Biden Apologizes for Remarks on Segregationists

“After spending weeks under fire for his decades-long history on race and civil rights, Joe Biden on Saturday gave the most forceful defense yet of his record, emphasizing his time as vice president to Barack Obama, and also did something he had resisted in the past — apologize for warmly reminiscing about his working relationships with Southern segregationists,” the New York Times reports.

“Mr. Biden, who previously had been defiant about those remarks and is often reluctant to issue apologies for his past comments and positions, told a heavily African-American audience gathered in South Carolina, a crucial early-voting state, that he regretted those remarks, which had sparked backlash from many Democrats.”