2020 Democrat Cory Booker issued a rare rebuke to Joe Biden's comments on segregationists
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) doesn't usually criticize other 2020 candidates. He made an exception for Joe Biden.
At a Tuesday fundraiser, the former vice president mentioned how, during his Senate stint in the 1970s, he preserved "civility" with then-senators James Eastland and Herman Talmadge. Biden didn't mention that the two Democrats were segregationists, but lauded how he never considered them "the enemy" and still "got things done."
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio was the first to call out Biden, tweeting out a picture of his multiracial family and what Eastland would've thought of them.
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Booker replied next with a statement, saying he was disappointed Biden "hasn't issued an immediate apology" for his words.
Booker is one of just three black candidates in the 24-person Democratic field, running alongside Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) and Miramar, Florida Mayor Wayne Messam. Biden hasn't yet responded to his fellow candidates' criticisms.
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Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.
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