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Source: Washington Post
Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, on Wednesday called President Trump the countrys first racist to be elected to the White House.
The former vice presidents blunt assessment came during a virtual town hall organized by the Service Employees International Union after a health-care worker expressed concern that Trump continues to blame Asians for the coronavirus pandemic.
Biden signaled that he shared the questioners concern that Trump frequently refers to the pandemic as the China virus, saying, the way he deals with people based on the color of their skin, their national origin, where theyre from, is absolutely sickening.
No sitting president has ever done this, Biden said. Never, never, never. No Republican president has done this. No Democratic president. Weve had racists, and theyve existed, theyve tried to get elected president. Hes the first one that has.
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