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    “the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean.” – Biden, referring to President Obama

    “Poor kids are just as smart and talented as white kids!”

    “It’s awful hard, as well, to get Latinx vaccinated as well. Why? They’re worried that they will be vaccinated and deported.”

    “Unlike the African American community, with notable exceptions, the Latino community is an incredibly diverse community with incredibly different attitudes about different things.”

    “That’s like saying you . . . before you got in this program, you’re take [sic] a test whether you’re taking cocaine or not. What do you think? Huh? Are you a junkie?” – Biden asking a Black reporter if he’s a cocaine junkie after the reporter asked if he had taken a cognitive test

    “You cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin’ Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent.”

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      Um… some of these make you sound like the racist one.

      Like suggesting that saying to a black reporter if they’re a junkie it’s racist as if only black people use cocaine or are junkies. That’s you assuming that, not Biden.

      And you are the one making the assumption about Latinx people: https://www.aamc.org/news/we-need-get-more-latinx-people-vaccinated-heres-how

      Also, every single one of those is out of context and none of them are sourced.

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        out of context

        Ah yes, the old “out of context” argument. You know damn well if any Republican said any one of those things, people would be out with the pitchforks. But because it’s a Democrat, you’re OK with it and blow it off as “out of context.” Even though the guy didn’t want his kids growing up in a “racial jungle” (his words, not mine).

        If you can’t look at your own side critically, you are what is wrong with this country.

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          So you’re claiming context has no relevance to things people say? Really?

          Because, again, without context, you’re the one coming off as a racist.

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              Really? Because, again, I provided you with a link to a Latina doctor who says her patients are vaccine hesitant because they fear deportation. So the truth is not okay?

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                I still think it was an inappropriate thing to say, implying that Latin-Americans are all here illegally.

                What about the rest of it? You think it’s OK to tell voters of color that they ain’t Black if they don’t vote for him, make racist jokes about 7-11, and make comments about Obama like that? Oh right, in SOME context, you think it’s OK, and that context is the letter D after his name.

                Give me a break. You’re licking his boots because he is a Democrat who ran against Trump. Kamala Harris and Karine Jean-Pierre are his tokens to show he’s “not racist.” I have zero hope for the Democrat party because they have no incentive whatsoever to do any better.