Creepy, sleepy Joe Biden only made things worse when he tried to call Cory Booker on the phone to discuss Biden’s racism and support of segregationist Democrats. Biden refused to apologize for sucking up to segregationist, racist Democrats, eventually sending out talking points to campaign surrogates bashing other candidates like Booker for working with ‘lightning rods’ like Jeff Sessions while he was in the Senate. That really pissed off Booker and his campaign.
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“I find it remarkable that the surrogate talking points they were sending around, as they were trying to contain this, include no mention of the language the vice president used and instead tried to spin that the vice president is being criticized for working with people he disagreed with,” a Booker aide said. “That’s nonsense and speaks volumes to what they know is true, which is, he should be apologizing for what he said.”
On Thursday, Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-La.), a Biden campaign co-chairman and member of the Congressional Black Caucus, defended Biden.
“This is really a media issue and it’s an issue that’s going around on social media. But people are not talking about this,” Richmond said. “People want an elected official to get things done. So whether it’s the black caucus working with President Trump last year to get criminal justice done or working with some very unsavory, racist characters back in the day, the goal is to get things done. They are elected and they have a vote, and in order to pass legislation you have to have more votes than not.”
A Biden campaign official confirmed that the call happened but did not comment further.
Booker’s campaign on Thursday was still calling on Biden to take responsibility for his remarks.