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No one loves Joe Biden

Americans elected the president to get rid of his predecessor. They’re not sure what else he can do

ARLINGTON, HOME of Robert E. Lee and a cemetery dug vengefully on his front lawn, is barely in Virginia these days. The city’s tony apartments and IT firms have long made it feel like an extension of Washington. That, in turn, made it relatively safe for Joe Biden, one cold and blowy evening this week, to flit across the Potomac and dip his toes into Virginia’s gubernatorial race.

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