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Joe stepped in it again
Racial uproar explodes among 2020 Democrats as rivals attack Biden for comments about segregationists
Joe Biden, recalling the "civility" of the Senate in the 1970s and '80s, on Tuesday touted his experience working with two segregationist Southern senators to get "things done" — unleashing a torrent of criticism from his Democratic rivals, some of whom denounced the comments in very personal terms by citing their own race.
Sen. Cory Booker called on Biden to apologize.
"You don't joke about calling black men ‘boys.’ Men like James O. Eastland used words like that, and the racist policies that accompanied them, to perpetuate white supremacy and strip black Americans of our very humanity," Booker said in a statement.
Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris — both presidential contenders — responded to Biden's comments.
"I’m not here to criticize other Democrats, but it's never OK to celebrate segregationists," Warren said. "Never."
Harris said she was "deeply" concerned about Biden's remarks.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/20...tors-he-recalls-past-civility-senate-n1019211
“I was in a caucus with James O. Eastland. He never called me ‘boy,’ he always called me ‘son,’ ” Biden said on Tuesday night, imitating the Southern drawl of the Mississippi senator.
This is why they try not to let Joe out in public too often. But they can't keep him hidden forever. I hope he is the nominee.
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