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Joe Biden Quotes

Many of us have seen that harrowing footage of Ahmaud Arbery out on a jog on a beautiful day in February in Florida, in Georgia, shot down in cold blood, essentially lynched before our very eyes, 2020 style…This family and the country deserves justice and they deserve it now. They deserve a transparent investigation of this brutal murder.

– Joe Biden

On shooting dead of black jogger Ahmaud Arbery by two white men.

These vicious acts call to mind the darkest chapters of our history, and more recently, the awful sector of white supremacists on the march in Charlottesville, Virginia, of massacres in houses of worship, of a rising pandemic of hate.

– Joe Biden

On shooting dead of black jogger Ahmaud Arbery by two white men.

No, it is not true. I’m saying unequivocally it never, never happened. And it didn’t.

– Joe Biden

Asked by TV interviewer if he sexually assaulted Tara Reade. She claimed that in 1993 he forced against a wall, put his hands under her clothes and sexually assaulted her.

I want to address allegations by a former staffer that I engaged in misconduct 27 years ago. They aren’t true. This never happened.

– Joe Biden

In statement issued during his US presidential campaign.

Joe Biden botches US Declaration of Independence quote

In Independence

We hold these truths to be self-evident: all men and women are created, by the, you know the, you know the thing.

– Joe Biden

Botching US Declaration of Independence quote.

This is an incredible nation. The American people are generous, decent, good, fair, bright, and it makes you so proud to be an American.

– Joe Biden

On America and coronavirus pandemic.

We are seeing the soul of America now. Take a look at what is happening. Everywhere you look, you see people reaching out to help people.

– Joe Biden

On Americans’ reaction to coronavirus crisis.

There should be a rent freeze. No one should be evicted during this period – period.

– Joe Biden

On protecting Americans from economic fallout of coronavirus pandemic.

It’s a false choice to make, saying that you either open the economy or everything goes to hell. You cannot make this economy grow until you deal with the virus. They’re one and the same. You can’t deal with the economic crisis until you deal with the health care crisis.

– Joe Biden

Arguing that economy could only rebound once public health emergency was brought under control.

I’ve lost a couple children, I’ve lost a wife and it is incredibly difficult to go through and it’s harder to go through when you haven’t had an opportunity to be with the person while they’re dying.

– Joe Biden

On difficulty that comes with not being able to be with loved ones dying from coronavirus.

there's a uh, during World War II, uh, you know, where Roosevelt came up with a thing uh, that uh, you know, was totally different ' Rambling Joe Biden on Covid response

You know, there’s a uh, during World War II, uh, you know, where Roosevelt came up with a thing uh, that uh, you know, was totally different than a, than the, the, it’s called, he called it the, you know, the World War II, he had the war – the War Production Board.

– Joe Biden

Rambling and struggling for words during CNN interview about coronavirus response, in April 2020.

Joe Biden speaks gibberish on pandemic and 1918 flu

But we cannot let this – we’ve never allowed any crisis from a Civil War straight through to a pandemic in ‘17, all the way around, ’16, we have never, never let our democracy take second fiddle, we can both have a democracy and elections and at the same time protect the public health.

– Joe Biden

Asked on ABC News if he was open to idea of not being able to hold Democratic Party Convention in August 2020. A befuddled Biden lost his train of thought, made no sense and forgot when 1918 flu pandemic occurred.

You’re full of s***!

– Joe Biden

To factory worker who accused him of trying to end the US Constitution Second Amendment, which guarantees right to bear arms. The US presidential candidate also called the car plant worker a “horse’s ass” during a campaign stop.

I may be Irish but I’m not stupid.

– Joe Biden

Biden, who is of Irish descent, got into hot water for appearing to imply Irish people are stupid.

Poor kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids.

– Joe Biden

To group of mostly Asian and Hispanic voters.

ISIS is not an existential threat to something happening to someone in the United States of America. It’s a serious problem overseas, but it’s confusing and frightening.

– Joe Biden

The Chinese have figured out that they have a giant environmental problem. Folks in Beijing, some days, literally can’t breathe. Over a million Chinese die prematurely every year because of air pollution.

– Joe Biden

I have no doubt that Russia will and should remain a major source of energy supplies for Europe and the world.

– Joe Biden

There’s a lot of revisionist history that goes on these days about Iraq.

– Joe Biden

The American people have not become heartless.

– Joe Biden

You get a lawyer whether you’re in a military tribunal or whether you’re in a federal court, number one. The attorney general decided that the court with the biggest – with the greatest venue, with the best jurisdiction was the New York court. That was the right decision to make.

– Joe Biden

We’re going to be OK because of the American people. They have more grit, determination and courage than you can imagine.

– Joe Biden

My dad used to have an expression – ‘It is the lucky person who gets up in the morning, puts both feet on the floor, knows what they are about to do, and thinks it still matters.’

– Joe Biden

The Qataris have cut off support for the most extreme elements of terrorist organizations.

– Joe Biden

Barack Obama is probably the most exciting candidate that either the Democratic or Republican party has produced at least since I’ve been around. He’s fresh, he’s new, he’s insightful.

– Joe Biden

I have a really close relationship with Mike Bloomberg.

– Joe Biden

Innovation can only occur where you can breathe free.

– Joe Biden

We are America, second to none, and we own the finish line. Don’t forget it.

– Joe Biden

We don’t want two-tier people in America. Those who are legal but not citizens, and citizens.

– Joe Biden

Other than being crazy enough to press a button, there is nothing that Putin can do militarily to fundamentally alter American interests.

– Joe Biden

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