Rev. Jesse Jackson knocked Joe Biden for his past views on busing, saying the former vice president used to be on 'the wrong side of history'
The Rev. Jesse Jackson knocked Joe Biden for his past views on busing, saying the former vice president used to be on "the wrong side of history."
As a senator in the 1970s, Biden stood against federally mandated busing as the best way to integrate schools. In the debate, he reiterated: “I did not oppose busing in America. What I opposed is busing ordered by the Department of Education.” Biden had also recently talked to wealthy donors about finding common ground when he was a U.S. senator to work with known segregationists in the Senate.
He went on to say about Biden's past stance against busing: "In my judgment, it was the wrong side of history."
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