Vice President Joe Biden couldn't be happier about the GOP's slate of presidential contenders. "We may be given a gift from the Lord in the presidential race here," Biden told House Democrats Thursday during their annual retreat in Baltimore. "I don't know who to root for more — Cruz or... what's that guy's name? He's having the fundraiser for veterans tonight, I'm told," he continued, pretending to not even be able to remember Donald Trump's name.
In fact, Biden said, all House Democrats need to do to have a good election season this fall is to just "keep pounding" on what Republicans are doing in Congress. "You don't have to make anything up," Biden said, "just say what they've done.'
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