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Racist off the streets. re-organize your department. you can do that by friday. >> well, after the town hall, buttigieg discussed his decision to return home from the campaign trail in south carolina. >> i just think its my job. i dont know if its smart or not. i dont know if its strategic or not. but its my city. >> in a statement today, buttigieg said "it was a tough conversation. hearts were broken. my heart is broken. it was a painful but needed conversation." meanwhile, front-runner joe bid...

Aisle. but hes talking about two democrats, so to adams point youre not talking about bipartisanship. youre literally just talking about civility with segregationists. >> i totally take your point, but i would argue it actually is hurting him because when you try to appeal to those middle of the road people, to some of those more conservative democrats, you do run the risk of alienating your base. nobodys trying to make the argument joe biden is a racist. thats not it. and i think to trivialize ...

On the former vice president after he refused to apologize for citing his work with segregationists in the senate as an example of his political civility. joining me now is tiffany cross, steve philips, and tim wise. this week it has struck me that the same things that made joe biden useful to president obama when barack obama was running as the first black presidential candidate that had a chance at really winning is that he needed validation, and the people he needed to be validated by are not...

Of power by the executive, zero. >> at a new york city fund-raiser last night biden touted his experience with working with two segregationist southern senators as an example of his civility. >> he said its not the model how we make america a safe and inclusive place for black people and for everyone. and frankly im disappointed he hasnt issued an immediate apology for the pain his comments are dredging up. >> cory booker is asking for you to apologize. >> theres not a racist bone in my body. >>...

Politic not a backward looking politic. >> the compromises of the new deal era and the linden johnson era were between white men of varying different philosophies, but they were all white men of var similar ages and background, et cetera. they needed to fight civil rights -- i mean get civil rights legislation passed, the new deal. all that was passing with democrats alone with a right wing southern democratic contingent that was the one saying no. so is the nostalgia that joe biden is harkening...

Up to a new debate prep. peter ducey on the trail and columbia, south carolina. >> nobody use their time on the stage yesterday at the south carolina democratic convention to criticize joe biden, about civility with segregationist. but he does have an explanation and that is he was taken out of context. >> when you call racist like yon i got to know. >> thats not what i said, they did not print the whole deal. reporter: joe biden was well received but he did not have the loudest supporters here ...

Things people in power are negotiating and that changes the tone and tenor. but civility isnt essential for democracy. nonviolence is essential for democracy. but civility, thats optional. sometimes it helps and sometimes it doesnt. this idea that, you know, we could go back to when things were civil, when things were civil its because people like us werent in the room at all. >> by the way if joe biden is a nominee democrats are going to support him. everyone is going to support him and in the ...

When you apologize, you really acknowledge that you did something wrong. and the vice president hasnt done that. i dont know why hes been stubborn in this case. he chose to speak about a segregationist and talked about civility. how can you have civility with someone who wanted violence against a huge portion of the american population? how can you talk about civility when you talk about someone who literally wanted to freeze america in place, all that institutional racism, were still fighting t...

That pain was and the fact that we are now in a different time but not over the hill. just because we elected a black man president doesnt mean we got rid of racism. you look at housing, any issue that matters across the country. weve got to address this issue of institutionalized racism and all the pain thats existed that causes people not to trust when somebody says we want to go -- did he nt say we want to go back but that was a time of civility. if civility masks deep racist policy, then we ...

But a lot of it movement work done to really lift the injustices of a very long time in the history of this country. anybody that wants to run for president i think on either side frankly has to recognize what that pain was and the fact that we are now in a different time but not over the hill. just because we elected a black man president doesnt mean we got rid of institutionalized racism. that is still very much the case today, whether you look at housing, education, any issue that matters rea...