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JOE BIDEN Endorses Hillary Clinton--This didn't get as much play today, but here it is....!!!!!
.....the next president — and God willing, in my view, it'll be Secretary Clinton...Joe Biden endorses Hillary Clinton
Vice President Joe Biden backed Hillary Clinton on Thursday, hours after President Barack Obama issued his own endorsement of the former secretary of state.
Biden, speaking Thursday night at the American Constitution Society convention a few blocks from the White House, didn't squarely endorse Clinton. But he made his preferences clear in what seemed like an unplanned aside amid remarks about the need to confirm fill the Supreme Court vacancy left by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. Republicans have refused to grant a hearing to Obama's nominee, federal judge Merrick Garland, let alone a floor vote.
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"Keep in mind, we have another entire term of this potential confusion if the vote is not allowed this year. Anybody who thinks that whatever the next president — and God willing, in my view, it'll be Secretary Clinton," Biden said. "Now, I don't say that for political reasons, but whoever it is, even if it is a Democrat, the idea this will be brought up within a month or two or three is highly unlikely."
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/joe-biden-endorses-hillary-clinton-224162#ixzz4B8gd7XOy
Biden, speaking Thursday night at the American Constitution Society convention a few blocks from the White House, didn't squarely endorse Clinton. But he made his preferences clear in what seemed like an unplanned aside amid remarks about the need to confirm fill the Supreme Court vacancy left by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. Republicans have refused to grant a hearing to Obama's nominee, federal judge Merrick Garland, let alone a floor vote.
Story Continued Below
"Keep in mind, we have another entire term of this potential confusion if the vote is not allowed this year. Anybody who thinks that whatever the next president — and God willing, in my view, it'll be Secretary Clinton," Biden said. "Now, I don't say that for political reasons, but whoever it is, even if it is a Democrat, the idea this will be brought up within a month or two or three is highly unlikely."
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/joe-biden-endorses-hillary-clinton-224162#ixzz4B8gd7XOy
