Sen. Cory Booker said former Vice President Joe Biden “showed a lack of understanding or insensitivity” through his comments last this week about working with two Southern segregationist senators
Sen. Cory Booker said former Vice President Joe Biden “showed a lack of understanding or insensitivity” through his comments last week about working with two Southern segregationist senators.
“I was in a caucus with James O. Eastland,” Biden said on Tuesday, according to pool reports. “He never called me ‘boy,’ he always called me ‘son.’” poster="http://v.politico.com/images/1155968404/201906/3073/1155968404_6050404978001_6050405196001-vs.jpg?pubId=1155968404"Since then, Biden has said he was taken out of context. On Sunday, Booker said he “didn’t understand” Biden’s claim.
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