Biden alludes to Mao quote while congratulating Coast Guard graduates

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President Joe Biden seemingly gave another nod to Chinese communist dictator Mao Zedong during his keynote address at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.

“There’s a saying …’Women hold up half the world.’ It’s an absolutely stupid position not to make sure sure they represent at least half of what we do,” Biden said during his address while celebrating the academy’s graduating class being over one-third female.

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