Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wants reparations. She said so (here).
And people loved it.
White dude Beto O’Rourke — who inherited $5 million and married into $500 million — is railing against white privilege (here).
So how does Joe Biden fare in the Woke, anti-white, pro-non-white department (here)?
Well, it ain’t lookin’ good.
In fact, there’s a surfaced newspaper clipping of Cozy Joe sayin’ he ain’t payin’ for the deeds of some dudes 300 years ago.
In fact, he’ll “be damned.”
Yes — damned!
Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden in 1975 on reparations for blacks:
"I don't feel responsible for the sins of my father and grandfather… I'll be damned if I feel responsible to pay for what happened 300 years ago." pic.twitter.com/8OibqY0fNt
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) April 25, 2019
The Washington Post noted the 70’s interview in March, and on Thursday, the quote was even covered by Rolling Stone.
So how does that affect his bid for the Oval Office?
Given the contemporary climate of the Democratic Party, it can’t help.
This isn’t the only recent dig-up for Joltin’ Joe: Earlier in the week, he was outed for previously labeling homosexual federal employees “security risks” (here).
And this is his problem: a generational one. Joe Biden was born in 1942, and he’s vying for the top spot within a political party that’s breaking its neck to be so 2019. The Left’s been knocking down monuments and revising history. It’s denounced the founding fathers and tried to remove John Wayne from an airport. Over the decades, surely Biden has said and done things that’d be DNC deal-breakers in the modern era.
And rest assured the man has competitors who’ll be more than happy to float those outdated ideas.
He made it through elections as VP. But President is a whole other ballgame.
Stay tuned.
For now, here’s this:
There is an interesting dynamic in the Democratic primaries that has to do with @JoeBiden, who opposed government attempts at the integration of schools through busing, and @KamalaHarris, who experienced it as a child and feels she benefited from it.
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) March 9, 2019
2/ I asked Sen. Harris about it in January and she said it was the first time she’d heard that as a Senator, Biden opposed busing. pic.twitter.com/ZFhrkGfoRR
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) March 9, 2019
3/ Harris was asked about it again today by CNN’s Jasmine Wright, who brought up a recent WaPo article that highlighted an interview Biden did in 1975 discussing Delaware’s school desegregation plan.https://t.co/3FRrHJ9KYD
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) March 9, 2019
4/ In that WaPo story, Biden was quoted saying in 1975: “I do not buy the concept, popular in the ’60s, which said, ‘We have suppressed the black man for 300 years and the white man is now far ahead in the race for everything our society offers….
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) March 9, 2019
5/ “… In order to even the score, we must now give the black man a head start, or even hold the white man back, to even the race.’…I don’t feel responsible for the sins of my father and grandfather….
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) March 9, 2019
6/ “… I feel responsible for what the situation is today, for the sins of my own generation. And I’ll be damned if I feel responsible to pay for what happened 300 years ago.”
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) March 9, 2019
-Alex
Relevant RedState links in this article: here, here, here, and here.
See 3 more pieces from me:
‘FIRING SQUAD’: NEW GRAPHIC Bodycam Footage Of Cops Shooting Man Asleep In His Car Sparks Outrage
Flat Earth International Is Holding A Conference, & They’re Doing It The Most Dangerous Way Possible
In Michigan, The Crowd Breaks Into A Chant: ‘AOC SUCKS! AOC SUCKS! AOC SUCKS! AOC SUCKS!’
Find all my RedState work here.
And please follow Alex Parker on Twitter and Facebook.
Thank you for reading! Please sound off in the Comments section below. For iPhone instructions, see the bottom of this page.
If you have an iPhone and want to comment, select the box with the upward arrow at the bottom of your screen; swipe left and choose “Request Desktop Site.” If it fails to automatically refresh, manually reload the page. Scroll down to the red horizontal bar that says “Show Comments.”
The post More from Biden, Born 1942: Reparations? He’ll ‘Be Damned.’ Joe Has a Big Problem, & it’s Poised to Get a Lot Worse appeared first on RedState.