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Biden sticks with 'very smart' message from start to finish: 'Referendum on Trump'

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Democratic nominee Joseph R. Biden is closing out the 2020 presidential race the same way he started it, framing his showdown with President Trump as …
Democratic nominee Joseph R. Biden is closing out the 2020 presidential race the same way he started it, framing his showdown with President Trump as a “battle for the soul of the nation” and making the case that “character is on the ballot.” Eighteen months ago, the former vice president entered the race warning that eight more years of Mr. Trump “will forever and fundamentally alter the character of this nation,” and he’s extolling that same message during the final week of campaigning. “Time and again throughout our history we have seen charlatans, con men, phony populists who sought to play on our fears, appeal to our worst appetites, and pick at the oldest scabs we have for their own political gain,” Mr. Biden said during a campaign Tuesday in Georgia. “Pope Francis warns us against this phony populism that appeals to ‘the basest and the most selfish instincts.’” Mr. Biden said by contrast he is running to “unite this nation and to heal this nation.” “God and history have called us to this moment and this mission,” he said. “With our voices and our votes we must free us from the forces of darkness, the forces of division and the forces of yesterday, and the forces that pull us apart hold us down, and hold us back.” Mr. Biden and the Democrats are making Mr. Trump play defense in Georgia. His late-in-the-game visit shows the Biden camp and his allies feel he is within striking distance of carrying the reliably red state for the first time since 1992 when Bill Clinton emerged victoriously.

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