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Politics

Fact Check: Joe Biden's DNC Speech

WUNC | By WUNC News

Published August 20, 2020 at 8:21 PM EDT

File photo of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden taking a selfie with supporters during a campaign rally in Durham's historically-black Hillside High School on Sunday, October 27, 2019.

Joe Biden is formally accepting the Democratic Party's nomination for president on Thursday. NPR reporters are providing live analysis of his remarks.

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