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Can Jim Clyburn Save Joe Biden Again?

January 31, 2024 at 10:21 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Rep. Jim Clyburn sat down with Joe Biden at the White House in December. Over the course of two hours, the congressman warned the president that how he delivers his message matters,” NOTUS reports.

Said Clyburn: “You stay in this Senate 35 or 40 years, you tend to talk one way.”

He added: “It’s one thing to hear what you’ve done, it’s something else to see what you’ve done. But in politics, the most important thing is for one to feel what you have done. Inflation Reduction Act? Nobody’s gonna feel that. Capping insulin at $35 a month. People will feel that.”

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