/23/2020

JOE BIDEN/MILITARY: “I can think of ten countries where women and or children and/or people are being– are being persecuted or being hurt. But the idea of us going to be able to use our Armed Forces to solve every single internal problem that exists throughout the world is not within our capacity. The question […]

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2/23/2020

2020 ELECTION/AFRICAN AMERICANS/JOE BIDEN: “I’m running [in the 2020 election] for the same exact reason when I started: to restore some dignity to the office, to make sure that African-Americans and minorities get treated well, and this time when we rebuild the middle class get brought along, and to unify the country and the party. […]

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2/22/2020

JOE BIDEN/NEVADA/OBAMACARE (ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “We can fix all of these problems. Every one of them. Well, we can. It’s within our power to do it. And folks, the 100 million Americans with preexisting conditions who live in fear every day that Obamacare’s going to be taken away, I promise you it will not be. It […]

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2/21/2020

IMMIGRATION/JOE BIDEN: “The Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007 was our best shot at fixing our broken immigration system. It had bipartisan support and would have put millions of immigrants on the pathway to citizenship.” -Joe Biden, Twitter.com, Feb. 21, 2020 9:45 pm […]

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2/20/2020

HEALTHCARE/JOE BIDEN/OBAMACARE (ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “And folks, the 100 million Americans with preexisting conditions who live in fear every day that Obamacare’s going to be taken away, I promise you it will not be. It will be expanded on where everybody will be able to have it.” -Joe Biden as quoted by Rev, “Nevada Caucus Speech […]

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2/19/2020

ECONOMY/JOE BIDEN/TAXES: “The idea that we have a tax rate for corporate America at 21 percent is ridiculous. It should be at 28 percent. That would raise almost $800 billion a year. The idea that we have companies not paying anything at all, they should have a minimum tax of 15 percent. That would raise […]

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2/19/2020

CLIMATE CHANGE/JOE BIDEN: “It is the existential threat humanity faces, global warming… I would immediately reinstate all of the elimination of — of what Trump has eliminated in terms of the EPA. I would secondly make sure that we had 500,000 new charging stations in every new highway we built in the United States of […]

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2/17/2020

DACA/IMMIGRATION/JOE BIDEN: “I’m going to lay down a detail … already have it written … a pathway to citizenship, it’s earned, and make sure that everybody is able to get into that pathway. I’m going to, once again, legalize all the DACA students. These DACA students are more American than most Americans are.” -Joe Biden, […]

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2/17/2020

IMMIGRATION/JOE BIDEN: “For me, immigration is all about family. All about family reunification. Nobody will be deported who is here in fact, unless they are in a position of having committed a felony while here or they engaged in a major felony, we find out about it. We’re not going to be standing outside of […]

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2/16/2020

2020 ELECTION/JOE BIDEN: “[I]f I get elected president of the United States with my position on health care, my position on global warming, my position on foreign policy, my position on the middle class, this will go down as one of the most progressive administrations in American history.” -Joe Biden, “Meet the Press – February […]

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2/16/2020

JOE BIDEN/JOHN MCCAIN/LINDSEY GRAHAM: “Well, you know, Lindsey — I went out of my way for Lindsey, and Lindsey recorded things that were so — you know, about what a wonderful guy I am. But when I watched how Lindsey responded under pressure to John McCain, our mutual friend — John and I went at […]

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2/4/2020

ECONOMY/HEALTH CARE/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Our administration brought the economy back from the brink of depression, saved the auto industry, and made health care available to millions of families. Donald Trump gave billionaires a tax break.” -Joe Biden, Twitter.com, Feb. 4, 2020 10:08 pm […]

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2/1/2020

HEALTHCARE/JOE BIDEN/OBAMACARE (ACA): “Health care is on the ballot. We need to protect Obamacare from Donald Trump’s relentless attempts to repeal and sabotage it — and build on the law to ensure every American has the peace of mind that comes with quality, affordable care.” -Joe Biden, Twitter.com, Feb. 1, 2020 5:20 pm […]

