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Rebecca Falconer

Biden says his comments on segregationists were taken out of context

Al Sharpton and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. Photo: Sean Rayford/Getty Images

Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden told MSNBC's Al Sharpton Saturday his comments on segregationist senators and race were taken out of context.

The big picture: Biden has been criticized for citing 2 former Democratic colleagues — the white supremacist segregationists James Eastland and Herman Talmadge — as examples of how the Senate used to be more civil.

  • "I was in a caucus with James O. Eastland," Biden was widely reported to have said at a fundraiser. "He never called me 'boy,' he always called me 'son.'"
  • "[H]erman Talmadge, one of the meanest guys I ever knew ... Well guess what? At least there was some civility," he said. We got things done. We got it finished."

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