Democrats are trying to pull off another shameful deception
Pretending Joe Biden’s farewell was an act of self-abnegation is almost as big a lie as the claim that he was completely up to the job for another four years.
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Original URL: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/author/gerard-baker/page/7