President Joe Biden on Friday again spoke fondly of the old days when he served with segregationists in the United States Senate.
“Things have kind of changed since the days when I first got there,” he mused, recalling he was first elected at the age of 29.
The president spoke fondly of his early career during an event in Ohio to promote jobs.
“We always used to fight like hell, even back in the old days when we had real segregationists like Eastland and Thurmond and all those guys,” Biden said. “But at least we ended up eating lunch together.”
Biden was referring to known segregationist Democrats such as Mississippi Sen. James Eastland and South Carolina Sen. Strom Thurmond.
The president indicated it was time to bring back the good old days of both parties working together in the Senate.
“Things have changed, we gotta bring it back,” he said.
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