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On this MLK Day, President-Elect and Mrs. Biden are volunteering at a hunger relief organization in Philadelphia. It's a renewal of a presidential tradition of giving back, and helping those less fortunate - a tradition that frankly has been absent for the last four years (more)
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Past presidents have volunteered by doing everything from digging ditches, tutoring students, working in soup kitchens and building homes. It is fair and objective to note that Trump has not bothered to set this sort of inspirational example for Americans (more)
Past presidents have volunteered by doing everything from digging ditches, tutoring students, working in soup kitchens and building homes. It is fair and objective to note that Trump has not bothered to set this sort of inspirational example for Americans (more)
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Trump also went out of his way to mock the volunteer organization set up by George H.W. Bush - the "Points of Light" Foundation. Shameful and ignorant https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/other/trump-ridicules-bushs-thousand-points-of-light/2018/07/06/faecd4f2-8135-11e8-b3b5-b61896f90919_video.html
Trump also went out of his way to mock the volunteer organization set up by George H.W. Bush - the "Points of Light" Foundation. Shameful and ignorant https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/other/trump-ridicules-bushs-thousand-points-of-light/2018/07/06/faecd4f2-8135-11e8-b3b5-b61896f90919_video.html
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It is also fair and objective to note that Trump's selfishness runs in the family. Mrs. Trump has broken the longstanding tradition of civility and decency that prior First Ladies have shown to their successors. She has not, it is believed, lifted a finger to help Mrs. Biden
It is also fair and objective to note that Trump's selfishness runs in the family. Mrs. Trump has broken the longstanding tradition of civility and decency that prior First Ladies have shown to their successors. She has not, it is believed, lifted a finger to help Mrs. Biden
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The tradition of First Ladies reaching out to successors is particularly important when a First Lady from the other party is moving in, or after a close and bitterly-fought election. Here: Mamie Eisenhower hosts Jacqueline Kennedy in 1960 (more)
The tradition of First Ladies reaching out to successors is particularly important when a First Lady from the other party is moving in, or after a close and bitterly-fought election. Here: Mamie Eisenhower hosts Jacqueline Kennedy in 1960 (more)
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...Barbara Bush graciously welcomed Hillary Clinton
...Barbara Bush graciously welcomed Hillary Clinton
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...Hillary Clinton graciously welcomed Laura Bush
...Hillary Clinton graciously welcomed Laura Bush
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...Laura Bush graciously welcomed Michelle Obama
...Laura Bush graciously welcomed Michelle Obama
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...and Michelle Obama graciously welcomed Melania Trump. It is fair to say that Mrs. Trump has been selfish and indecent in not extending such courtesies to her successor
...and Michelle Obama graciously welcomed Melania Trump. It is fair to say that Mrs. Trump has been selfish and indecent in not extending such courtesies to her successor
