I have watched this 100 times as it has crossed my timeline this past week.

There is an unsaid that I recognize. The way Biden pulls the young man in, holds the back of his head, pulls him to his chest without thought or hesitation...

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Those are the spontaneous reflexes of a father who has done that a million times with his own son.

That ‘hand to the base of the neck, pull him up against your chest’, I do that with my son. It’s so reflexive, it’s unconscious.

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Even the moment the young man says “I wanted to...” and Biden quickly wheels and turns...

That’s the reaction of someone who was a primary parent once.

You listen different when it was you on point.

Joe Biden was the primary parent to his littles. And that doesn’t leave you.
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