Biden says he shouldn't have been 'so cavalier' after suggesting African-American Trump supporters 'ain't black'
Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a town hall meeting at the Indian Creek Nature Preserve, Friday, Sept. 20, 2019, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. ATLANTA -- Joe Biden said he "should not have been so cavalier" in comments earlier Friday in which he suggested African Americans who back U.S. President Donald Trump "ain't black."
"I'm not acknowledging anybody who is being considered," Biden said. "But I guarantee you there are multiple black women being considered. Multiple." The comments come at a critical point in the presidential campaign as Biden tries to revive the mutli-racial and mulit-generational coalition that twice elected Barack Obama. He has already committed to picking a woman as his running mate and is considering several African American contenders who could energize black voters. But with black voters already overwhelmingly opposed to Trump, Biden is also considering candidates such as Klobuchar.
Symone Sanders, a Biden senior adviser who is also black, said his comment in Friday's interview was "made in jest." Biden encouraged listeners on Friday to "take a look at my record," citing his work as senator to extend the Voting Rights Act of 1965.Black voters helped resurrect Biden's campaign in this year's primaries with a second place finish in the Nevada caucuses and a resounding win in the South Carolina primary after he'd started with embarrassing finishes in overwhelmingly white Iowa and New Hampshire.
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