MANCHESTER, New Hampshire — New Hampshire voters who waited in the cold to see whether Joe Biden had any fight left in him didn’t return home disappointed.

In a 2020 Democratic presidential primary cycle that has been largely cordial, Biden, 77, debuted a fiery stump speech in Manchester’s Rex Theater in which he excoriated surging Pete Buttigieg for his lack of appeal among black Democrats.

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