(Bloomberg) -- Joe Biden came to Barack Obama’s defense Thursday after Democratic presidential candidates’ sharp critiques of the popular former president’s legacy during the second presidential debate.“I was a little surprised at how much incoming there was about Barack, about the president,” Biden
-- Joe Biden came to Barack Obama’s defense Thursday after Democratic presidential candidates’ sharp critiques of the popular former president’s legacy during the second presidential debate.
The former vice president’s remarks came after some Democratic candidates questioned whether Obama’s health care or climate policies were bold enough, and whether he made mistakes on immigration. The debate pits party establishment members, like Biden, who wants to build on the policies of Obama against progressives hungry for dramatic change, like Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and several others.
Story continuesBill de Blasio demanded to know whether Biden opposed the record deportations during Obama’s first term. “We cannot work this out. The time is up. Our house is on fire,” he said. “We have to stop using coal in 10 years, and we need a president to do it or it won’t get done. Get off coal. Save this country and the planet.”
When de Blasio echoed that critique on Thursday, Biden defended Obamacare, the former president’s signature achievement, which he has proposed to expand by adding a government-run insurance option to compete with private insurers.
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