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1/31/2020

HEALTHCARE/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Let’s be clear: If Donald Trump can afford to give giant tax breaks to the super-wealthy, then he can afford to ensure that the most vulnerable in our society receive the health care they need and deserve. We should be expanding Medicaid — not cutting it.” -Joe Biden, Twitter.com, Jan. 31, […]

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1/31/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We have, right now, a crisis with the coronavirus. This is no time for Donald Trump’s record of hysteria and xenophobia – hysterical xenophobia – and fearmongering to lead the way instead of science.” -Joe Biden as quoted by Trevor Hunnicutt, “Biden Slams Trump for Cutting Health Programs before Coronavirus Outbreak,” […]

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1/27/2020

CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “[President Trump is] the worst possible person to lead our country through a global health challenge… The outbreak of a new coronavirus, which has already infected more than 2,700 people and killed over 80 in China, will get worse before it gets better. Cases have been confirmed in a dozen countries, […]

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1/17/2020

IMMIGRATION/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It is a moral failing when children are ripped from their parents’ arms, locked away in overcrowded detention centers, and denied toothbrushes and soap. We have to end Donald Trump’s cruel policies and build a fair and humane immigration system.” -Joe Biden, Twitter.com, Jan. 17, 2020 1:56 pm […]

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1/14/2020

ENVIRONMENT/JOBS/JOE BIDEN: “There will be no trade agreements signed in my administration without environmentalists and labor at the table. And there will be no trade agreement until we invest more in American workers. We should be putting our money and our effort and our time in preparing American workers to compete in the 21st Century […]

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1/14/2020

IRAN/JOE BIDEN/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I was part of that deal to get the nuclear agreement with Iran, bringing together the rest of the world, including some of the folks who aren’t friendly to us. And it was working. It was working. It was being held tightly. There was no movement on the part of the […]

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12/31/2019

ELECTION/JOE BIDEN/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump would beat every Democratic candidate in the swing states of Virginia and Florida except for former Vice President Joe Biden, according to a pair of polls from Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy. In a hypothetical matchup, Biden narrowly edges Trump in Florida by 2 percentage points, 47%-45%. Trump leads Sen. Elizabeth […]

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12/29/2019

HEALTHCARE/JOE BIDEN/OBAMACARE (ACA): “My plan will lower premiums further by increasing Obamacare’s tax credits to ensure that no one – regardless of their medical circumstances – will ever spend more than 8.5 percent of their income on premiums, with even lower caps for low-income families. And we’ll reduce costs for everyone by making it cheaper […]

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12/29/2019

HEALTHCARE/JOE BIDEN/OBAMACARE (ACA): “We cannot rest until every American can access quality, affordable care. This is deeply personal for me, and it’s why I’ve put forward a plan that will get us to universal coverage quickly and effectively. Ultimately, our health care system will only succeed if it reflects our shared values. That’s why my […]

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12/29/2019

HEALTHCARE/JOE BIDEN/OBAMACARE (ACA): “Obamacare protected more than 100 million people with preexisting conditions, and brought peace of mind to 20 million Americans who had been forced to face life without health insurance. We made it illegal for insurers to put caps on essential health benefits, and made it possible for young people to stay on […]

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12/19/2019

HEALTHCARE/JOE BIDEN/OBAMACARE (ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “I introduced a plan to build on Obamacare. Remind everybody, 20 million people got insurance who didn’t have it before. All people with pre-existing conditions were able to be covered… I’ve added to the Obamacare plan the Biden initiative, which is a public option, Medicare if you want to have Medicare, […]

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12/19/2019

IMMIGRATION/JOE BIDEN: “[T]he reason we’re the country we are is because of immigration. We’ve been able to cherry pick the best from every single continent. The people who come here have determination, resilience. They are ready to stand up and work like the devil. We have 24 out of every 100 children in our schools […]

