you can t have it both ways. you invoke president obama more than anybody in this campaign, you can t do it when it is convenient and dodge it when it is not. the former vp says there is no dodging, just praise. i m proud of the job he did. i don t think anything he has to apologize for and it kind of surprised me the criticism. former obama chief of staff from emmanuel also came to the 44th president s defense today. every element of progressivity from wilson and terry roosevelt of franklin roosevelt to the great society and forward built on the progress of generations, this is enough. eric holder summed it up in a tweet minutes after the debate ended. to my fellow democrats, be wary of attacking the obama record, build on it, expanded but there is little to be gained, for you are the party by attacking by attacking a successful and still popular democratic president. as for the former president he
brian fitzpatrick of pennsylvania and susan brooks of indiana. those republicans saw donald trump s tweeted defense today, and in their votes tonight they said, no, we don t believe donald trump. every other republican who voted not to condemn the president but voted in effect to condemn themselves, they did that, they voted to condemn themselves in history as actively complicit in the president s racism. before the vote the president tweeted those tweets were not racist. i don t have a racist bone in my body. the so-called vote to be taken is a democratic con game. republicans should not show weakness and fall into their trap. i don t know why the president capitalizes the r in the word racist the way religious people capitalize the letter g in god out of reverence for
book, american carnage. this is the perfect night to have tim alberta join us, as he will later in this hour. after a day in which republicans once again fell in line with donald trump and defended the indefensible. but this time there were four defenses. that means president trump has four new members of the house of representatives to attack. the four republicans who voted to condemn donald trump s racist attack on four democratic members of the house of representatives, all of whom are women of color. the four republicans who stood on the right side of history in tonight s vote are fred upton of michigan, will hurd of texas, brian fitzpatrick of pennsylvania and susan brooks of indiana. those republicans saw donald trump s tweeted defense today, and in their votes tonight they said, no, we don t believe donald trump. every other republican who voted not to condemn the president but
are you going to apologize like cory booker has called for? apologize for what? cory booker s called for it. cory should apologize. he knows better. the vice president said i should know better. and this is what i know. as a black man in america, i know the deeply harmful and hurtful usage of the world boy and how it was used to dehumanize and degrade. reporter: other rivals pouncing, too. i don t think you have to be touting a personal relationship with people who are very brutal segregationists. it s never okay to celebrate segregationists. never. and cecilia vega with us here tonight. cecilia, joe biden taking serious heat here, but there are some top democrats who have said publicly, stop piling on, this could hurt the whole party. reporter: exactly. some say attacking one of their own is not a winning strategy. and among those coming to joe biden s defense today, south carolina s james clyburn, the highest ranking african-american in the house. he told politi
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