2020 Election

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(08-06-2020, 12:16 PM)michaelsean Wrote: Anyone here a junkie?

At least have the common decency to include the entire exchange.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/05/joe-biden-reporter-cognitive-test-391771

Quote:Joe Biden rebuked a reporter who asked if the former vice president had taken a cognitive test, claiming that asking the question was similar to asking the interviewer if he was using cocaine.
CBS correspondent Errol Barnett prompted the presumptive Democratic nominee to clarify if he had taken a test measuring his mental acuity, leading to a tense exchange.

"No, I haven't taken a test. Why the hell would I take a test? Come on, man,” Biden said. “That's like saying to you, before you got on this program if you had taken a test were you taking cocaine or not. What do you think, huh? Are you a junkie?"

A clip from the interview, which was conducted as part of the virtual convention of the National Association of Black Journalists and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, was released Wednesday morning.


"It was a preposterous question deserving of a response that showed the absurdity of it all," a Biden campaign official told POLITICO.

Maybe Biden just have told them it was a "nasty question" and insulted them personally instead. 

(08-06-2020, 10:58 PM)michaelsean Wrote: Any diverse African Americans here?  Apparently there are a few.  Couldn’t be the ones who vote for Trump because they ain’t black.  Since junkie is the first thing that pops in your head when talking to a black guy, I guess they aren’t the diverse ones.

And Biden apologized/clarified that statement too.  It is refreshing to have a man who can admit he said something wrong and correct it without doubling down on his lie/gaffe being the truth.

DJT tweeted that he makes his mistakes "on purpose".