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>> theres not a racist bone in my body. ive been involved in civil rights my whole career, period, period, period. >> i said back in june, like its a long time. >> when its campaign season, it feels like its 10 months ago. >> you had the debate between then and now when he ran into kamala harris talking about the girl in pig tails on the bus and the bussing issue. now shes kind of flip-flopping, coming to bidens position, gotten away with it. biden, though, didnt push back hard enough in the deb...

For. some are bordering on the ridiculous. calling it toxic that he says to girls, dont let her dating anyone. the smelling of the womens hair. that was a huge story for two weeks. the voters didnt react to that much. then, you have complimenting east lanld, and helms, and giving a eulogy for strom thurmond. was he nice to segregationists? his point is, no matter how loathsome a person is, i try to work with them. and i think voters like that. and the bussing issue, a bad stance to have taken. a...

They defended his record on civil rights saying that its unassailable and also explained the bussing issue with his deputy campaign manager saying that, look, back in that time, they were talking with local leaders. they did not believe some local leaders that bussing was the best way to integrate schools, giving it context and framing it but poppy, theres no question. the biden campaign now having to deal with talking about this when they really want to be talking about looking forward. they wa...

Why didnt he, quote, get the job done? and those, if he were to make it through the process and be nominee or the vice presidential nominee, those on the other side will come to the party and bring that criticism. so theres positives, theres negatives with these choices and he made a choice last night. >> he made a choice that was in stark contrast to a choice that former vice president joe biden made, instead of saying ive evolved on the bussing issue or maybe i was wrong if he believes that, i...

Appeared she decided to take on the vice president which i think he was a little bit rattled about. i dont think he had a great, concise answer. and i think she won that exchange. because she went at it twice, actually. she brought up his comments, not praising desegregation or segregation senators, but say how he worked with them and how he liked that. and then she went at him directly, what about the bussing issue that you supported 40 years ago? she personalized it saying i was one of those k...

Early states today and also in california. so i really do think that what folks are questioning coming into that debate as frank was mentioning, who do i trust to go up against donald trump and i think she answered that question for a lot of folks last night and they feel ready to sign on. >> im curious then this morning. the vice president has a long record of fighting for civil rights during his career. this bussing issue is real from his past. he defended it last night. today, after what was ...

Come back better. hes got to do a better job of explaining the context, particularly of the bussing issue. i think the stuff about the segregationists, thats more of a gaffe and i think hes done okay on dealing with that, but its very different to go back and talk about what the situation was in the 70s. its easier for kamala harris to talk about her personal experience their thats giving you something. i think biden wakes up this morning still as the front-runner but what we got last night was ...

Time that this was being discussed in delaware, there were leaders in the african-american community, leaders in the civil rights community who said this is putting undue burden on african-american families and what the vice president did not support was mandating that african-american children had to be bussed to get to a school where they could have the same opportunity they would have in the white community. so what he did was focus on broader systemic changes to help ensure that our schools ...

That was not a textbook joe biden performance last night. >> the bar is high for joe. i think the anticipation -- hes a good debater, but hes not going to get caught behind the 8 ball and instead thats what happened. i give kamala harris great credit for doing that. she reminded folks about the bussing issue at the same time she intimated the difference in age without saying -- eric swalwell was more aggressive, time to pass the torch, im ready to take it up. she was more subtle. i was a little ...

Rights record. this was a big moment. >> kamala harris came into this debate, that was premeditated. you decided she was going to take on the vice president and he was a little bit rattled. i dont think he had a great concise answer. and i think she won that exchange because she went at it twice, brought up his comments, not praising desegregation or segregationist senators but saying how he worked with them and liked that and then went at him directly and said what about the bussing issue that ...