Joe Biden, Kamala Harris Cite Debunked Charlottesville ‘Fine People Hoax’

Big Hollywood | 08-12
Joe Biden, Kamala Harris Cite Debunked Charlottesville ‘Fine People Hoax’

Joe Biden cited the Charlottesville “fine people hoax” — again — on Wednesday in his remarks introducing his running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), in Wilmington, Delaware. Biden repeated his debunked claim that Trump called neo-Nazis in Charlottesville in August 2017 “very fine people”:. It is also the third anniversary...

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