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applegrove

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Thu Jul 25, 2019, 01:04 AM Jul 2019

Joe Biden tears into Cory Booker and criticizes Kamala D. Harris as well in a shift to aggressively [View all]

Joe Biden tears into Cory Booker and criticizes Kamala D. Harris as well in a shift to aggressively counter his challengers 

By Chelsea Janes and David Weigel and Washington Post 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/joe-biden-tears-into-cory-booker-and-criticizes-kamala-d-harris-as-well-in-a-shift-to-aggressively-counter-his-challengers/2019/07/24/8cbf21f0-ae30-11e9-a0c9-6d2d7818f3da_story.html?utm_term=.827456e7fe8d 

"SNIP...... 

Cory knows that’s not true, number one. Number two, you know the significant portion of the incarceration that occurred before the crime bill was written,” Biden told reporters before taking a shot at police practices during Booker’s tenure. 

“His police department was stopping and frisking people, mostly African American men,” he said, leading the Obama administration to intercede. “We took action against them; the Justice Department took action against them, held the police department accountable. 

“He objected to federal interference. If he wants to go back and talk about records, I’m happy to do that. But I’d rather talk about the future .?.?. I challenge him or anyone else to tell me how he has a better plan than I have for moving from here.” 

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“Since next week’s debate format will give Senator Booker twice as much time to make his attacks than it allows Vice President Biden to respond to them, we thought we would begin to respond now,” Bedingfield wrote. She then outlined Booker’s support for Newark’s police enforcement of a “zero tolerance policy” for minor infractions in 2006, as well as the department’s reliance on “stop and frisk” treatment of residents, a practice that has long been condemned by Democrats and civil rights activists. 


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If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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Yes, Biden had to respond to Booker Cha Jul 2019 #1
Ouch. ucrdem Jul 2019 #5
Truth Bomb. Cha Jul 2019 #6
Yep. Good strategy. Otherwise the pundits would say he wasn't prepared. ucrdem Jul 2019 #7
Yeah, the pundits.. they have an agenda.. Cha Jul 2019 #8
P.S. Cha Jul 2019 #11
It appears he and Harris are working as a team. ucrdem Jul 2019 #12
Wow... has that ever been Cha Jul 2019 #13
I don't remember there ever being 20 candidates in two televised debates ucrdem Jul 2019 #14
lol.. oh yeah! Cha Jul 2019 #15
Absolutely they are. However, it will not be a good look for Kahuna7 Jul 2019 #16
it didnt look very good the first time around.... samnsara Jul 2019 #26
Proof of that? mcar Jul 2019 #24
Don't get excited. I said "appears." ucrdem Jul 2019 #25
So you think qazplm135 Jul 2019 #30
Because they both demanded an apology and then refused to accept it ucrdem Jul 2019 #33
It's an opinion qazplm135 Jul 2019 #34
Have you followed the campaigns by any chance? Or the news? Or their statements? ucrdem Jul 2019 #35
Facts: ucrdem Jul 2019 #36
So qazplm135 Jul 2019 #37
You're welcome. ucrdem Jul 2019 #38
A line which can be consistently applied to every post on every message board. LanternWaste Jul 2019 #44
no not really qazplm135 Jul 2019 #45
Well done team Biden onetexan Jul 2019 #9
Yes, Fight 'em Cha Jul 2019 #10
I'm wondering what they expected EveHammond13 Jul 2019 #2
Glad he's not taking it laying down samir.g Jul 2019 #3
The headline makes it overly personal, but what can you expect. ucrdem Jul 2019 #4
Booker has been sniping at Biden on Twitter for several weeks now... Kahuna7 Jul 2019 #18
i used to respect cory samnsara Jul 2019 #27
I did too, but that was pre Rosario Dawson. Tarheel_Dem Jul 2019 #60
He HAS to do this JustAnotherGen Jul 2019 #17
again im not watching it. my ulcers cant take it. didnt watch mueller yesterday either.. samnsara Jul 2019 #28
Good response from Biden. Tipperary Jul 2019 #19
Yeah for Joe Gothmog Jul 2019 #20
Sadly, I have lost respect for Cory Booker. nt oasis Jul 2019 #21
+1,000,000 Skya Rhen Jul 2019 #22
Booker Hachetman Jul 2019 #23
:( i just posted the same thing. I always liked him. samnsara Jul 2019 #29
I guess Booker isn't aware of how Russia can use this on social media oasis Jul 2019 #40
I agree I really liked him mainstreetonce Jul 2019 #32
Booker risk being responsible for the dampening of AA voter enthusiasm oasis Jul 2019 #41
I want to talk about past political positions. I have learned a lot listening silentEcho Jul 2019 #43
It seems Cory isn't fully informed on what was going on in AA oasis Jul 2019 #46
I agree. I think we need that conversation. silentEcho Jul 2019 #47
AA communities were desperate for a remedy. There was no oasis Jul 2019 #49
It is also very easy for those that were just being born in the 90's that are now voting. silentEcho Jul 2019 #50
You support an impressive candidate in E.W.. To her oasis Jul 2019 #51
Yes she does. Warren was not my first. I was more on board with Harris and still respect her tons. silentEcho Jul 2019 #52
100 percent true. Law abiding victims in predominantly AA neighborhoods were calling for a emmaverybo Jul 2019 #54
Hopefully the mangling of facts on this issue won't cause potential oasis Jul 2019 #55
How long before he's condemned as a racist for daring to defend himself? Or has that already... Marengo Jul 2019 #31
I believe Cory still has a chance, but he will blow it ecstatic Jul 2019 #39
I have no problem Biden challenging, nor Booker or Harris. I do have issue calling a Dem Trump like. silentEcho Jul 2019 #42
At DU IOKIYABS. n/t MarcA Jul 2019 #53
Cory would like nothing better than to get into a back & forth with the frontrunner. He's... Tarheel_Dem Jul 2019 #48
What about that pledge everyone was so concerned about? melman Jul 2019 #56
Everyone has a plan till they get punched in the mouth, lol Baclava Jul 2019 #58
I don't fault him here melman Jul 2019 #59
Wow things are getting real! MoonRiver Jul 2019 #57
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