'I thought you were high': Cory Booker, Joe Biden and complications of race, legal weed [View all]
It was the biggest laugh of the night.
U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., offered a few words of respect toward former Vice President Joe Biden, standing at another podium on the debate stage just a few feet away.
A few days earlier, Biden said that there was "not nearly enough evidence as to whether or not marijuana is a gateway drug."
To an African American senator from the biggest city in New Jersey, where black people make up more than half the population, this was proof of a candidate out of touch with black voters.
"This week, I hear (Biden) literally say that I don’t think we should legalize marijuana," Booker said. "I thought you might have been high when you said it."
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If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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