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Joe Biden Campaign Quietly Removes Ad Featuring Struggling Small Business Owner Who Was Actually Wealthy ‘Angel Investor’

Ashe Schow
Joe Biden Campaign Quietly Removes Ad Featuring Struggling Small Business Owner Who Was Actually Wealthy ‘Angel Investor’
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Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s campaign has hidden an ad featuring a man claiming to be a struggling small business owner who was in reality a wealthy investor.

The ad featured Joe Malcoun, co-owner of a bar called the Blind Pig in Michigan, who said his business could shut down because of how poorly President Donald Trump handled the coronavirus pandemic. As The Daily Wire previously reported, Malcoun is actually a wealthy “angel investor” who received a large inheritance from his wife’s grandfather nearly a decade ago. In 2018, Malcoun told Click on Detroit that the inheritance was “almost like winning the lottery” and he used the money to become a well-known angel investor in Michigan, helping tech startups.

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