Joe Biden has boasted on the campaign trail that he knows how to make government work again, pointing out that he even got things done with Southern segregationists decades ago
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By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time. In the Trump Era of politics, “civility” has become a trigger word for liberal activists who believe conservatives haven’t been fighting fair. And so the criticism of Biden was immediate: over his record, his rhetoric and a campaign schedule that’s long on high-dollar fundraisers with power brokers, short on attention to the liberal base and shot through with a brand of middle-of-the-road politics of the past.
Booker isn’t the only one who's advised Biden not to mention segregationists. One Biden campaign source said it has been “a point of contention” with Biden, “but there’s only so much we can do. This is his decision.” New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, an African-American presidential candidate, issued a press statement blasting Biden for “praising segregationists." | Scott Olson/Getty ImagesCongressional Black Caucus
For activists like Summers, the opposition to Biden is rooted not in his bio but in his record, including his authorship of the 1994, which contributed to mass incarceration and the disproportionate jailing of minorities.
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