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Budi

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13. Hey Cha! If the Axios story moved you, CNN's article will bring it home.
Mon Dec 7, 2020, 10:58 PM
Dec 2020
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/12/07/politics/biden-amtrak/index.html

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During his final train trip as vice president in 2017, Biden said riding the rails reminded him that politics was about more than just his success and career.

"What I used to do, literally, is you ride along here at night going home and you look out, you look in the windows and you see the lights on and think about, I mean this sincerely, what is going on at that kitchen table," Biden told CNN, gesturing to the homes whizzing by. "What are people thinking about, what are their real worries?"

When Biden arrived in Delaware that day, he was greeted with a hero's welcome: a marching band, friends and family, and a rally where he held back tears.

"You have been with me in victory," Biden said near the end of his speech. "You've been with me in defeat. You have all stayed with me."
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If this Nation ever needed a center of gravity, Joe Biden is the man for the moment ~

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