'Everything they stood for offended me. They represented everything that I ran against,' Biden said in South Carolina on Saturday. 'I'm sorry for the pain and misconception I may have caused anybody.'
2020 presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden this weekend apologized for the"pain and misconception" caused by his recent remarks about working with bigoted segregationist senators during his time on Capitol Hill. The Democratic frontrunner also invoked his former boss, President Barack Obama, in defending his civil rights record.during a campaign event in Sumter, South Carolina, on Saturday.
"Was I wrong a few weeks ago to somehow give the impression to people that I was praising those men who I successfully opposed time and again?" the former vice president asked, before answering his own question:"Yes I was, I regret it. I'm sorry for the pain and misconception I may have caused anybody."
Biden's apology came more than a week after he was called out by Senators Kamala Harris and Cory Booker for mentioning his past work with two racist Democrats, Senators James O. Eastland of Mississippi and Herman Talmadge of Georgia, who both advocated for segregation. In taking on critics who have dug into his long history in public life, Biden on Saturday invoked Obama's faith in him as a running mate to defend his civil rights record.
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