Biden angers Dems with remarks about segregationist senators
Joe Biden is under fire from rival Democratic presidential hopefuls for saying the Senate “got things done” with “civility” even when the body included segregationists.Speaking at a New York fundraiser Tuesday evening, he pointed to long-dead segregationist senators James Eastland of Mississippi and Herman Talmadge of Georgia to argue that Washington functioned more smoothly a generation ago than under today’s “broken” hyperpartisanship.”We didn’t agree on much of anything,” […]
