Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Maybe Biden thought of Harris as the first Indian-American Senator? [View all]tonedevil
(3,022 posts)you have not been able to credibly demonstrate that Biden was speaking historically about Moseley Braun so it would be accurate for him to say she was the only African-American Woman elected to the US Senate. You have not been able to offer an explanation as to why if the use of the word only was on purpose and accurate for Biden to say he didn't say that himself in the moment and instead he said he had used the word first. You have not provided any reason to believe that Biden thought of Harris as Indian-American so his overlooking her being an African-American Woman was understandable yet you have brought it up as yet another plausible explanation in the long line of excuses you have proffered.
In the moment Biden revealed what he meant to say and if he had actually said first the first time there would have been no issue. If he had simply said he meant to say first and acknowledged that Booker and Harris were understandably taken aback by the misstatement again no issue. He did get defensive and you have taken that defensiveness to it's deepest darkest conclusion.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided