Nancy Pelosi sidesteps segregationist controversy: ‘Joe Biden is authentic’

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi dismissed the Democratic split on Joe Biden boasting about his work with notorious segregationists in the Senate.

“I think that authenticity is the most important characteristic that candidates have to convey to the American people and Joe Biden is authentic … He considers certain things a resource, that he has worked across the aisle,” the California Democrat told reporters on Capitol Hill.

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