Battle for the Soul: can Joe Biden beat Trump’s Republicans in the war of words?
by Michael Cornfield from US news | The Guardian on (#5N2Y6)
The president appeals to the civil religion' of Washington and Kennedy. His opponents use weasel words and seek to limit democracy. The stakes could not be higher
Joe Biden declared his third candidacy for president on 25 April 2019 in a three-and-a-half minute video. The format was new, but for Biden relied on an old-fashioned conception of masculinity.
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