Cory Booker says Joe Biden's comments about finding consensus with segregationists in Congress evoked 'a terrible power dynamic' and 'showed a lack of understanding.' 'I heard from many, many African-Americans who found the comments hurtful,' he added.
Days ahead of the first Democratic debates and following a week of back-and-forth with former Vice President Joe Biden over comments he made about finding consensus with Southern Democrats in the Senate who supported segregation, Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., said Biden did not seem to fully grasp the impact his comments on the African-American community, during an interview on ABC's"This Week.
Sen. Cory Booker says Joe Biden's comments about finding consensus with segregationists in Congress evoked"a terrible power dynamic" and"showed a lack of understanding." On"This Week," Booker explained that in the wake of Biden's original remarks, he's heard from"many African-Americans" who told him that they found the words"hurtful," but he also characterized the the vice president's comments as a"mistake," though one that the former vice president should have been more mindful of.
By Friday night, both Biden and Booker were seen shaking hands at Democratic Rep. Jim Clyburn’s"World Famous Fish Fry" in Columbia, South Carolina, a gathering that attracted an additional 19 members of the crowded presidential field.
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