The total measure of the two men running for president can be taken by just watching their reactions to spontaneous things.

Joe Biden kisses a hurting young man on the forehead like I would with my son. No forethought. Just nurturing instinct.

1/ https://twitter.com/arunchaud/status/1318873947224625153

Trump is incapable of even faking empathy or caring or compassion.

Notice he never spontaneously laughs. You’ve never seen him suddenly react with any emotion at all - other than anger.

He can process injury alone.

He can only hope to fake everything else.

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He doesn’t feel any of those things.

He just attempts to mirror what they look like when other people appear to feel them.

And he can’t do that instantly because it isn’t reflexive; it is feigned.

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Biden is the opposite. His emotional self is a fully integrated part of his personality - even when in public.

It doesn’t need to be summoned up. It’s right there.

It’s what makes it drives moments like the one above. Spontaneous interactions. Earnest reactions.

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Joe Biden is a good man.

He doesn’t need to fake it. Trump couldn’t fake it if he tried.

(Here’s the backstory of the video...)

5/5 https://twitter.com/loganrub_17/status/1318878533922545670