Vice President Joe Biden offered an endorsement of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Thursday night, saying that he hopes “God willing” that she succeeds President Obama in the White House.
Biden let it slip during a speech before the American Constitutional Society convention while discussing the need to confirm Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court, saying the current eight-member court will lead to “political confusion” if he is not given a vote in a normal period of time.
“Keep in mind, we have another entire term of this potential confusion if the vote is not allowed to be shared,” Biden said. “Anybody who thinks that whatever the next president is, and God willing in my view, it will be Secretary Clinton, but whoever the next president is — now, I don’t say that for political reasons, but whoever it is, even if it is a Democrat, the idea this will be brought up in a month or two or three highly unlikely.”
“Even in a functioning system it averages over two months. So it’s critical we have a fully-staffed court that can resolve important decisions,” Biden added.
The remarks were Biden’s first since President Obama announced his endorsement of Clinton in a video earlier Thursday. Obama and Biden both met separately with Sen. Bernie Sanders, who is continuing his campaign through the next week with the Washington, D.C., primary set to take place on Tuesday.
Throughout his speech, Biden took shots at Donald Trump, calling his recent attacks against Judge Gonzalo Curiel “racist” and “reprehensible.”
