'Bob Dole was a man of his word. He loved his country, which he served his whole life. And Bob Dole, for all his hardship, believed he'd been given the greatest gift of all: He was an American. He was an American. And he felt it.'
, R-Kan., on Friday, former President Bill Clinton chatted with former Vice President Dan Quayle. To Quayle’s left was former Vice Presidents Dick Cheney and Mike Pence. Across the aisle, Tom Hanks and his wife, Rita Wilson, sat patiently. A few rows away, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas — one of the few attendees not wearing a mask — smiled as he talked with Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn.
Biden, who was elected to the Senate in 1972, four years after Dole, and served 25 years alongside him, recalled the respect they had for each other — and the bipartisanship of a bygone era. “He was asked, ‘Why, why would you do that?’ He said, ‘It’s the best way to get Joe Biden the hell out of here at night,’” the president said to laughter. “Excuse my language. It’s a true story, absolutely true story.”Biden also pointed to numerous examples of Dole working with Democrats to pass bipartisan legislation, including the bill that made Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday a federal holiday.
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