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Joe Biden is not the grief whisperer

1 September 2021

2:17 PM

1 September 2021

2:17 PM

Since when is the President of the United States everyone’s therapist? Since the 2020 presidential election, when Democratic politicians and the media designated the commander-in-chief as our nation’s collective grief counselor. Enter: Joe Biden

This election, we were told, was about character. Joe Biden, having suffered his own immense personal losses, was in a unique position to help the nation heal and unify after a tumultuous four years of President Donald Trump.

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