Biden Controversy Leaves Little Mark With South Carolina Voters
- Many African Americans wave off his remarks on segregationists
- Democrat heads to Miami debate with front-runner status intact
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For the past few days, all Tammie Minter heard about was former Vice President Joe Biden’s comments at a New York City fundraiser.
She had heard of the outcry set off by the Democratic presidential front-runner on Tuesday when he spoke of an atmosphere of “civility” in the Senate while he worked alongside segregationist lawmakers in the early 1970s. But Minter thought the criticism, and the calls for Biden to apologize, were misguided.