Rep. Jim Clyburn Compares Joe Biden to Martin Luther King Jr.

LEMIRE On that Donald ░░░░░░░░ is going low day ░░░░░░░░ day and we re ░░░░░░░░ race play a big ░░░░░░░░ of his attack line ░░░░░░░░ against the vice president ░░░░░░░░ whether she is even ░░░░░░░░ suggesting that she just ░░░░░░░░ identities recently for political ░░░░░░░░ Talk to us if ░░░░░░░░ will how you see ░░░░░░░░ playing a role in ░░░░░░░░ campaign We know Donald ░░░░░░░░ previously had been trying ░░░░░░░░ win over black voters ░░░░░░░░ Biden has been struggling ░░░░░░░░ little bit with that ░░░░░░░░ Polls suggest the vice ░░░░░░░░ is doing better Where ░░░░░░░░ you see things landing ░░░░░░░░ Well you know I ░░░░░░░░ we make a mistake ░░░░░░░░ we deny that race ░░░░░░░░ an issue in this ░░░░░░░░ The country has been ░░░░░░░░ now in two years ░░░░░░░░ re gonna celebrate 250 ░░░░░░░░ of our existence Of ░░░░░░░░ we do know that ░░░░░░░░ 1876 in the 100th ░░░░░░░░ of the country s ░░░░░░░░ we had the most ░░░░░░░░ election we ever had ░░░░░░░░ led to Jim Crow ░░░░░░░░ stayed with us for ░░░░░░░░ almost 100 years So ░░░░░░░░ s an issue that ░░░░░░░░ have to confront We ░░░░░░░░ t avoid it I ░░░░░░░░ reflect on Alexis de ░░░░░░░░ s notion that we ░░░░░░░░ our faults and that ░░░░░░░░ what makes us great ░░░░░░░░ that we are more ░░░░░░░░ than any other nation ░░░░░░░░ because we re always ░░░░░░░░ to repair our faults ░░░░░░░░ s what the Supreme ░░░░░░░░ was doing in 1954 ░░░░░░░░ s what the Congress ░░░░░░░░ doing in 1964 with ░░░░░░░░ Civil Rights Act and ░░░░░░░░ s what we re ░░░░░░░░ to do now Covid ░░░░░░░░ opened up some fault ░░░░░░░░ in this country and ░░░░░░░░ are about repairing them ░░░░░░░░ s what Joe Biden ░░░░░░░░ And I think that ░░░░░░░░ are going to look ░░░░░░░░ Joe Biden much the ░░░░░░░░ we look at Martin ░░░░░░░░ King jr When he ░░░░░░░░ in his speech It ░░░░░░░░ not matter how long ░░░░░░░░ live but how well ░░░░░░░░ live And I say ░░░░░░░░ same thing about Joe ░░░░░░░░ He may not have ░░░░░░░░ as long a presidency ░░░░░░░░ he wanted to have ░░░░░░░░ I don t think ░░░░░░░░ ll have any better ░░░░░░░░ a presidency than he ░░░░░░░░ had That s what ░░░░░░░░ ve got to get ░░░░░░░░ to the American people ░░░░░░░░ I think Kamala Harris ░░░░░░░░ going to build upon ░░░░░░░░ She was a part ░░░░░░░░ that foundation I mentioned ░░░░░░░░ when she got down ░░░░░░░░ Memphis in her response ░░░░░░░░ Dobbs people don t ░░░░░░░░ that when we got ░░░░░░░░ a little bit of ░░░░░░░░ with France over that ░░░░░░░░ deal Joe Biden sent ░░░░░░░░ Harris to Paris and ░░░░░░░░ came back with a ░░░░░░░░ victory That should tell ░░░░░░░░ American people a whole ░░░░░░░░ about who she is ░░░░░░░░ just on the domestic ░░░░░░░░ but on the international ░░░░░░░░ as well BRZEZINSKI Democratic ░░░░░░░░ Jim Clyburn of South ░░░░░░░░ thank you very much ░░░░░░░░ being on the show ░░░░░░░░ morning.”
Clyburn: “Thank you.”