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Abroad. >> joining me now, paul beganda, former democratic mayor of new orleans and a cnn political commenter. good to have you with us this morning. joe biden really coming out strongly yesterday, clearly getting the president's attention as well as he was tweeting about it in between stops in dayton and el paso. when you look at the joe biden, paul, that we saw yesterday, as we talked about earlier, for some democrats this is the joe biden they've been waiting to see on the campaign trail. >> absolutely, erica. i don't have a candidate in the race and i don't have a favorite but i've known h...

On tone and task for what it is that's ailing the country. white nationalism and white supremacy is a serious problem. it is a terror threat. >> when you look at the reaction of the president yesterday, joe biden was asked about it, asked what he thought of the tweet and he said the president needs to get a life. paul, is that the best -- go ahead. >> it's crushingly painful. after katrina, the shootings we've had across the country, the police officers that were killed, the president is sp supposed to show up and bring focus to the thing and not to themselves. it's painful this morning that w...

Calling out the president yesterday and making a forceful speech. cory booker of course was out there. we also have heard from beto o'rourke who of course is from el paso over the last number of days. when you're looking at all these different reactions and specifically cory booker yesterday, paul, do you think this is a new trend for these democratic kp iic candidates in they're being more forceful and pointed and will that continue? >> i think michelle obama said a very wise thing. she said the presidency doesn't change who you are, it reveals who you are. earlier than i would have thought, ...