Former Vice President Joe Biden delivered a lengthy rebuttal to criticism of his voting record on busing and civil rights on Friday, but ultimately decided that Americans"shouldn't be talking about the past."
He also highlighted his deciding vote in 1974 against the Gurney Amendment, which prohibited the forced busing of students beyond the school closest to their home. "There was a little girl in California who was part of the second class to integrate her public school and she was bused to school every day. And that little girl was me," Harris said."So I will tell you on this subject: it cannot be an intellectual debate among Democrats, we have to take it seriously."
Biden also pointed out on Friday that he co-sponsored the Equal Rights Amendment, strengthened the Voting Rights Act, supported the Equity Act and voted for the Civil Rights Act in 1990.
With all due respect Mr. Biden, “It’s time to pass the torch.”