Biden’s office announced his illness Sunday afternoon.

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    18 hours ago

    I stomached looking at his truth social account so you don’t have to:

    Melania and I are saddened to hear about Joe Biden’s recent medical diagnosis. We extend our warmest and best wishes to Jill and the family, and we wish Joe a fast and successful recovery.

    I guess some pr person has his phone today. He’ll probably say something stupid in an interview later.

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        13 hours ago

        Yeah the comments ITT are pretty awful. I’m no fan of Biden, but some of the comments here are depraved.

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          Aiding and abetting a genocide is depraved.

          Going on national TV and lying about seeing “pictures of 40 beheaded babies” is depraved.

          Celebrating when a war criminal gets prostate cancer? Not depraved at all in my opinion. He deserves much worse.

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            Aiding and abetting a genocide is depraved.

            Agreed.

            Going on national TV and lying about seeing “pictures of 40 beheaded babies” is depraved.

            Agreed.

            He deserves much worse.

            Agreed.

            Celebrating when a war criminal gets prostate cancer? Not depraved at all in my opinion.

            Hard disagree.

            You can acknowledge that he’s an awful person while refraining from celebrating his misfortune.

            If someone deserves punishment, celebrating that punishment is basically just hatred. I might want to get that looked at.

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              If someone deserves punishment, celebrating that punishment is basically just hatred.

              Yes, I hate the man who spent my tax dollars to bomb children living in tent cities.

              I hate the man who failed so spectacularly as a candidate that he gave us president Trump.

              I hate Genocide Joe.

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      I checked the Conservative subreddit to see what their reaction was and it’s pretty sympathetic. This made me laugh though

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        As if this isn’t the most basic norm of the presidency?

        Has any other president trashed an ex presidents diagnosis (or something similar)?

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          Cancer doesn’t care about ideology, but it sure seems like one ideology in the US cares about giving you cancer and denying treatment for it.

          If cancer could vote, it would vote Republican.

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            Yes. That’s a big reason why a democrat posting in r/conservative calling them classy and wonderful almost made me puke.