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Joe Biden’s “Chains” Comment and the Racial Double Standard

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Matt Latimer on how Joe Biden's comments are proof of a double standard in American politics.

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Joe Biden must step down as Vice President of the United States. That is the rule, isn’t it, whenever a public figure makes a bone-headed, addle-brained, one-drink-too-many-at-a-wedding comment regarding race? Actually, no that isn’t the rule.

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