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Joe Biden butchers line from Abraham Lincoln’s inaugural address #shorts

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February 26, 2024

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President Biden butchered one of Abraham Lincoln’s most famous lines while speaking to the nation’s governors over the weekend — after saying “I want to make sure I get this quote exactly right.”

The 81-year-old president read from a notecard at the Governor’s Ball Dinner on Saturday, which apparently contained a quotation from Lincoln’s inaugural address.

“Standing here in front of this portrait of the man behind me, I want to make sure I get this quote exactly right,” Biden began, standing in front of a painting of the 16th president.

“He said, ‘We — the better angels,” he said, ‘We must address the counsel — and adjust to the better angels of our nature.’”

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