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Joe Biden is fooling only himself
A president who prides himself on the common touch is insulting everyone’s common sense
Despair as you may about American politics, polls suggest a stubborn cause for hope: Americans still do not appreciate being treated like fools. Regardless of what alternative facts their politicians insist upon, most voters do not ignore their common sense or life experience or the evidence of their eyes and ears.
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This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “Joe Biden is fooling only himself”
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