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Interview: Enrique Acevedo of Univision Interviews Joe Biden (Extra - Oval Office) - April 9, 2024
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Joe Biden Person
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Enrique Acevedo Person
Enrique Acevedo
Neutral
00:00:00-00:00:05 (6 sec)
"I know you have the -- the Cesar Chavez bust, which I wanted to ask you about."
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Joe Biden
Neutral
00:00:05-00:00:29 (23 sec)
"There it is. You know, when I was a when I was a -- when I was a young senator, I was actually running for office, and I was 29 years old, and Delaware's largest industry is agriculture. And he was organizing farm workers in my state. And I supported him, which was very controversial at the time in the southern part of my state."
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Joe Biden
Very Positive
00:00:29-00:00:40 (11 sec)
"And so, I always admired him because he was all about fairness and decency. I mean, he really was about -- just we talked about values, basic values --"
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Enrique Acevedo
Positive
00:00:40-00:00:40 (1 sec)
"Family values."
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Joe Biden
Very Positive
00:00:40-00:00:49 (9 sec)
"Family values, you know, faith, family, things that matter. Turns out that the woman running my campaign is his granddaughter."
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Enrique Acevedo
Neutral
00:00:49-00:00:52 (2 sec)
"Julie Chavez."
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Joe Biden
Neutral
00:00:52-00:00:52 (1 sec)
"Julie Chavez."
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Enrique Acevedo
Neutral
00:00:52-00:00:54 (1 sec)
"I spoke to her in Phoenix."
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Joe Biden
Slightly Positive
00:00:54-00:00:59 (6 sec)
"Yeah, I mean, isn't that amazing? I didn't -- I didn't even know that. Want to come over here and stand by it?"
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Enrique Acevedo
Very Positive
00:00:59-00:01:01 (2 sec)
"Sure, I appreciate that"
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Joe Biden
Very Positive
00:01:01-00:01:26 (25 sec)
"And, uh, but it was, uh, it was amazing that uh, and, uh, I was very -- it was -- it cost me some votes in those days, probably. But I was really proud. I was really proud. I didn't know him personally, so I don't -- I don't want to exaggerate my relationship with him, but he had a profound impact on basic justice and fairness."
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Joe Biden
Neutral
00:01:26-00:01:30 (4 sec)
"They were putting people in what used to be old slave quarters. I mean, it was stuff that we're --"
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Enrique Acevedo
Neutral
00:01:30-00:01:31 (1 sec)
"Right."
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Joe Biden
Neutral
00:01:31-00:01:34 (3 sec)
"And, uh, but he changed it. So --"
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Enrique Acevedo
Very Positive
00:01:34-00:01:47 (13 sec)
"And you talk a lot about family values. We spoke about that in Phoenix. You talk a lot about that in your book. Have you had a chance to talk to your family about a second term, and --"
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Joe Biden
Positive
00:01:47-00:02:02 (14 sec)
"You know, they, uh, they all feel, basically like -- the first time, and I was on the train and I get a phone call. He said, I want to do a background check on you. I said, I don't want to be vice president"
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Enrique Acevedo
Neutral
00:02:02-00:02:02 (1 sec)
"You didn't want to do it."
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Joe Biden
Neutral
00:02:02-00:02:12 (10 sec)
"No. He said, he said -- I said, I can help you more as being your Senate person. Barack said, well, there's only you, damn it. And I said --"
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Enrique Acevedo
Somewhat Negative
00:02:12-00:02:13 (1 sec)
"Hard to say no to him."
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Joe Biden
Somewhat Positive
00:02:13-00:02:21 (8 sec)
"And I said -- I know. I did. I said, no, I said, I don't want. He said well, do me a favor, go home and talk about over your parents -- with your family. You know, the family."
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Joe Biden
Neutral
00:02:21-00:02:25 (5 sec)
"So this is the night we became president and vice president."
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Enrique Acevedo
Neutral
00:02:25-00:02:27 (1 sec)
"Chicago."
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Joe Biden
Leans Positive
00:02:27-00:02:49 (22 sec)
"This is Chicago. But, so my mother called me when I -- in June the year he became the nominee for president and said, what's he like? And I said, he's a hell of a guy, smart as hell. He has great integrity, etcetera. So the last person that I asked what I thought I should do was my mother. She was sitting on the railing on the porch."
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Joe Biden
Leans Negative
00:02:49-00:03:03 (14 sec)
"I said, honey, what do you think? She said, Joey, let me get this straight: the first African-American has a chance to be president. You told him no? I said, oh, son of a -- I mean, that changed at all. But that was my mom. And look at the look on his face."
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Joe Biden
Slightly Positive
00:03:03-00:03:12 (10 sec)
"My mother wasn't even supposed to go out. They were -- they were introducing, now the next president and vice president. My mother goes to him: come on, honey, it's going to be okay. Look at this. Look at his face."
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Enrique Acevedo
Very Positive
00:03:12-00:03:15 (2 sec)
"That's amazing. That's an amazing picture."
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Joe Biden
Positive
00:03:15-00:03:16 (2 sec)
"It is. It's my favorite."
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Enrique Acevedo
Positive
00:03:16-00:03:31 (15 sec)
"Do you think a lot about legacy? Because we're talking about over 50 years of public service, and regardless of the outcome, this might be your last political campaign. You -- you've done a few. Do you spend a lot of time thinking about what your legacy would look like?"
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Joe Biden
Very Positive
00:03:31-00:04:03 (32 sec)
"Well, I hope -- I hope the legacy is that, uh, I kept my word, that I said, that the reason I was running was to help change the life of ordinary people. To reduce the prospect of war, because of Vietnam and, uh, and -- when I ran, I said that I was once asked, well, why I when I was all of 29 years old, something must be a secret."
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Joe Biden
Leans Negative
00:04:03-00:04:16 (13 sec)
"And I said, yeah, the secret you gotta ask yourself is what are you willing to lose over?"
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