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Biden’s Campaign Speech Slamming Trump’s ‘Xenophobia’ Goes Wrong In All Kinds Of Ways

John Bickley
Biden’s Campaign Speech Slamming Trump’s ‘Xenophobia’ Goes Wrong In All Kinds Of Ways
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Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden was quick to decry President Trump’s crucial early decision to clamp down on travel from China amid growing concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic, and even after acknowledging that such travel restrictions were necessary, Biden has continued to accuse Trump of pushing “xenophobia” through his coronavirus policies and rhetoric.

In a virtual campaign speech Monday delivered to the Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) Victory Fund, Biden again accused Trump of racially inflammatory actions and rhetoric, but the speech, like most of Biden’s virtual “events,” did not go as planned.

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