De Blasio denounces Biden over his 'civility' with segregationists: 'Past time for apologies or evolution'

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio became the first 2020 Democratic presidential candidate to confront Joe Biden over his comments lauding ability to work with Southern segregationists.

“It’s 2019 & @JoeBiden is longing for the good old days of ‘civility’ typified by James Eastland. Eastland thought my multiracial family should be illegal & that whites were entitled to ‘the pursuit of dead n*ggers,’ de Blasio wrote on Twitter Wednesday. “It’s past time for apologies or evolution from @JoeBiden. He repeatedly demonstrates that he is out of step with the values of the modern Democratic Party.”