Rush has been sharply critical of former Vice-President Joe Biden in the wake of comments in which he recalled working alongside two segregationist Southern senators. Rush told Politico that Biden, another Democratic presidential candidate, was “wholly out of touch and woefully ignorant of the nuances of the black American experience.” Rush will serve as Harris’ Illinois campaign co-chair. BALTIMORE - Two more members of the Congressional Black Caucus are backing Kamala Harris’s bid for the presidency. Endorsements from the caucus, which counts more than 50 members, are shaping up to be very influential in the Democratic presidential primary. Harris said Biden’s recollections of working with the two senators were hurtful.

Source: thestar July 01, 2019 01:07 UTC