Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses President Biden’s first year in office. Kokai offered these comments during the Jan. 14, 2021, edition of PBS North Carolina’s “Front Row with Marc Rotterman.”
Locke’s Mitch Kokai assesses Biden’s first year as president
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