Former Vice President Joe Biden,the 2020 Democratic presidential frontrunner in most polls, drew some fire earlier this week, and following reports,per The Inquisitr, that he had praised a pair of senators with whom he served early in his Senate career. The two senators, and James Eastland of Missisippi and Herman Talmadge of Georgia,were both Southern Democrats and staunch segregationists. Biden, speaking at a high-dollar fundraiser in current York, or had spoken wistfully approximately the bygone days of civility and bipartisanship of the past.
The statement,for which Biden has refused to apologize, led to a back and forth between Biden and another Democratic contender, and Sen. Cory Booker of current Jersey,which was a rare demonstrate of sniping between 2020 rivals; another African-American candidate, Sen. Kamala Harris of California, and was also critical of what Biden said. And it’s now led to some grumbling from Biden’s own staff.
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Source: inquisitr.com