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The Daily DC

Biden Makes Racial Comment Misstep, Again

The Daily DC

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4.4621 Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2020

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Joe Biden walks back, yet again, controversial remarks about African-Americans. Plus, CNN Political Director David Chalian, discusses a contender reemerging in Biden’s Vice Presidential search and Senate Republican’s increasingly difficult battle for the majority. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:33.3

Joe Biden feels compelled yet again to clean up remarks about African Americans.

0:39.7

We'll discuss that today. Plus, don't sleep on Gretchen Whitmer as a potential VP finalist for Biden.

0:47.2

And finally, alarm bells going off for Senate Republicans in the battle for the majority.

0:54.2

Hey, everyone, I'm David Chalien, the CNN political director.

0:57.4

This is the Daily D.C.

1:00.1

Joe Biden, late last night, started tweeting his cleanup attempt, his clarification of remarks

1:06.8

he had made in an interview earlier in the week to an organization of black and Hispanic

1:11.7

journalists. He finds himself for the second time in just a few months trying to clean up

1:16.7

remarks about African Americans' political preferences. Now, it may be up for debate whether

1:22.5

or not his remarks actually needed to be clarified or cleaned up. It seemed he made that classic politician mistake

1:29.1

when they play pundit more than candidate. But that did not stop Donald Trump from seizing the

1:35.8

moment, seeing an opportunity here to try and drive a wedge between African Americans and Joe Biden.

1:42.6

Give a listen to Biden's remarks and then how Donald Trump jumped on them.

1:47.0

And by the way, what you all know, but most people don't know, unlike the African American

1:52.0

community with notable exceptions, the Latino community is an incredibly diverse community

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