Joe Biden teases 2020 bid, tells firefighters to save their energy for 'a few weeks.'
As union members urge him into the race, the former vice president teases, "Be careful what you wish for."
But there was an endorsement of sorts as Biden took the stage and union members chanted “Run, Joe, Run.” The former vice president didn't give them a definitive answer, instead encouraging them to keep that energy in reserve. In his first political address since the midterms, Biden on Tuesday tested out the message that would be at the heart of his candidacy: a passionate call for restoring what he calls the middle-class bargain, and an appeal for moving beyond the current pettiness of our politics.Noting the iconic image of firefighters raising a flag at ground zero after the 9/11 attacks, Biden said the country was so unified then, but now"we seem to be at each other's throat.
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