The Joe Biden-Charlamagne Interview

[erpowers]

I am posting this now because as far as I could tell no one has posted it to the Video and Multimedia Forum. I know at least one person posted it to Late Breaking News, but that post was later locked. Also, I realize anyone who wanted to see the interview could have just gone to YouTube and watched the video. However, just in case anyone has not seen the video and wanted to see the video without having to go to YouTube, they can watch it here.

[chillfactor]

1. Why you are championing that video here

is beyond me.....I am sick to death of the coverage one gaff is so exploited when president snowflake says despicable things every time he opens his mouth. Lay off it already!

[padah513]

2. I know

The same thing happened with Tara Reade. People here posted the same story over and over and over again. We truly are our own worst enemy sometimes and it's getting old.

[erpowers]

5. Wanted People to See it For Themselves

I am not trying to champion the video. I wanted people to be able to see the video for themselves.

[Aviation91]

3. Ditto!

It’s shameful that Joe Biden not only has to fight off the right but a bunch of idiots on the left!

[ancianita]

4. Thanks. This is an important moment that triggered a lot of discussion within the party.

Now that Biden's already apologized, and media are over this moment, it's still worth sharing what started all the back-and-forth among blacks and whites about privilege, racism and allyship, and not just within the party. So this video is not just for the record, because ...

How the party deals with gaffes in the General Election is important. It's also important to hear and read what black people see in Joe Biden.

How representative this opinion from Laurie Goff is, I don't know. But after all the arguments I've heard, the comments I've read, I keep coming back to her statement on Biden. I'll take it.

"Let me explain something to you about Joe Biden and why some of the shit that he's done in his past doesn't matter.

This old rich white man played second fiddle to a black man. Not just any black man but a younger black man, a smart black man. Not just for a day. Not 1, not 2, but eight years.

He took his cues from this black man who had more power than him and was virtually unknown when he took the presidency and Joe Biden had been around forever.

He was willing and proud to be his wing man. Not once did he try to undermine him, this black man. Instead, Joe walked in lockstep with him, he respected him, he loved and trusted him. He was led by him and he learned from him. And Joe did not have a problem with it.

You tell me what 40+ year "establishment" white politician has ever done that. Joe Biden is cut from a different cloth. And black folks understand that and for good reason. He has shown it.

This is what showing up and being an ally looks like. When black people say they know Joe, this is how we know. "