Joe Biden's campaign says his dismal poll numbers are 'even worse' than Trump's Ukraine scandal

Joe Biden.
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Joe Biden's 2020 campaign is severely underreacting to what should be a Democratic home run.

The White House on Wednesday released a memorandum from a call between President Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, which shows Trump pushed Zelensky to investigate Biden's son Hunter Biden, likely aiming to use the information for campaign attacks. Even though Trump admitted to much of what the transcript shows earlier on Tuesday, a Biden fundraising email suggests the former vice president's campaign didn't seem to think it was such a big deal.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.