The media might have dozed off during the two terms when Joe Biden served as vice president, but ever since Biden bragged at a fundraiser about his ability to work with Democrat segregationists like James O. Eastland; “He never called me boy,” Biden recalled, oddly.
Ever since then, journalists have awakened from their slumber and done some more digging into that period in Biden’s congressional tenure; it turns out he called 1984 presidential candidate Jesse Jackson “boy,” and he also voted to restore citizenship to Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis, who’d served as president of the Confederacy — kind of problematic, considering statues of Lee are causing so much pain and trauma that they have to be taken down or covered with tarps.
But journalist and historian Rick Perlstein says he’s found the “creepiest” item yet — and Biden knows creepy.
The creepiest #JoeBiden find so far is this 1975 interview in which he boasts of his position against busing and rehabilitation of criminals. He says… https://t.co/ywLSfAGF9I 1/x
— Rick Perlstein (@rickperlstein) June 20, 2019
“I think I’ve made it possible for liberals to come out of the closet…If it isn’t yet a respectable liberal position, it is no longer a racist one….I think the Democratic Party could stand a liberal George Wallace…" 2/x
— Rick Perlstein (@rickperlstein) June 20, 2019
"Someone who’s not afraid to stand up and offend people, someone who wouldn’t pander, but would say what the American people know in their gut is right.” 3/x
— Rick Perlstein (@rickperlstein) June 20, 2019
This, of course, recalls the Goldwater 1964 campaign slogan, "In your heart you know he's right"… 4/x
— Rick Perlstein (@rickperlstein) June 20, 2019
.which was a clever dogwhistle intimating that the only reason voters didn't publicly expound Goldwaterism was fear of social sanction from smug liberals (who also knew Goldwater was right, too, but would rather shame people via virtue signaling that Handle The Truth). 5/x
— Rick Perlstein (@rickperlstein) June 20, 2019
But Goldwater had the excuse that he was sending voters into the booth with the whole banquet of his positions in their hearts, from defense to government spending to his "constitutional" but non-racist opposition to the 1964 Civil Rights Act. 6/x
— Rick Perlstein (@rickperlstein) June 20, 2019
Ah, but Biden: by roping George Wallace into it, he gets no such out: it's a straight up racist dogwhistle. FIN
— Rick Perlstein (@rickperlstein) June 20, 2019
— Some guy tweeted something ??♂️ (@jtLOL) June 20, 2019
So much information suddenly coming forward. My god where has it all been? https://t.co/EYfYJiuW4F
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) June 20, 2019
My god it's so weird how none of this was known between 2008-2016.
— Dan Goldwasser (@dgoldwas) June 20, 2019
I know, right?
Its almost like the media has a different candidate they want to win.
— CRB82 (@bliss1982) June 20, 2019
So unfair that he has to answer for his long history of not being good. He simply won’t stand for it.
— Prospering British Milkshake Vendor (@classicGaffe) June 20, 2019
Totally a weird coincidence that none of the lefty media could be bothered to dig up any of this from 2008-16.
— Brad (@EastAug) June 20, 2019
He was Vice President for 8 years you bum. Where have been?
— Person from place (@WindyCitybro) June 20, 2019
Where were you in 2008?
Or 1980? 84? He's been there 50 years and you didn't care
— Mr. Bison (@MrBison16) June 20, 2019
The DNC is more powerful than you know. Everyone knows Biden and is ilk are racists. Why was the media silent from 08-16? Cause politics above all else
— Chitown Mike (@ChitownMike312) June 20, 2019
Quick question, where was all of this info in 2008 when he was running to be a heartbeat from the Presidency as Cool President's off color sidekick?
— A?? (@Aposter1228) June 20, 2019
Remind me again whose VP he was and why nobody cared for the last 10 years?
— Lynn_Oettl (@Lynn_Oettl) June 20, 2019
So he's essentially just a racist
— yo lemme get 300 followers (@JohnTeufelNYC) June 20, 2019
It is absolutely fascinating how none of these finds were made in 2008 or 2012.
— Jake R. (@jaker1419) June 20, 2019
Binden's gonna put black people "back in chains" just like he said. He's clearly part of the racist old Dem party of the South.
— Ron Rawson (@ronrawson) June 20, 2019
Hey Rick, I'm a big fan of your work, thanks for tweeting this. It's part of research I did for this story: https://t.co/5zKayALVEl
— Paul Blest (@pblest) June 20, 2019
Whoa, even Splinter is running with this. They obviously have other candidates on their short-list.
44 years ago? Jesus.
— Michael Gray (@MGrayBham56) June 20, 2019
He's the one who keeps bringing up his gloriously civil past.
— Rick Perlstein (@rickperlstein) June 20, 2019
It’s going to be awesome when you guys find out what Warren did on her Harvard application
— Frankie (@Amadeus2123) June 20, 2019
Related:
'Quite the revelation'! This 'unearthed' scoop on Joe Biden and Jesse Jackson also illustrates 'the complete failure of the press' https://t.co/rc6kuOlKSk
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) June 20, 2019
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