….As the scrum continued, Biden was asked for his response to protesters who antagonized Manchin and Sinema over their opposition to the reconciliation bill. Asked whether those protests “cross a line,” Biden said “I don’t think they’re appropriate tactics, but it happens to everybody. The only people it doesn’t happen to are people who have secret service standing around them. It’s a part of the process.”

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