Joe Biden is fooling only himself
A president who prides himself on the common touch is insulting everyone’s common sense
Despair as you may about American politics, polls suggest a stubborn cause for hope: Americans still do not appreciate being treated like fools. Regardless of what alternative facts their politicians insist upon, most voters do not ignore their common sense or life experience or the evidence of their eyes and ears.
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