Praising Strom Thurmond
Video of Joe Biden praising "one of my closest friends," notorious segregationist Strom Thurmond. Biden begins his remarks by describing the close relationship he developed with Thurmond after joining the Senate in 1973. Thurmond ran for president in 1948 on a segregationist platform and led a record-setting filibuster to block the Civil Rights Act in 1957.
Video of Joe Biden praising "one of my closest friends," notorious segregationist Strom Thurmond. Biden begins his remarks by describing the close relationship he developed with Thurmond after joining the Senate in 1973. Thurmond ran for president in 1948 on a segregationist platform and led a record-setting filibuster to block the Civil Rights Act in 1957.