Joe Biden says he was surprised by 'degree of the criticism' against former Pres. Obama during last night's debate. 'I was a little surprised at how much incoming there was about Barack...I don't think there's anything he has to apologize for.'
Former Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday, speaking to reporters in Detroit the day after Wednesday's Democratic debate, said he was surprised by"degree of the criticism" against President Barack Obama, calling it"bizarre."
While Barack Obama was not physically on stage during the CNN 2020 Democratic debates, his name and legacy were evoked and attacked several times as a seemingly new tactic by presidential contenders to take back the White House. Obama’s signature policy achievement - the Affordable Health Care Act - has received a complete endorsement from Biden, who wants to build on this system with the addition of a public option that Obama originally wanted but was not able to garnish enough support to get it approved by Congress.
However, that same love for the first-African American president was not felt on-stage during the debate. “You invoke President Obama more than anybody in this campaign,” Booker said. “You can’t do it when it’s convenient and dodge it when it’s not.”
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