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Biden claims Trump is America's 'first' racist president

Ignores the fact that several early presidents owned slaves
Biden claims Trump is America's 'first' racist president
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WASHINGTON — Joe Biden has said during a virtual town hall that President Donald Trump was the country's “first” racist president.

The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee’s comment came Wednesday in response to a questioner mentioning the president referring to the coronavirus as the “China virus."

"We’ve had racists, and they’ve existed. They’ve tried to get elected president. He’s the first one that has,” Biden said.

However, many presidents — including the nation’s first, George Washington — owned slaves.

Trump responded by saying that he'd done more for Black Americans than any other president, with the possible exception of Abraham Lincoln.

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