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Joe Biden Is Smart to Get the Hell Out of the Way
#SLATEPITCH
Everybody wants him out there having press conferences every day. Being the shadow president. Relax. Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Matt Lewis
Senior Columnist
Published
Mar. 31 2020
4:45AM EDT
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