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Was Biden Pandering?

Steve Russell
Lessons from History
Published in
10 min readJun 1, 2021

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Controversial Symbols Photo by Gilles DETOT on Unsplash

President Biden’s Memorial Day speech was a full-throated defense of democracy. Was it merely a string of safe applause lines? Didn’t the voters just reject the cheap patriotism of bone spurs on one side and an American flag lapel pin on the other?

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Steve Russell
Lessons from History

Written by Steve Russell

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Enrolled Cherokee, 9th grade dropout, retired judge, associate professor emeritus, and (so far) cancer survivor. Memoir: Lighting the Fire (Miniver Press 2020)

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