Bizarre that Biden would highlight working relationship with segregationists to make banal point about political civility

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Joe Biden has repeatedly drawn a contrast between himself and his rivals by calling for a return to civility and compromise in the face of a resurgent Left that is demanding scorched earth political warfare. But it’s just bizarre that he has chosen to make this point by, of all people, hailing his working relationship with two Democratic segregationist senators.

At a New York fundraiser, Biden started off with a fairly typical riff on the need for consensus building in politics.

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