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12/19/2019

ECONOMY/JOE BIDEN: “The middle class is getting crushed. And the working class has no way up as a consequence of that. You have, for example, farmers in the Midwest, 40 percent of them couldn’t pay their bills last year. You have most Americans, if they received a bill for $400 or more, they’d have to sell […]

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12/19/2019

CALIFORNIA/JOE BIDEN/MEDICARE/OBAMACARE (ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “I introduced a plan to build on Obamacare. It remind everybody, 20 million people got insurance, didn’t have it before. All people with preexisting conditions are able to be covered. I could go on. We didn’t get all that we wanted, but now that it’s been exposed, that taking it away […]

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12/9/2019

JOE BIDEN/NATIONAL SECURITY/NATO: “If we don’t figure out how to bring the world together again, reassure our allies, making sure that our, that those who are opponents know we understand what they’re about and we’re gonna do something about it. Where do we go? What happens in five years if this, if the president’s reelected? […]

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12/8/2019

JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UKRAINE: “….Biden on the board of the largest natural gas company in Ukraine, getting paid $83,000 a month, 10 times as much as a board member of @exxonmobil.’ Thank you Ted. He also made a fortune from China and others, but zero before his father became V.P. @MeetThePress” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December […]

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12/4/2019

2A/GUNS/JOE BIDEN: “I’ll repeal the federal law that protects gun manufacturers from civil liability claims, finally forcing them to face up to the lives they’ve destroyed — a fight that so many courageous Sandy Hook parents are now waging. I’ll ban the manufacture and sale of assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, require background checks for […]

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11/23/2019

JOE BIDEN/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I think it’s clear on the record that Donald Trump went in, in addition to the violations that have been uncovered relative to the Mueller report, I think Donald Trump, there’s no doubt he’s asked foreign countries to interfere in our electoral process, period. It’s been established. Now Republicans are trying […]

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11/23/2019

JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: [Don Lemon: “This morning this is what President Trump said about you on FOX News, and I quote here, all right? He said, well, I don’t know if Joe can make it mentally.”] “Mr. President, I can hardly wait. I can hardly wait. You’re a serial liar. You’re corrupt, and I […]

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11/23/2019

AFRICAN AMERICANS/JOE BIDEN: [Don Lemon: “What will you do as president to justify that overwhelming support that you have from black people?”] “To continue to do what I’ve always done, to deal with the idea that there’s such an abuse of power that goes on in America today, but with this president in particular, of […]

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11/22/2019

ECONOMY/JOE BIDEN/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We need to build an economy that reflects our values. My administration will reverse the Trump tax cuts for the super-wealthy and corporations. We’ll then use that money to build a stronger, more inclusive middle class.” -Joe Biden, Twitter.com, Nov. 22, 2019 1:01 pm […]

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11/14/2019

DEMS/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UKRAINE: “Democrats must apologize to USA: Ukrainian Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko said that ‘United States Ambassador Gordon Sondland did NOT link financial military assistance to a request for Ukraine to open up an investigation into former V.P. Joe Biden & his son, Hunter Biden…..”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 14, 2019 11:52 pm […]

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11/12/2019

CORRUPTION/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…..’no pressure’ put on him to investigate Sleepy Joe Biden even though, as President, I have an ‘obligation’ to look into corruption, and Biden’s actions, on tape, about firing the prosecutor, and his son’s taking millions of dollars, with no knowledge or talent, from a…..” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 12, 2019 […]

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11/11/2019

JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UKRAINE: “‘The President has until September 30th to give this aid to Ukraine. He gets it out on September 11th., 3 weeks before the deadline. So, we give our ally aid, and Joe Biden is not investigated. Remember that, they get the aid and we get nothing in return. The Democrats….” –Donald […]

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11/11/2019

CIVIL RIGHTS/FOREIGN POLICY/JOE BIDEN: “Look, we should not make our policy based on who we get to sell weapons to. What — I mean, what a foreign policy. I mean, it makes no sense to me. It makes no sense. Look — look what’s happened in China now. They have a million Uighurs, Muslims, in […]

