'Apologize for what?': Biden defends comments about working with segregationist senators

Former Vice President Joe Biden is under fire from rivals in the Democratic presidential race after he reminisced about working together with segregationist senators in the 1970s. The fight has suddenly brought race into the center of the campaign. Ed O'Keefe reports.

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Notice how they discuss these two racist segregationists and never once mention that they were DEMOCRATS? DO you think they would omit the party affiliation if they were GOP?

[thegreen]

"Ive been involved in civil rights my whole career" Being a huge part of the anti bussing movement doesnt count as being "involved in civil rights"

[bnmbg]

Apologize for what? I thought this was America

[gap]

Lol ! Here we go again . Democrats on auto destruct mode ! Hahahahaaa !

[peterpiper]

What a bunch of weasels turning on each other.

[ronniebaker]

He was saying he can work with the worst bigots. He never said he would vote them into office.

[marilyn.harlow]

"I've been involved with civil rights my whole career"
*brags about the policies he made that put African Americans in prison disproportionately for minor offenses*

[em.]

He’s going to lose. 👎🏽 That black support will go down real quick.

[HanzouTooRi]

He's still the same Joe at the Anita Hill hearings

[mexton]

I'm really starting to see that all politicians are crazy.Hes right everyone here works with people they don't agree with.

[andrewp]

Are you kidding me with this? Would you stop making the conservatives point for them and making it seem like we will eat our own over a purity test? Completely missing the point of the comment and the significance of it - The fact that he was able to work with people who he disagreed with on such a fundamental level, but cant even suggest working with a republican now without getting hit from his fellow democrats is the point he was making. This crap is so tiring.

[demiurgeimago]

Well Booker sure isn’t getting my vote. Slavery reparations? Freaking ridiculous

[dorothyg]

Come on ppl. Stop nit picking. Even today we work with ppl with differing opinions.

[theresabreckley]

Notice how Kamala and Booker say that they speak for the black community when they say that they are hurt, and yet Biden has the majority of black votes. Maybe they personally don't understand what Bidden is saying, but obviously, the black community ha taken the time to listen to and understand his reasonable explanations.

[kellymm]

I love bernies shade "well.... i'm not too sure about that"

[andrenewcomb]

Segregationist? They were older gentlemen who carried the message to D.C. a long time ago before these various aisle dancing. There are numbers available for quite a few of you to look at. . .like child casualties during armed conflict.

[cpt.siskothinksyouresoft.]

Im Black. If it boils down to Trump vs Biden? I'm staying home that day.

[marcuslittle]

“Singing the praises...” That construal of Bidens comment is completely misleading. Sanders needs to apologize.

[centraltimegamers]

Proper example of pc overreach which will be the self inflicted wound that will get trump reelected.

[johnmamo]

How did Gail King get this job 😂✔️💀 💀💀 💀?(Oprah?)