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Biden: US leadership is 'giving license' for hate and prejudice to grow
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/419992-biden-us-leadership-is-giving-license-for-hate-and-prejudice-toBiden: US leadership is ‘giving license’ for hate and prejudice to grow
By Michael Burke - 12/06/18 07:33 AM EST
Former Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday said leadership in the U.S. is "giving license" to acts of prejudice.
“We are in a battle for the soul of this nation. We have to recognize that trend lines are moving in the wrong direction," Biden said while speaking at an event in Washington, D.C. marking the tenth anniversary the Lantos Foundation, a human rights nonprofit group.
The former vice president pointed to a report from the Anti-Defamation League that found that the number of anti-Semitic incidents rose by almost 60 percent in 2017.
“It’s not an accident," Biden said. "Our leadership is giving license to, giving license to this prejudice.”
Biden is thought to be considering taking on President Trump with a run for the presidency in 2020. He said earlier this week that he believes he is the "most qualified" person in the U.S. to be president.
“I'll be as straight with you as I can. I think I'm the most qualified person in the country to be president,” he Biden said at a book tour stop in Montana. “The issues that we face as a country today are the issues that have been in my wheelhouse, that I've worked on my whole life.”