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11/11/2019

DEMS/JOE BIDEN: “I’m more of a Democrat from my shoe sole to my ears than about anybody running in this party, OK?  One thing I’ve never had to wonder about is what I believed and where my ideology was and where I come from and why I’m in this and why I’m fighting. It’s because […]

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11/11/2019

HEALTHCARE/JOE BIDEN/OBAMACARE (ACA): “I believe the plan I have proposed, which is building on Obamacare and providing a public option that is available for anyone, significantly reducing the cost of getting in the exchanges — my plan costs $750 billion, would immediately cover everybody — everybody in America, allow you to keep your private plan […]

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11/11/2019

GOP/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I got elected as a 29-year-old kid the same year that Richard Nixon got elected in 1972. And politics today has gotten so mean and ugly and dirty, and everybody questioning motive and not focusing at all on trying to put things together, instead of disagreeing on substance, that you go […]

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11/11/2019

IMPEACHMENT/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP TAXES: “Did Trump commit impeachable offenses? He’s indicted himself on the White House lawn saying he did invite these people. And by the way, if — and he said he wants to deal with corruption. That’s what it’s all about. Well, Mr. President, release your tax returns. Show us what you’ve done.” -Joe […]

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11/11/2019

JOE BIDEN/MILITARY/NATO: “One, we don’t need large standing — large standing armies abroad… The other thing we should be doing is strengthening our alliances instead of embracing autocrats and dictators, like this president does, and poking our finger in the eye of our folks in NATO and — and — and the Far East, in […]

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11/1/2019

ISRAEL/JOE BIDEN: “I strongly oppose Israel’s settlement policy on the West Bank. I have made that clear to Bibi when we were — when I was vice president. I have made it crystal clear to the Israelis. But the idea that we would cut off military aid to an ally, our only true, true ally […]

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11/1/2019

JOE BIDEN: [Judy Woodruff: “Your son Hunter, you have been asked a lot of questions about this.”] “I didn’t know he [Hunter] was on the board of that company. And, in fact, no one has asserted on the board that it illegal for him to be on the board or he did anything wrong… He […]

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11/1/2019

JOE BIDEN/MIDDLE CLASS/UNION: “Look, what’s happened around America is, look at the efforts to prevent unions from organizing. Look at the efforts that now you have to sign non-compete agreements if you for a fast-food chain, so you won’t go across town to get another job at a fast-food chain. Look at what’s happening to […]

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11/1/2019

ECONOMY/JOE BIDEN/MIDDLE CLASS: “Look — go back to your own neighborhood. Find me middle-class folks who think they’re better off. Find me anybody out there who thinks their children are going to be as well-off as they are… The vast — all the studies show, if a parent — if a middle-class person got a […]

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11/1/2019

IMPEACHMENT/JOE BIDEN/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION: “The idea that someone would invite a foreign power into our election and, in the process, withhold, apparently — the allegation of some within the administration who heard the conversations — withhold vital aid, military aid, voted for by the Congress, while Ukrainians are dying… Imagine if you didn’t investigate this. What […]

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11/1/2019

HEALTHCARE/JOE BIDEN/OBAMACARE (ACA): “All we have to do is go back, restore Obamacare, make it — provide a public option, further subsidize the ability to get into a gold plan. My plan will cost about $750 billion over 10 years. We can pay for that.” -Joe Biden as quoted by Judy Woodruff, “Watch our interview […]

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11/1/2019

ECONOMY/JOE BIDEN/UNION: “Look, what’s happened around America is, look at the efforts to prevent unions from organizing. Look at the efforts that now you have to sign non-compete agreements if you for a fast-food chain, so you won’t go across town to get another job at a fast-food chain. Look at what’s happening to the […]

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11/1/2019

ECONOMY/JOE BIDEN: “Find me middle-class folks who think they’re better off. Find me anybody out there who thinks their children are going to be as well-off as they are… The vast — all the studies show, if a parent — if a middle-class person got a bill for 400 bucks in one month, they would […]

