Here’s why Joe Biden got along so well with segregationists

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Joe Biden’s descent into racial quicksand continues apace.

We have new hints as to why Biden got along so famously with segregationist Dixiecrats, like Sen. James Eastland of Mississippi, thanks to reporting by the Washington Free Beacon’s Brent Scher. For one thing, they saw eye-to-eye on the issue of opposing the busing of students for the purpose of racial desegregation.

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