[cheers and applause] mr. Biden ok. Welcome. Mr. Biden thank you. It is good to be home. Vice president biden, we are in a room full of teamsters and i want you to tell all of them here and all of them watching, why they should vote for you. But no malarkey. [laughter] mr. Biden no malarkey. I tell you why. First i should thank you. The only reason i am sitting here is that in 1972, i was losing in the polls the sunday before the election, the newspaper went on strike. You guys had put on a gigantic insert in the sunday paper to go out on the republican party. You guys would not cross a picket line. And i won by 3100 votes. [applause] if you think i dont like secondary pickets, youre wrong. The reason is, i am, as my grandfather would say, labor from belt buckle to shoe sole. Where i come from, i understand a very basic notion. Wall street did not build the United States of america. The middleclass did it. And unions built the middle class. I am the real deal. [applause] passed nlrb, w
Which is a. Race has always cast a shadow over u. S. Politics even before donald trump emerged on the scene but it an era in which White Nationalists are both marching in the streets and working in the white house is this a unique moment in u. S. History in this up from special one of americas leading public intellectuals the renowned academic and activist dr cornell west. Cornell west thank you for joining me on up front since donald trump became president in 2016 races a racist attacks racist rhetoric has gotten worse in the United States but im just wondering from your perspective how unique a moment is this this trumpy and moment in terms of modern American History when it comes to racism. Well i think its certainly distinctive because it is the escalation of White Supremacy against blacks Indigenous Peoples mexicans tied to the rule of big money the rule of big military so what it does when you get that kind of combination in which you scapegoated most vulnerable based on racism i
Unfiltered coverage live as it happens, reyears and anytime on cspan. Org. Six 2020 democratic president ial candidates spoke at a forum on labor issues hosted by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Union in cedar rapids, iowa. The first candidate to speak his former Vice President biden. Ok, i want to introduce our first candidate who will tell us why we should elect him, former senator from the great state of delaware, former Vice President joe biden. [applause] [cheers and applause] mr. Biden ok. Welcome. Mr. Biden thank you. It is good to be home. Vice president biden, we are in a room full of teamsters and i want you to tell all of them here and all of them watching, why they should vote for you. But no malarkey. Vice president biden, we are in a room full of teamsters and i want you to tell all of them here and all of them watching, why they should vote for you. But no malarkey. [laughter] mr. Biden no malarkey. I tell you why. First i should thank you. The only reason i a
Races always cost a shadow over u. S. Politics even before donald trump emerged on the scene but it an era in which White Nationalists are both marching in the streets and working in the white house is this a unique moment in u. S. History in this up from special all of us one of americas leading public intellectuals the renowned academic and activist dr cornell west. Cornell west thank you for joining me on up front since donald trump became president in 2016 races a racist attacks racist rhetoric has gotten worse in the United States but im just wondering from your perspective how unique a moment is this this trumpy and moment in terms of modern American History when it comes to racism. Well i think its certainly distinctive because it is the escalation of White Supremacy against blacks Indigenous Peoples mexicans tied to the rule of big money the rule of big military so what it did when you get that kind of combination in which you scapegoated most vulnerable based on racism is in a
Race has always cost a shadow over us politics even before donald trump emerged on the scene but it an era in which White Nationalists both marching in the streets and working in the white house is this a unique moment in u. S. History in this up from special one of americas leading public intellectuals the renowned academic and activist dr cornell west. Cornell west thank you for joining me on up front since donald trump became president in 2016 racism racist attacks racist rhetoric has gotten worse in the United States but im just wondering from your perspective how unique a moment is this this trumpy and moment in terms of modern American History when it comes to racism. Well i think its certainly distinctive because it is the escalation of White Supremacy against blacks Indigenous Peoples mexicans tied to the rule of big money the rule of big military so what it did when you get that kind of combination in which you scapegoated most vulnerable based on racism is in a phobic bases a