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10/31/2019

HEALTHCARE/JOE BIDEN/OBAMACARE (ACA)/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump is undermining our health care and trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act at every turn. As a result, 400,000 additional children are uninsured. It’s cruel. I will protect and build on Obamacare to ensure every American has access to the care they need.” -Joe Biden, Twitter.com, Oct. […]

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10/18/2019

JOE BIDEN/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UKRAINE: “A career State Department official told impeachment investigators this week that he raised concerns with a senior White House official in 2015 about the son of then-Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. holding a position on the board of a Ukrainian gas company. But the warning from George P. Kent, then […]

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10/14/2019

ETIHCS/FOREIGN POLICY/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “After three weeks of sustained attacks from President Donald Trump over his son’s overseas business deals, Joe Biden is no longer reacting with a mix of silence and counter-accusations. The former vice president is rolling out a new ethics policy banning White House family members from foreign entanglements. His son, […]

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10/13/2019

JOE BIDEN/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “.@marklevinshow on @FoxNews is doing a big show tonight on the Democrat’s Impeachment Scam. 10:00 P.M. No guests, just Mark. He is angry (like so many others!). At 9:00 P.M. on @FoxNews, Steve Hilton is looking into the Crooked Bidens. Where’s Hunter?” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 13, 2019 6:09 pm […]

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10/10/2019

JOE BIDEN/MILITARY/TRANSGENDER: [Audience member: “I served over ten years in the United States military and two combat tours in Iraq, and after that service, I was forced to make one of the most difficult decisions I’ve ever been forced to make, and that was to choose between serving my country and my true identity as […]

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10/10/2019

JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The president [Trump] has pulled back almost every single solitary administratively positive thing we did from the Affordable Care Act, to Title IX, just across the board. And there’s a number of things we have to do. First and foremost, I think we have to pass the Equality Act. That’s important.” […]

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10/9/2020

JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “This is a president who has decided that this nation doesn’t have the tools or the power or the political will to stop him from doing whatever he wants. Trump isn’t just testing us, he’s laughing at us. He has no sense of decency. He doesn’t care about the law.” -Joe […]

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10/9/2019

2020 ELECTION/IMPEACHMENT/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Last week on the White House lawn, President Trump invited China to get engaged in deciding our election and who our nominee would be… We believe Americans should decide American elections period. But Donald Trump will do anything to get reelected, including violating the most basic forms of democracy. It’s […]

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10/9/2019

JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “So pathetic to see Sleepy Joe Biden, who with his son, Hunter, and to the detriment of the American Taxpayer, has ripped off at least two countries for millions of dollars, calling for my impeachment – and I did nothing wrong. Joe’s Failing Campaign gave him no other choice!”  –Donald Trump, […]

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10/9/2019

IMPEACHMENT/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UKRAINE: “Joseph R. Biden Jr. on Wednesday [10-9-19] called for President Trump’s impeachment for the first time, blistering Mr. Trump as a threat to American democracy and accusing him of ‘shooting holes in the Constitution.’ Escalating his language in an effort to rebut Mr. Trump’s unfounded claims about his actions with Ukraine, […]

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10/6/2019

CLIMATE CHANGE/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Our planet just experienced the hottest September on record — yet President Trump continues to dismiss the devastating effects of climate change. As president, I’ll address this grave threat and lead the world in addressing our climate emergency.” -Joe Biden, Twitter.com, Oct. 6, 2019 1:52 pm […]

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10/6/2019

JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UKRAINE: “The Biden family was PAID OFF, pure and simple! The fake news must stop making excuses for something that is totally inexcusable. Sleepy Joe said he never spoke to the Ukrainian company, and then the picture came out where he was playing golf with the company boss and Hunter…..” –Donald Trump, […]

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10/6/2019

CHINA/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….And by the way, I would LOVE running against 1% Joe Biden – I just don’t think it’s going to happen. Sleepy Joe won’t get to the starting gate, & based on all of the money he & his family probably ‘extorted,’ Joe should hang it up. I wouldn’t want him […]

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