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Joe Biden and the realities of the N-word

14 November 2021

3:51 PM

14 November 2021

3:51 PM

“If you didn’t vote for Biden, you ain’t black,” tweeted 2020 Florida Republican congressional candidate Lavern Spicer on Thursday, “I guess you’re a negro.” Spicer, who is black, was referring to President Joe Biden’s latest gaffe.

Delivering his first Veterans Day address at Arlington National Cemetery to a nation reeling from the baleful effects of his failed presidency, and amid historically low approval ratings, Biden referred to the 1940s black baseball player Satchel Paige as “the great negro,” apparently because Paige could still competitively play at age 47.

Joe Biden referring to Satchel Paige as “the great negro at the time” sounds just as terrible as you’d...

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