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Proof That Biden Is More Radical Than Bernie Sanders?

Sen. Bernie Sanders during a Senate Budget Committee hearing to examine President Biden’s proposed budget request for fiscal year 2022 on Capitol Hill, June 8, 2021. (Shawn Thew/Pool via Reuters)

This is an amazing clip. Asked about the difference between equality and equity, Bernie declares himself for equality, at the same time that Biden is seeking to embed equity in all federal decision-making:

To be sure, Bernie isn’t using terms very precisely, since he says that the equality he favors is equality of opportunity, but this is another indication that old-fashioned socialists are in some important respects less noxious than today’s identity-politics-obsessed progressives.

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