If Joe Biden was going to pick anything in the world as his reason to run for the Democratic presidential nomination, you would think he’d get creative. But no, he chose a well-known lie the media have been spreading since 2017.

In his campaign launch video posted Thursday on YouTube, the former vice president said it was President Trump’s comments on the Charlottesville, Va., protests that served as his personal bat signal.

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Congratulations to the media on their Biden-Harris campaign!