Pelosi Defends Biden: He Just Meant That He’s ‘Worked Across The Aisle’

on April 16, 2013 in Washington, DC.
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 16: U.S. Vice President Joe Biden talks with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) during the dedication ceremony of the Gabriel Zimmerman Meeting Room in the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center ... WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 16: U.S. Vice President Joe Biden talks with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) during the dedication ceremony of the Gabriel Zimmerman Meeting Room in the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center April 16, 2013 in Washington, DC. A member of former Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-AZ) Congressional staff, Zimmerman was murdered during a shooting spree January 8, 2011 that left six dead and 13 injured, including Giffords. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) took a question Thursday on the current scandal embroiling former Vice President Joe Biden after his comments on segregationists, calling him “authentic” and saying that he just meant that he is able to work across the aisle.

“I think that authenticity is the most important characteristic that candidates have to convey to the American people,” she said Thursday. “Joe Biden is authentic. He considers certain things a resource, that he has worked across the aisle — that’s what he was saying,” she added before pivoting to bread and butter issues.

She later said that “any” of the Democratic presidential hopefuls would be better than President Donald Trump.

Biden has been in a back and forth with Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) after touting the “civility” that pervaded his relationships with even strident segregationists. Biden is maintaining that he has nothing to apologize for.

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  1. Candidate Obama picked Biden, ran with Biden, and won with Biden despite his past work and quotes. President Obama governed successfully with Biden, despite the VP’s past acquaintances.

    If Obama worked so well with Biden, and by all accounts grew close to Biden, then what is the fucking problem here?

  2. This is why nobody should be afraid of Joe Biden, he turned a simple point about being able to work with people he disagreed with into “some of my best friends are racists”

  3. I’m pretty solidly Warren/Harris but if Biden’s the nominee, I’ll happily vote for him.

  4. Hell, I can top that. My mother and father were racists.

  5. When Democrats ‘work across the isle’ it results in bad policy, tax cuts for the rich, stripping us of privacy and of course, more war.

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