Hot mic: Biden suggests Maxine Waters run for Senate and encourages Nancy Pelosi to ‘keep it up’

After remarks outlining three bills overturning Trump-era policies, President Joe Biden greets House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, tells her, "By the way, keep it up on–" before, it appears, WH cuts the audio. pic.twitter.com/zhn5QnOkbo

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Pres­i­dent Joe Biden encour­aged Cal­i­for­nia Rep. Max­ine Waters to run for Sen­ate dur­ing a bill sign­ing event at the White House, which pro­duced a series of hot micro­phone moments for the president.
“Sen­a­tor, I hope. You think I’m kid­ding, I’m not,” Biden said Wednes­day as he greet­ed the law­mak­er who is often mocked by conservatives.
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Biden signed three bills dur­ing the Wednes­day ceremony …

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