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Rhetoric or obliviousness? Biden predicts a post-Trump ‘epiphany’ for GOP.

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May 14, 2019 at 1:44 p.m. EDT
Former vice president Joe Biden looks over his choices at a stop for coffee in Concord, N.H., on Monday. (Cj Gunther/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

Former vice president Joe Biden, at the moment leading the 2020 Democratic presidential field, stopped in New Hampshire on Tuesday, where speaking with voters, he offered a prediction for how American politics would be reshaped after President Trump is out of office.

“What’s happened is, between gerrymandering and unlimited campaign spending, we found ourselves in a position where an awful lot of Republicans have become intimidated by the president,” Biden said, according to CNN’s David Wright. “If you notice, most Republicans — leaders, don’t lose from the left. They lose on the right. … I think there is not a middle ground.”