watch this. >> president biden: do you want to be the side of dr. king, or george wallace? do you want to be the side of john lewis or bull connor? do you want to be the side of abraham lincoln, or jefferson davis? >> emily: that's the great uniter there. his comments sparked immediate backlash, and his press secretary offered up this defense when our own peter doocy questioned her about them. >> what happened to the guy who, when he was elected said, to make progress when must stop treating our opponents is our enemy? >> i think everyone listening to that speech who is speaking on the level will come as my mother would say, would know that he was not comparing them as humans, he was comparing the choice to those figures in history and where they are going to position themselves as they determine whether they will support the fundamental right to vote or not. >> emily: harris, the white house was saying this was not a human comparison on a