President Biden Issues Remarks at Hanukkah Holiday Reception
December 18, 2024
December 18, 2024
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- President Biden issued the following remarks on Dec. 16, 2024, at a Hanukkah holiday reception:
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THE PRESIDENT: My name -- my name is Joe Biden, and I'm Jill Biden's husband. (Laughter.)
And I was raised by -- some of you know me well -- by a righteous Christian: my dad. My dad used to come home and rail against the fact that we didn't let the ship in -- let -- after Auschwitz, we didn't -- we didn't bomb the railroad tracks, et . . .
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THE PRESIDENT: My name -- my name is Joe Biden, and I'm Jill Biden's husband. (Laughter.)
And I was raised by -- some of you know me well -- by a righteous Christian: my dad. My dad used to come home and rail against the fact that we didn't let the ship in -- let -- after Auschwitz, we didn't -- we didn't bomb the railroad tracks, et . . .