'I should not have been so cavalier': Joe Biden apologizes for saying black voters deciding between him and Trump 'ain't black'
, who asked Biden some tough questions about his record on issues affecting the black community and his commitment to African-American voters. Towards the end of their interview, a Biden aide interrupted to let them know Biden had run of time and had to go so that his wife, Jill Biden, could do an interview in their studio in the basement of their home in Delaware.
"I've got to do that to white media and black media, because my wife has to go on at 6 o'clock," Joe Biden said before looking at his watch and joking, "Uh oh, I'm in trouble." "Listen, you've got to come see us when you come to New York, VP Biden," Charlamagne said. "Because it's a long way until November. We got more questions." "You got more questions? Well, I'm telling you: If you have a problem figuring out whether you're for me or Trump, then you ain't black," Biden said. Charlamagne responded: "It don't have nothing to do with Trump. It has to do with the fact I want something for my community. I would love to see—" "Take a look at my record, man. I extended the Voting Rights Act 25 years. I have a record that is second to none. The NAACP has endorsed me every time I've run. I mean, come on," Biden said. "Take a look at the record." While Biden's team said he made his comments seemingly in the spirit of humor, they received swift condemnation from his opponents. Senior Trump campaign advisor Katrina Pierson and Sen. Tim Scott, the only black Republican in the Senate, held a phone press conference to denounce them as offensive and patronizing to black voters. , senior Biden adviser Symone Sanders emphasized that Biden "spent his career fighting alongside and for the African American community" and said the remarks were a joke. "The comments made at the end of the Breakfast Club interview were in jest, but let's be clear about what the VP was saying: he was making the distinction that he would put his record with the African American community up against Trump's any day. Period."
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