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Joe Biden’s Awkward ‘Virtual Happy Hour’ Livestream Attracted Just 2,800 Viewers

Emily Zanotti
Joe Biden’s Awkward ‘Virtual Happy Hour’ Livestream Attracted Just 2,800 Viewers
Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Former Vice President Joe Biden is struggling to find a way to inject himself into the media cycle, and when holding “shadow” coronavirus briefings didn’t quite work out, he and his campaign planned a series of “virtual happy hour” events, designed to attract younger voters to the Biden for president campaign.

The effort didn’t work, drawing just 2,800 simultaneous viewers on Wednesday night.

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