Saved by the glitch? Mic cuts as Joe Biden defends abortion record

Published June 22, 2019 6:44pm ET



COLUMBIA, S.C. — The microphone gave out Saturday as Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden prepared to defend his record on abortion rights.

Biden, the vice president under former President Barack Obama, was responding to a question from Kelley Robinson, national organizing director for Planned Parenthood, who asked how he could convince voters that he was sincere about his commitment to abortion rights “given your mixed record” on sexual and reproductive health.

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