Joe Biden seems to be having a harder time with the radical liberals in his own party than he does with Republican opponents.
The former vice president and 2020 contender was still under fire for comments he made which earned him backlash for being a racist when CNN hit him with an “extremely unfair” chyron.
The Democrat was eaten alive by the left after he noted earlier this week that he can still work well with others even of they disagree ideologically or politically, citing an example of when he once worked with segregationist senators.
Biden slammed by 2020 rivals as ‘out of step’ with modern Dems for saying he had ‘civility’ with segregationist senators https://t.co/Y0fvjdcbxg
— Conservative News (@BIZPACReview) June 19, 2019
The 76-year-old Democrat was slammed for being “out of step” with the modern Democrat Party, prompting Sen. Cory Booker to demand he apologize. Biden dismissed the backlash, even calling on the New Jersey Democrat to offer up an apology instead.
“Cory should apologize,” he said. “He knows better. There’s not a racist bone in my body, I’ve been involved in civil rights my whole career: Period. Period. Period.”
As CNN covered the topic on “New Day” Thursday, it chose to run a chyron that said, “Biden refuses to apologize for segregationist remarks.”
That feeling when you put three periods at the end of a sentence to accentuate how final your statement is… and then realize that three periods makes an ellipsis.
BIDEN: “I’ve been involved in civil rights my whole career. Period. Period. Period.” pic.twitter.com/aFgL3aFErA
— Eddie Zipperer (@EddieZipperer) June 20, 2019
Daily Caller’s Eddie Zipperer dropped the truth bomb on the network, noting that Biden had actually not made any “segregationist remarks” but had spoken about working with segregationist senators in the past.
In seriousness though, that chyron @CNN used is extremely unfair. The Chyron says, “Biden refuses to apologize for segregationist remarks.” Biden did not make “segregationist remarks.” pic.twitter.com/3q5W4APqln
— Eddie Zipperer (@EddieZipperer) June 20, 2019
Zipperer added that CNN’s chyron choice was simply a “hit job” against the Democrat who appears to be battling with more radical members of his own party.
I’m absolutely no fan of Joe Biden, but that chyron is just a hit job plain and simple.
— Eddie Zipperer (@EddieZipperer) June 20, 2019
Meanwhile, Biden has doubled down on his remarks, clarifying his intended point while refusing to apologize for what critics failed to understand in his example.
“The point I’m making is you don’t have to agree. You don’t have to like the people in terms of their views,” he said Wednesday. “But you just simply make the case and you beat them without changing the system.”
Biden will join more than 20 other Democratic candidates this weekend in South Carolina to attend Rep. Jim Clyburn’s “World Famous Fish Fry,” where sources indicated the 2020 contender will go on the offensive.
#Biden not apologizing for remarks on segregationist senators (from @AP). Biden insiders tell me he’ll use events in #SouthCarolina this weekend to go on offense, backed by Rep. Jim Clyburn. “Joe’s popular with black voters there,” said one advisor. https://t.co/vEehI16yLy
— Howard Fineman (@howardfineman) June 20, 2019
A recent poll showed Biden leading in the state by a wide margin.
New @postandcourier South Carolina poll numbers ahead of huge 2020 weekend in the Palmetto State:
Joe Biden — 37%
Elizabeth Warren — 17%
Pete Buttigieg — 11%
Kamala Harris — 9%
Bernie Sanders — 9%
Cory Booker — 5%
Beto O’Rourke — 4%
Andrew Yang — 3% https://t.co/sffyu6Ohgo— Caroline Kenny (@carolinerkenny) June 16, 2019
Clyburn and others came to Biden’s defense, even as he was being slammed by other Democrats.
NEW… JIM CLYBURN leaps to Biden’s defense on talking about working segregationists. Says Biden didn’t say anything different than what describes his work with Strom Thurmond.
Clyburn says working with Thurmond is “similar to Biden working with talmadge”
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) June 19, 2019
Black lawmakers get Biden’s back amid ‘segregationist’ uproar
“I worked with Strom Thurmond all my life,” House Majority Whip Clyburn.
“If [Biden] was able to work with Eastland, he’s a great person,” said Rep. Bennie Thompson (Miss.)
https://t.co/73yUtDVrKd w/@heatherscope
— Laura Barrón-López (@lbarronlopez) June 19, 2019
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