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If only Biden was a ‘wild-eyed Marxist’
Trump’s labelling of the Democratic presidential candidate as ‘a Trojan horse for socialism’ is hilariously wide of the mark, says LINDA PENTZ GUNTER

IF YOU were wondering where the Neanderthal branch of our species ended up, the answer lies in those populating the recent Republican National Convention, on stage and off.
Watching the line-up of stiff, make-up-caked, too perfectly coiffed speakers was like seeing what would happen if Mattel went bad. This was Ken and Barbie controlled by evil AI puppetmasters.
Amid all the disbelief-inducing, teleprompt-recited false rhetoric, the most risible was the drumbeat of doom that a Democratic government led by Joe Biden and Kamala Harris would plunge us into Marxist mayhem.
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